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21 upcoming events
Azumino Park Illuminations

Azumino Park Illuminations

Nov 3rd - Jan 8th

From early November until early January, Nagano's Alps Azumino National Government Park will host their annual illumination..

Nagano 2 ¥450
The Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival

The Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival

Mid Jan

The Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival, an outrageous combination of flames, kindling and tons of sake is held every year on January 15th..

Nagano 2
Matsumoto Castle Ice Sculpture Festival

Matsumoto Castle Ice Sculpture Festival

Late Jan

The Matsumoto Castle Ice Sculpture Festival has been running for over 30 years now, with a variety of skillfully designed works..

Nagano Free Entry
Nagano Lantern Festival

Nagano Lantern Festival

Early - Mid Feb

Nagano Lantern Festival, a week of lanterns on display along the road to Zenkoji, finished off with Zenkoji itself lit up in brilliant..

Nagano 4 Free Entry
Iiyama Snow Festival

Iiyama Snow Festival

Mid Feb

The Iiyama Snow Festival has been running for four decades now, and was originally born from the idea of trying to revitalize this..

Nagano Free Entry
Karuizawa Winter Festival

Karuizawa Winter Festival

Nov 25th - Feb 29th

Karuizawa has long been renowned as a great place to enjoy Christmas in Japan. Furthermore the area has some great winter sports...

Nagano 2 Free Entry
Snow Machine Hakuba

Snow Machine Hakuba

Feb 26th - Mar 2nd

For the first time, a major music festival is coming to a Japanese ski field in the winter! Snow Machine is a 4 day music festival..

Nagano ¥13,000
Iiyama Nanohana Festival

Iiyama Nanohana Festival

Early May

Iiyama's aptly-named Nanohana Park comes alive during spring, and their annual nanohana festival is held during the latter half..

Nagano 2 Free Entry

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