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==Ideas of places to go== | ==Ideas of places to go== | ||
Here is [http://japan-attractions.jp/?startd=2014%2F02%2F07&endd=2014%2F02%2F21&sortw=date&sortp=3 a list of winter festivals in Japan during the time we will be there] including: | 1) Here is [http://japan-attractions.jp/?startd=2014%2F02%2F07&endd=2014%2F02%2F21&sortw=date&sortp=3 a list of winter festivals in Japan during the time we will be there] including: | ||
* [http://japan-attractions.jp/festivals/hachinohe-enburi-2014/ Hachinohe Enburi] folk festival and dance (Aomori February 17-20) | * [http://japan-attractions.jp/festivals/hachinohe-enburi-2014/ Hachinohe Enburi] folk festival and dance (Aomori February 17-20) | ||
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* [http://japan-attractions.jp/nature/kite-flying-contest-at-tsuda-no-matsubara-2014/ Kite-flying contest at Tsuda no Matsubara] (Kagawa February 9) | * [http://japan-attractions.jp/nature/kite-flying-contest-at-tsuda-no-matsubara-2014/ Kite-flying contest at Tsuda no Matsubara] (Kagawa February 9) | ||
* [http://japan-attractions.jp/illumination/uesugi-yukitourou2014/ Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival] (Yamagata February 7-9) | * [http://japan-attractions.jp/illumination/uesugi-yukitourou2014/ Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival] (Yamagata February 7-9) | ||
2) Yokai town (Tottori Sakaiminato) | |||
==To do == | ==To do == | ||
Revision as of 10:52, 2 January 2014
Ideas of places to go
1) Here is a list of winter festivals in Japan during the time we will be there including:
- Hachinohe Enburi folk festival and dance (Aomori February 17-20)
- A whole series of drift ice festivals in Hokkaido
- Yuki doro snow lantern festival (February 8-11)
- Namahage Sedo child scaring festival (Akita Feburary 7-9)
- Akita Inukko snow dog sculpture festival (Akita Feburary 8-9)
- Yokote snow festival with kamakura and bonden (Akita February 15-17)
- Wave Artists at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum (Tokyo February 19-March 7)
- Amakusa Festival of Food (Amakusa February 15-16)
- 8th Tenmatenjin Umeshu Convention (Osaka February 15-23)
- Tokamachi Snow Festival (Niigata February 14-16) including "giant snow sculptures and stage performances; and the Nakasato Setsugen Carnival, in which a local ski resort is covered in candles to create a surreal, beautiful scene; and the Muko-nage Festival, where young men who have married during the past year are thrown into snowdrifts."
- Kite-flying contest at Tsuda no Matsubara (Kagawa February 9)
- Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival (Yamagata February 7-9)
2) Yokai town (Tottori Sakaiminato)
To do
- Watch kabuki
- Watch sumo
