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บ้านหลังคามุงหญ้าถูกปกคลุมภายใต้หิมะ (เครดิตรูปภาพ: Tom Roseveare)

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The best of Japan during the cold months of winter

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Smile Rink Sapporo 2026

Smile Rink Sapporo 2026

Early - Mid Feb

If you enjoy a spot of ice skating in the winter months, a limited-time event is bringing a rink to the heart of Hokkaido's..

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Kasedori Festival 2026

Kasedori Festival 2026

Mid Feb

Kasedori Festival, or “Strawbird Festival”, is a unique yet bizarre Japanese event. Performers gather at Kaminoyama Castle dre..

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Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Winter “SNOWART” 2026

Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Winter “SNOWART” 2026

Jan 24th - Mar 8th

Introducing the annual Echigo-Tsumari Snow Art Project in snow country Niigata where visitors can appreciate art installations and..

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Shivering in Iwate's Beauty 9

Shivering in Iwate's Beauty

Ignatius Koh

Tohoku contains some of Japan's most undiscovered treasures, and while the 2011 tsunami and earthquake damaged the region, it..

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Marunouchi Winter Illuminations 2025-2026

Marunouchi Winter Illuminations 2025-2026

Nov 13th - Feb 15th

With the long and cold evenings firmly set in, help to take away some of those winter blues by visiting Marunouchi’s colorful ..

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River Cruises and Winter Illuminations in Shinagawa 2017-2018

River Cruises and Winter Illuminations in Shinagawa...

Oct 28th 2017 - Mar 18th 2018

Taking in the Shinagawa Illuminations from the water could well be the best way to see Tokyo in winter

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Light Festival at Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2017-2018

Light Festival at Fukuoka Castle Ruins 2017-2018

Dec 1st 2017 - Jan 28th 2018

Art collective TeamLab transforms the heart of Fukuoka's castle ruins with a new digital art display of interactive light set..

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Shibuya Blue Cave Illumination 2025

Shibuya Blue Cave Illumination 2025

Dec 4th - Dec 25th

After a hiatus of two years the Blue Cave is back with a vengeance in Shibuya. The event was previously organised along the Meguro..

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Ouchi-juku under Snow 11

Ouchi-juku under Snow

Tom Roseveare

Ouchi-juku is an Edo-Period post station located in Shimogo Town, Aizu County, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Zao Ski Resort

Zao Ski Resort

Alena Eckelmann

Zao Ski Resort, snow monsters and great onsen, all just a Shinkansen ride away

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Zao Snow Monster Festival 2025-2026

Zao Snow Monster Festival 2025-2026

Late Dec - Late Feb

Every winter, Mount Zao in Yamagata Prefecture becomes overrun with hordes of “snow monsters.” This natural spectacle is calle..

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Zao is Snow Monster Paradise 7

Zao is Snow Monster Paradise

Josef Diermair

One ski place I like a lot is Zao. Located in the north, on the border between Yamagata Prefectureand Miyagi Prefecture, it's..

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Snow Monkeys in Nagano 11

Snow Monkeys in Nagano

Nicole Bauer

At Jigokudani Yaen-Koen (Hell's Valley Monkey Park) in Nagano Prefecture, you can observe the Japanese Snow Monkeys in their..

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