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Calendar of Events February 2021 Notes: 1 Calendar of Events February 2021 Notes: 1. Published by Tourist Information Center of Japan National Tourism Organization and all rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. ©2021 Japan National Tourism Organization 2. Dates, times and functions are subject to change without notice. Especially schedule of outdoor events and flower festival may change due to the weather. Be sure to check the latest information in advance. 3. The access shows only major route. Please refer to following URL for alternative transportation from the station where you want to start. http://www.hyperdia.com/en/ 4. Japanese words appearing in the column provide the name of the event, the place and access for you to point out to Japanese passerby when you need help. 5. Please refer to URL (basically in Japanese) for each event. If you have further questions, please call TIC, JNTO at following number. TIC, JNTO Tel : (03)-3201-3331 from overseas +81 3 3201 3331 Setsubun Special Remarks: 節分 Dates and Times are shown as follows which is common in Japan. Traditional ceremony to dispel demons. According to the lunar calendar, "Setsubun" marks the last day of winter. People Dates : M/D April 3 ⇒ 4/3 Glossary︓ throng temples and shrines to vie with another for lucky beans Matsuri Festival, Event Time : 24 hours system 8:00am ⇒ 8:00 which are thrown by priests, monks or famous figures who 8:00pm ⇒ 20:00 shout "Fuku-wa-uchi, Oni-wa-soto!" (Fortune in, Devils out!) to drive away imaginary devils. The following events are still to be confirmed. (as of Jan.20) Please check the latest information in advance. Region Dates Pref. City Venue Event Summary Access URL Summary: Chitose-Shikotsuko Ice Festival. Many ice sculptures exhibited on the shore are lit up. From Shin-Chitose https://hyo Hokkaido Hokkaido Chitose Lake Shikotsu Hyoto Matsuri Airport, take bus to 新千歳空港よりバスで 1/29 〜 2/23 utou- 北海道 北海道 千歳市 支笏湖 千歳・支笏湖 Schedule & Key events: Shikotsuko Bus Stop (55 55分支笏湖下⾞ special.asia/ 氷濤まつり ●daily min.) 16:30-20:00 Ice sculptures lighting up Summary: Snow Festival. The festival, the biggest in scale of this kind, started in 1950, and Sapporo Yuki has become one of the most popular events in winter for now. The festival at the https://onli Hokkaido Hokkaido Sapporo Sapporo 2/4 〜 2/28 Matsuri site has been cancelled, but it will be held online this year. -- ne.snowfes. 北海道 北海道 札幌市 札幌市 さっぽろ雪まつり com/ Schedule & Key events: Please visit the website for the details ©2021 Japan National Tourism Organization 1/7 Region Dates Pref. City Venue Event Summary Access URL along Zao Summary: JR Yamagata Shinkansen Ropeway Sancho Festival featuring the lighting up Juhyo , known as "Ice Monster", trees covered Line to Yamagata Sta., JR山形新幹線山形駅 Line, with frost. and then take bus to Zao よりバスで45分蔵王温 http://zaoro Tohoku Yamagata Yamagata around Jizo Sancho Zao Juhyo Light-up Onsen Bus Stop (45 min.) 泉下⾞、徒歩15分の peway.co.jp 12/26 〜 2/28 東北 山形県 山形市 Sta. 蔵王樹氷ライトアップ From there, walk to Zao 蔵王山麓駅よりロープ /zao/winter/ 蔵王ロープウェイ山頂線 Schedule & Key events: Sanroku Sta. (15 min.), ウェイで17分地蔵山頂 lightup.html 沿線および地蔵山頂駅 ●every Fri., Sat. & Sun. and then take ropeway to 駅下⾞ 周辺 17:00-21:00 Juhyo lighting up Jizo Sancho Sta. (17 min.) Summary: Snow Lantern Festival. About 150 snow lanterns and about 300 Mini-Kamakura JR Ou Honsen Line to http://www (miniature huts made of snow) are lit up, which creates fantastic atmosphere in Hirosaki Sta. From there, JR奥羽本線弘前駅より .hirosaki- Hirosaki-jo walk 20-30 min. or take 徒歩20〜30分⼜は弘 kanko.or.jp/ Tohoku Aomori Hirosaki Hirosaki Park Hirosaki Park during the festival period. 2/10 〜 2/14 Yukidoro Matsuri Konan 100 yen bus to 前市内循環100円バス web/edit.ht 東北 ⻘森県 弘前市 弘前公園 弘前城雪燈籠まつり Shiyakushomae Bus Stop 【弘南バス】で15分市 ml?id=cat0 Schedule & Key events: (15 min.), and then walk 役所前下⾞、徒歩4分 2_winter_y ●daily 4 min. uki 16:30-21:00 Snow lanterns and Mini-Kamakura lighting up Summary: Festival, designated as one of the National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties, features about 15 Namahage (men wearing devil masks) dancing wildly Shinzan-jinja Namahage Sedo and drumming vigorously in the precincts of the shrine. Admission is 1,000JPY. For JR Oga Line to Oga Sta., https://oga Tohoku Akita Oga JR男⿅線男⿅駅より臨 2/12 〜 2/14 Shrine Matsuri reservation, please call 0185-24-9220 (Oga City Tourism Division), or reserve on and then take temporary navi.com/se 東北 秋田県 男⿅市 時バスで40分 真山神社 なまはげ柴灯祭 the website. bus (40 min.) do/ Schedule & Key events: ●daily 18:00-19:30 Summary: Snow Lantern Festival. About 300 Yuki-doro (big snow lanterns) and more than 1,000 Yuki-bonbori (small snow lanterns) are lit up. Some more events are around Uesugi- JR Yamagata Shinkansen http://yukid Uesugi Yukidoro scheduled during the festival period. Reservations are required this year to visit the Tohoku Yamagata Yonezawa jinja Shrine and Line to Yonezawa Sta. JR山形新幹線米沢駅 ourou.yonez 2/13 〜 2/14 Matsuri sites. 東北 山形県 米沢市 others From there, take shuttle よりシャトルバス awa- 上杉雪灯籠まつり 上杉神社周辺ほか bus matsuri.jp/ Schedule & Key events: ●daily 17:30- Yuki-doro and Yuki-bonbori lighting up ©2021 Japan National Tourism Organization 2/7 Region Dates Pref. City Venue Event Summary Access URL (1) JR Ito Line to Summary: Kinomiya Sta., and then (1) JR伊東線来宮駅 Japanese Apricot Festival. There are about 470 Japanese apricot trees of 60 species walk 10 min. より徒歩10分 https://ww Atami Baien Atami Baien Ume in the garden and they begin to bloom usually from the middle of January. Various (2) JR Tokaido Chubu Shizuoka Atami (2) JR東海道新幹線 w.ataminew 1/9 〜 3/7 Garden Matsuri entertainments are scheduled during the festival period. Admission is 300JPY. Shinkansen Line to Atami 中部 静岡県 熱海市 熱海駅よりバス相ノ原団 s.gr.jp/even 熱海梅園 熱海梅園梅まつり Sta. From there, take bus 地⾏⼜は梅園⾏で15 t/355/ (for Ainohara-Danchi or Schedule & Key events: 分梅園下⾞ Baien) to Baien Bus Stop ●daily 8:30-16:00 (15 min.) Summary: (1) JR Nara Line to Inari http://inari.j The year's first "Horse Day" Festival. The shrine is thronged with people from all (1) JR奈良線稲荷駅 Fushimi-ku, Fushimi Inari Fushimi Inari Sta. p/rite/?mon Kinki Kyoto over the country to pray for the business prosperity and the safety of the family. 下⾞ 2/3 Kyoto Taisha Shrine Hatsu-uma Taisai (2) Keihan Honsen Line to th=2%E6% 近畿 京都府 (2) 京阪本線伏⾒稲 京都市伏⾒区 伏⾒稲荷⼤社 伏⾒稲荷初午⼤祭 Fushimi-Inari Sta., and 9C%88#30 荷駅より徒歩5分 Schedule & Key events: then walk 5 min. 8 8:00-9:00 Ritual pray is held Summary: A contest, in which young men and women show their strength by lifting Mochi (1) From JR Kyoto Sta., (1) JR京都駅より京阪 Daigoji Godai- (rice cakes), weighing some 150 kilograms (for men) and 90 kilograms (for take Keihan Bus to Daigoji バスで30分醍醐寺下 https://ww Fushimi-ku, Kinki Kyoto Daigo-ji Temple rikison Ninno-e women), is held in front of Kondo Hall of the temple. Bus Stop (30 min.) ⾞ w.daigoji.or 2/23 Kyoto 近畿 京都府 醍醐寺 醍醐寺五⼤⼒尊 (2) Tozai Subway Line to (2) 地下鉄東⻄線醍 .jp/event/de 京都市伏⾒区 仁王会 Schedule & Key events: Daigo Sta. (Exit 2), and 醐駅 (2番出口) より徒 tail1.html 12:30- Contest for women then walk 10 min. 歩10分 13:30- Contest for men Summary: A group of boys who have become the age of 15, solemnly go up the steps in line From JR Kyoto Sta., take https://ww Kita-ku, Kamigamo-jinja Kamigamo to the shrine for their Genpuku , the traditional initiation ceremony of coming-of- JR京都駅より市バス Kinki Kyoto municipal bus No. 4 to w.kamigam 2/24 Kyoto Shrine Sanyare-sai age. No. 4で上賀茂神社前 近畿 京都府 Kamigamo Jinja-mae Bus ojinja.jp/hit 京都市北区 上賀茂神社 上賀茂さんやれ祭 下⾞ Stop otose.html Schedule & Key events: 12:00- ©2021 Japan National Tourism Organization 3/7 Region Dates Pref. City Venue Event Summary Access URL Summary: Ume (Japanese apricot) Blossom Festival. There are 1,500 apricot trees of 50 species in the garden which is open to the public from the beginning of February to From JR Kyoto Sta., take https://kita Kamigyo-ku, Kitano Tenman-gu JR京都駅より市バス Kinki Early Late Kyoto Baien Kokai the middle of March, depending on the flowering. Admission to the garden is municipal bus No. 50 or notenmang 〜 Kyoto Shrine No. 50⼜は101で30 近畿 Feb. Mar. 京都府 梅苑公開 \1,000. 101 to Kitano Tenmangu- u.or.jp/highl 京都市上京区 北野天満宮 分北野天満宮前下⾞ mae Bus Stop (30 min.) ight.php Schedule & Key events: 9:00-16:00 Apricot garden is open Summary: Girl's Festival. Sagemon are handsewn ornaments which are displayed all over the JR Sanyo Shinkansen Line city for this festival. When a baby girl is born, her mother and grandmothers sew http://www Yanagawa to Hakata Sta. From Sagemon stitch by stitch wishing her to grow up healthy, and decorate them at JR山陽新幹線博多駅 .yanagawa- Hina Matsuri there, take JR Kagoshima Kyushu Fukuoka Yanagawa Yanagawa both sides of Hina dolls to celebrate her first Girl's Festival. This festival features a よりJR⿅児島本線で瀬 net.com/ne 2/11 〜 4/3 Sagemon Meguri Honsen Line to Setaka 九州 福岡県 柳川市 柳川市 procession of girls and adults in traditional Hina doll attire, and floats adorned with ⾼駅下⾞、バスで15分 ws_event_d 柳川雛祭り Sta., and then take bus to ⻄鉄柳川下⾞ etail.php?id さげもんめぐり colorful Sagemon . Many more events are scheduled during the festival period. Nishitetsu Yanagawa Bus =139 Stop (15min.) Schedule & Key events: ●2/11 10:00- Procession after ritual pray at Hiyoshi-jinja Shrine Summary: Girl's Festival.
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