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| ==To do==
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| * Onsen (hot spring)
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| * Artsy villages
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| * Maybe extreme snow
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| * Watch kabuki
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| * Watch sumo
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| * Buy plates
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| ==Ideas of places to go==
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| 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:
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/festivals/hachinohe-enburi-2014/ Hachinohe Enburi] folk festival and dance (Aomori February 17-20)
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| * A whole series of drift ice festivals in Hokkaido
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/festivals/yuki-doro-festival-snow-lantern-festival-2014/ Yuki doro] snow lantern festival (February 8-11)
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/festivals/namahage-sedo-masturi2014/ Namahage Sedo] child scaring festival (Akita Feburary 7-9)
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/nature/akita-inukko-festival2014/ Akita Inukko] snow dog sculpture festival (Akita Feburary 8-9)
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/popculture/new-wave-artists-2014-from-the-public-entry-exhibition/New Wave Artists] at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum (Tokyo February 19-March 7)
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/food/amakusa-festival-of-food-2014/ Amakusa Festival of Food] (Amakusa February 15-16)
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/alcohol/8th-tenmatenjin-umeshuconvention/ 8th Tenmatenjin Umeshu Convention] (Osaka February 15-23)
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/festivals/tokachi_snowfes/ 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."
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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)
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| * [http://japan-attractions.jp/illumination/uesugi-yukitourou2014/ Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival] (Yamagata February 7-9)
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| 2) Gods and monsters:
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| * Yokai town in Sakaiminato, Tottori prefecture, Chugoku region : http://www.sakaiminato.net
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| * God's conference town in Izumo, Shimane prefecture, Chugoku region
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| :https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Izumo
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| :The conference is in October, so gods won't be around when we go.
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| * Shibu onsen kanaguya: A model inn for Spirited Away. http://travel.rakuten.co.jp/HOTEL/32044/32044.html
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| 3) Industrial places
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| * Ashio Kozan in Tochigi, Kanto region(famous for pollution in the past): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashio_Copper_Mine
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| * Syutoken gaikaku housuiro in Saitama, Kanto region: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Area_Outer_Underground_Discharge_Channel
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| * Shimano Bicycle Museum in Osaka.
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| 4) Nature
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| * Takachiho in Miyazaki, Kyusyu region: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Takachiho
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| * Yakushima (World heritage site) in Kagoshima, Kyusyu region: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Yakushima
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| 5) Craftwork
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| 6) Alcohol
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| * Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Osaka サントリー山崎蒸留所 http://www.suntory.co.jp/factory/yamazaki/
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| * Suntory Shirasu Distillery in Yamanashi サントリー白州蒸溜所
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| * Kirin Karuizawa (wine and whisky) in Nagano
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| * Asahi Beer factory in many places, including Hakata in Fukuoka and Nagoya in Aichi.
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| * Many Syochu distilleries in Kyusyu.
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| 7) Food
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| * Kikkoman Syochu factory tour in Hyogo (http://www.kikkoman.co.jp/enjoys/factory)
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| * Natto factory in many places including Chiba and Akita.
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| Note: The government of Japan maintains this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Important_Intangible_Folk_Cultural_Properties list of important intangible folk cultural properties]. Several refer to events that occur during our window:
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| * Rokugō Kamakura (六郷のカマクラ行事) in Akita on February 11-15.
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| * the Mona Satoimo Festival (茂名の里芋祭) which is a kind of potato festival in Chiba on February 19-22.
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| * if you like oni, there is the Oni Festival of Toyohashi Shinmei Shrine (豊橋神明社の鬼祭) on February 10-11
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| * the Spring Hoe Festival of Higoshi Shinmei Shrine (樋越神明宮の春鍬祭) on February 11.
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