9. Tsunan Snow Festival. Date: March 8. The Tsunan Snow Festival is another remarkable Japan’s winter festival that you can’t miss. For over 50 years, the event has continued to embrace the magic of ...

12 most beautiful winter destinations in Japan. From snowy mountains to a white onsen town, ... For this winter, the festival returns from February 4 to 11 2025. Otaru, Hokkaido.

A sailor poses with a Japanese man in front of the Navy's ice sculpture at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 4, 2023. (Unique Byrd/U.S. Navy) ...

In near-freezing winter temperatures and wearing nothing but white loincloths, throngs of men wrestle one another in a bid to a claim a talisman during Japan’s Somin-sai festival – more ...

A winter festival featuring about 30 ice sculptures has been drawing many tourists to a hot spring resort in Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido.