Activities 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..
Nightlife 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..
Culture 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 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..
Activities 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..
Activities 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...
Nightlife 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..
Activities 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..