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16 upcoming events
Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival 2025

Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival 2025

Feb 8th - Feb 9th

Held on the second weekend of February each year, the Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival sees Matsugasaki Park and its surrounds decorated..

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Kasedori Festival 2025

Kasedori Festival 2025

Tuesday - Feb 11th

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

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Snow Shoveling Race in Hijiori Onsen 2025

Snow Shoveling Race in Hijiori Onsen 2025

Sunday - Feb 23rd

Held every February in Hijiori Onsen, Yamagata Prefecture, a unique snow shoveling race challenges participants to dig through snow..

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Zao Snow Monster Festival 2024-2025

Zao Snow Monster Festival 2024-2025

Dec 27th - Feb 24th

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

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Yutagawa Onsen Plum Festival 2025

Yutagawa Onsen Plum Festival 2025

Late Mar

The Yamagata hot springs town of Yutagawa Onsen has many good reasons to visit, and if you're a flower lover the Yutagawa Onsen..

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Tendo Ningen Shogi 2025

Tendo Ningen Shogi 2025

Mid Apr

Tendo Ningen Shogi is a “Human Chess” event that occurs every April in the city of Tendo, Yamagata. Set under rows of blooming..

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Hanagasa Matsuri 2025

Hanagasa Matsuri 2025

Aug 5th - Aug 7th

Hanagasa Matsuri is a dance festival which originiated in Obanazawa but is now celebrated across Yamagata every summer.

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Shinjo Matsuri 2025

Shinjo Matsuri 2025

Aug 24th - Aug 26th

Shinjo, in Yamagata, hosts this annual festival in which giant floats are paraded through the city.

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