Visit Japan in winter

11/10/2018 1.070 5/5 trong 4 rates

There are turning leaves in the autumn. In the summer, there are hot sun and lush green landscapes and the famous cherry blossoms in the spring. How about in the winter? There are many places you can only experience during winter in Japan.

Japan's winter season is from December through February. Depending on what part of Japan you are traveling to, winter in Japan can be vastly different.

Yamagata
If you are all about skiing or snowboarding, you may want to base your vacation around Yamagata's Zao resort. The massive skiing and snowboarding area receives the highest average snowfall in Japan and is even popular among tourists who aren’t into thrilling snow sports, with many coming just to see the Juhyo, or “ice monsters” (pine trees covered in thick layer of windswept snow creating whimsical shapes) that appear in the winter. The area also hosts snow festivals and plenty of onsens (hot springs) – and Yonezawa beef, which comes from this prefecture, is considered among the best of the best, a good idea for feeding those ravishing appetites after a day out on the slopes.
Otaru
This winter wonderland in Hokkaido is a port town that lures visitors with its beautiful architecture and long, picturesque canal that’s famously lined with Victorian-style gas lamps and stone buildings that once housed herring merchants but today serves as the home of shops and eateries. The Otaru canal, which is also opened for short cruises, happens to be the main venue for the Otaru Snow Light Path Festival, an event where local places for floating candles inside the canal, distributing some 15,000 snow candles and lanterns to light up the narrow pathways. The entire town has an unusual look to it, somewhat more Russian than Japanese, more industrial than bucolic, but still incredibly delightful, especially in its winter glory.
Nagano
The northern reaches of the Nagano Prefecture are where you’ll find the Nozawa Onsen Snow Resort. It offers the ultimate experience, with the chance to spend your days shredding up the slopes before hitting the soothing hot springs, 13 community soto-yu, or indoor thermal spring pools, owned collectively by villagers. There is no entrance fee, all bathing is au naturel, and each one has a separate area for men and women. By visiting in mid-January, you can take part in the Nozawa Onsen Dosojin Festival hosted annually on January 15, a festival is staged by men to celebrate the birth of a family’s first child to pray for happy marriage and dispel evil spirits. The highlight is a “fire-setting battle” that ends with a huge wooden structure set ablaze by torches.

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