Activities Lake Haruna Illumination Festa 2024 Mid - Late Dec Located on top of Mt Haruna, the lake is picturesque all year round. However, the annual illumination event at Lake Haruna attracts..
Activities Miyagase Christmas 2024 Nov 23rd - Dec 25th The annual Miyagase Christmas event includes a massive decorated native fir tree at the Miyagase Lakeside Park, fireworks displays,..
Activities Huis Ten Bosch New Year's Countdown 2024-2025 Dec 31st - Jan 1st Huis Ten Bosch New Year's countdown fireworks: A theme park illuminated in 1.3 million LED lights for the incredible New ..
Culture Ushiku Daibutsu New Year Events 2024-2025 Dec 31st - Jan 3rd Overview of the New Year celebratory events held annually at the Ushiku Daibutsu (big buddha) in Ibaraki prefecture, close to Tokyo...
Festivals Hatsumode in Asakusa 2025 Jan 1st - Jan 3rd The first visit to the shrine in the new year is called Hatsumode, and it attracts quite some crowds every year, and I think it..
Festivals Yamagata Snow Festival 2025 Late Jan Yamagata hosts a winter festival on the first weekend of February 2017.
Outdoors Zao Snow Monster Festival 2025 Early Feb The Zao Snow Monsters rival Nagano's Snow Monkeys in popularity and they are one of Japan's winter attractions not to be..