Recommended Culture Otaru Snow Light Path Festival 2026 Early - Mid Feb Otaru Snow Light Path Festival is just a quick trip from Sapporo and offers a romantic romp through a candlelit snowscape.
13 Culture Futarasan Chugushi Shrine in Snow Todd Wojnowski The shrine is particularly beautiful when covered with a blanket of snow
14 Snow Garden of Shougenji Temple Takako Sakamoto The lovely snow-covered Japanese Garden of Shougenji Temple in Fukui. If you take photos in snow, watch your head!
11 Culture Entsuin, Matsushima in the Snow Tom Roseveare Entsuin Temple is designated as an important national cultural asset, in Matsushima, Miyagi prefecture
16 Fukui's Shougenji Temple in Snow Takako Sakamoto Unexpected sunshine on January third made me venture out to see this temple covered in snow!
Activities Negoya Flower, Greenery and Snow Village Kim Bergström The Negoya Flower, Greenery and Snow Village is a small park located close to the Horinouchi interchange of the Kan-etsu Expressway in Uonuma.
11 Activities Tokamachi Snow Festival in Niigata Manish Prabhune The Tokamachi Snow Festival has snow sculptures, night time illumination and music shows in the quiet town of Tokamachi, Niigata
Snow Shoveling Race in Hijiori Onsen 2026 Late Feb Held every February in Hijiori Onsen, Yamagata Prefecture, a unique snow shoveling race challenges participants to dig through snow up to four meters deep
