[Tochigi x Yunishigawa] A winter tradition: the Kamakura Festival. A fantastic world of candlelight.

📍Sawaguchi Riverbed Venue 1042 Yunishigawa, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture Dates: Friday, January 31, 2025 to Sunday, March 2, 2025 ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ The "Kamakura Festival", a winter tradition at Yunishigawa Onsen, is a winter-only event that I've always wanted to go to. "Mini Kamakura at Sawaguchi Riverbed" certified as a Japanese Night View Heritage On Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the period, hundreds of mini kamakura will be lit with candles, creating a fantastical world. Mini igloos are lined up at the Heike no Sato site, and at night they are lit with candles, warmly lighting up the whole village. When I went this time, I thought I would be able to enter all of the mini igloos. But no way? I didn't expect the area to be so small... It's a shame that it's only held on weekends, when there are a lot of people. It's almost impossible to get a photo without people in it, and it was quite difficult to take a photo of the mini igloo in the foreground and the igloo under the riverbed together. Event times ■Sawaguchi Riverbed Mini Kamakura Venue Event period/Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during the event Lighting time/17:30-21:00 ■Heike no Sato Event period/Open throughout the event Opening hours/9:00-21:00 (last entry 20:45) Mini Kamakura illumination/17:30-21:00 ■Yunishigawa Suinosato Snow Park Event period/2 February (Sun) - 2 March (Sun), 2025 *Closed on Wednesdays Opening hours/10:00-15:00 (last entry 14:00) Hot springs available/10:00-19:00 (last entry 18:00) ■Sawaguchi Riverbed Mini Kamakura Venue Free Parking space for 50 cars It fills up during the season, so it's more convenient to use the shuttle bus from the hotel. #Trip to Tochigi #Tochigi #Tochigi Tourism #Winter Trip #Yunishigawa #Yunishigawa Onsen #Kamakura #Kamakura Festival #0 Yen Trip January 2025