Japan Snow Festivals Part 5: Tokamachi + Inside the Genbi Shinkansen + Sake Tasting
It’s a 3-in-1 winter special as Bianca Valerio takes you to NIIGATA, Japan via the fastest art museum in the world, the Genbi /Shinkansen. This leads you to the Tokamachi Winter Festival (one of the most intense snowfall in Japan) and cap of the cold adventure with some warm sake at the Ponshukan Sake Museum!
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Traveling on a Dime - Tokamachi Snow Festival
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The city of Sapporo in Hokkaido Japan plays host to the largest and most famous snow festival every year. And while it's an amazing adventure, getting there is expensive, times consuming, or both. Fortunately for everyone on mainland Japan, and especially those people living and traveling in Niigata, there is a Traveling on a Dime alternative!
When the town of Tokamachi got the bright idea in 1950 to make the ridiculous amount of snow the town gets every winter into a source of fun and a tourist attraction instead of a nuisance, the Tokamachi Snow Festival was born. It started out small, but today pulls in artists, performers and tourists from all over Japan. It's also older than the Sapporo International Snow Festival by nearly 20 years.
Even with snow dumping down from the sky, the snow sculptures, live music and dance performances, food stalls, nagashi soba (just watch the video), tea ceremonies, and locally produced food and sake (some of it free) make for a great way to spend a winter's day outdoors. Got out of your apartment lately?
Bryan is an expat English teacher, published writer and aspiring producer living in Niigata Japan. When he isn't writing articles for Japanese publications in English, he likes to spend his modest earnings to find inexpensive ways to travel and experience Japan.
Traveling on a Dime is a periodic show of Bryan's adventures in one of the most expensive countries in the world. As he says, It doesn't have to be expensive, and you can have an amazing experience even when traveling on a dime.
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Tokamachi Snow Festival, Niigata
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How do you spend your winter time? Do what you like in a warm room. Go to the ski area. Or you may have various ways of spending, such as going to a hot spring.
There are so many fun things to do in winter, but there are events where you can enjoy this season. That is the “Tokamachi Snow Festival” held in Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture.
The Tokamachi Snow Festival is so popular that about 300,000 people visit during the event. Snow statues, carnivals, local cuisine, and sporting events are held here.
Among them, “carnival” is the main event.
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Tokamachi Snow Festival 2017
The Tokamachi Snow Festival was absolutely amazing! There were crazy impressive snow sculptures all over town and the show on the Carnival Stage was so much fun!!! I didn't get to film all the acts!
Also the 3 foreign guys in the kimono show are my friends! XD
Photo Quests # 5: Tokamachi Snow Festival
The Tokamachi Snow Festival is said to be the oldest snow festival in Japan. This year, I check out the 70th iteration of the annual festival. Lots of snow, sculptures, and goodies were seen - tag along!
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TOKAMACHI SNOW FESTIVAL JAPAN WINTER TRAVEL
TOKAMACHI SNOW FESTIVAL JAPAN WINTER TRAVEL
The Tokamachi Snow Festival (十日町雪祭り, Tōkamachi Yuki Matsuri) is held annually for three days surrounding the third Saturday of February. It calls itself the first ever snow festival celebrated in Japan, having had its first edition in 1950, the same year that the Sapporo Snow Festival started. Many snow sculptures are created for the occasion and exhibited at various locations in the city
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Tokamachi Snow Festival 2014
十日町雪祭り 2月14〜16日2014年
Tokamachi Snow Festival, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
February 14-16, 2014.
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[Japan here we go!] Day8 Tokamachi land of snow
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and fluffy Kotatsu. Meoowww
Tsunan Yuki Matsuri 2018
This is the snow festival of Tsunan, one of the world’s most prominent areas for heavy snowfall. You can ride snowmobiles, go on a treasure hunt in the snow, and have fun in ways that are only possible when you have this much snow, and there are also sky lanterns.
LifeCycle Japan 2015 September 29th Tokamachi to Minamiuonuma 新潟県十日町から南魚沼にサイクルツーリング
One of the best days of cycling last year, along the Uono river. While going up hill, it was so smooth that I was able to keep a really high pace.
TOKAMACHI SNOW FESTIVAL／十日町雪まつりプロモーションムービー
TOKAMACHI SNOW FESTIVAL Web Site／十日町雪まつりホームページ
In Tokamachi such a heavy snowfall area, we have “Tokamachi Snow Festival” that started by a enthusiasm of local residents “delight to play with snow as a friend” .
It is a big event in midwinter light up Tokamachi with variety of events and entertainments such as “festival field” located everywhere in the city, artistic snow sculptures made by citizen’s hands, “Snow carnival” unfolded various performances in sequence on the magnificent snow stage, and etc.
豪雪地帯である十日町において、あえて「雪を友とし、雪を楽しむ」という地元住民の想いから生まれた『十日町雪まつり』。
市内のあちこちに設置された「おまつりひろば」でのイベントやおもてなし、市民の手による芸術性の高い雪像、そしてすべて雪で作られたステージで繰り広げられる「雪上カーニバル」など、真冬の十日町を彩る一大イベントです。