Asahikawa Winter Festival

Fireworks

We waited till the last day of the festival to visit and the finale was worth the freezing cold. Rated this higher than the one in Sapporo as this site was less crowded and the ambiance they’ve create...

Waste of time this year

Came on 8th of February and drove over 100 km to get there and back. What a complete waste of time. The number of sculptures are down to a small fraction of what used to be there and none of them were...

Asahikawa Snow Festival 2023

We took a 11 am Ltd stop exp train from Sapporo to reach Asahikawa station by 1230 pm. Free shuttle to the snow sculptures in the banks under the Asahi Kawa bridge. A large stage sculpted in snow, som...

Magical and Magnificent!

Love the fact that there's free shuttle bus services to/fro the asahikawa station to the winter festival site. super convenient. the festival site is huge and this year Feb 2020, was when they have sp...

Sculptures Frozen in Time

Intricately carved and preserved by the minus degree temperatures, this city deserves bragging rights. Asahikawa hosts Japan’s second largest winter festival and the longest ice slide. We came espec...