February 2027
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02/07–03/08
Kawazu Sakura Cherry Blossom Festival
The earliest spring in Japan arrives in a valley on the Izu Peninsula, nearly a month before the rest of the country. Th
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02/13–02/14
Yakuyoke Jizo at Entakuji: The Night the Statue Can Hear
The temple is called Entakuji, and it stands on the slope above Yumura, a hot spring quarter on the northern edge of Kof
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02/14–02/14
Toba Fire Festival: Reading the Year Out of a Burning Tower
The sea at Toba is close enough that the men go down to it first.
They wade in — February, Mikawa Bay, late afternoon —
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02/20–02/23
Nagano Tomyo Lantern Festival
The Nagano Tomyo Matsuri was born from the memory of the 1998 Winter Olympics. When the Games came to Nagano, they left
March 2027
2 events
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03/06–03/06
Hadaka Oshiai at Urasa: Heat Made by Hand in Deep Snow
In March there is still snow in Minamiuonuma — not a dusting but a whole season's accumulation, walls of it along the ro
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03/15–03/15
Honensai at Tagata Shrine: The Oldest Request, Undisguised
There is a shrine in Komaki, in the flat farming country north of Nagoya, dedicated to a god of harvests and to a woman
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Year-round
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
Tokamachi, Niigata (Echigo-Tsumari region)
Echigo-Tsumari sits in the mountains along the border of Niigata and Nagano prefectures — a region of extraordinary snow
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Northern Alps Art Festival
Omachi and the surrounding hills and lakes, Nagano
In a town raised by snowmelt, you look at art. Omachi in Nagano sits right at the foot of the Northern Alps, peaks of th
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4月中旬〜6月下旬
Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route: The Snow Corridor
Murodo, Tateyama Alpine Route, Toyama
Each spring, Japan turns a snow-removal project into a pilgrimage. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, threading the North
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通年（12月〜3月は冬季ライトアップあり）
Gero Onsen Gassho Village
2369 Mori, Gero City, Gifu
Gero is one of Japan's three most celebrated hot spring towns, which means most visitors come for the baths and leave wi
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例年初夏〜秋（島内各地）
Sado Firelight Noh
The island has more than thirty Noh stages.
Sado was a place of exile, and the exiles brought the arts of the capital w
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例年10月中旬〜翌5月末
Nabana no Sato: Half a Year of Light Outside Nagoya
Nabana no Sato, Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie
Nabana no Sato is a flower park on the edge of Kuwana, between Nagoya and the sea, and for more than half the year—mid-a
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毎年12月1日〜2月頃
Himi Winter Yellowtail Fair
Himi fishing port and restaurants, Himi, Toyama
Himi, a fishing town on Toyama Bay, has something few food destinations possess: an official declaration of honesty. Eac