Lake Shikaribetsu Kotan (シカリベツ湖コタン)
A short-lived phantom village of igloos, an ice bar, and open-air hot-spring baths materialises each winter directly on the frozen surface of pristine Lake Shikaribetsu in Shikaoi Town.
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"Sounkyo's gorge riverbank fills with around 30 illuminated ice sculptures up to 13 metres tall, nightly fireworks, and a community ice shrine, all crafted from the extreme cold of Daisetsuzan National Park."
Sounkyo Onsen Hyobaku Matsuri (層雲峡温泉氷瀑まつり)
"Six hundred glowing pyramid lanterns made from agricultural insulation pulse in time with music on the frozen banks of the Tokachi River in the small onsen town of Otofuke, celebrating the wild swans that overwinter there."
Otofuke Tokachigawa Swan Festival Sairinka (音更町十勝川白鳥祭 彩凜華)
"Around one thousand handmade snow candles crafted by inn and ryokan staff illuminate Jozankei Shrine and the riverside streets of this tiny mountain hot-spring hamlet, which is enveloped in snow throughout the event."
Jozankei Snow Light Road (定山渓雪灯路)
"The small fishing city of Abashiri celebrates the arrival of Okhotsk Sea drift ice with community-made snow and ice sculptures, a Save-the-Ice environmental theme, and evening fireworks on the harbour wharf."
Abashiri Okhotsk Drift Ice Festival (あばしりオホーツク流氷まつり)