February 21, 2015
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Snow Much Fun
What does one do with a lovely winter Saturday, one of those very rare days when the sun is actually shining. A day where the youngest is in respite care. A day that just happens to be the 66th annual Tokamachi Snow Festival, the oldest snow festival in Japan, which just happens to be only an hour away. Well, naturally you jump in the car and head to the mountains for some fun.
People in the community, along with groups from far and wide, turn the mountains of snow into beauty. There were 75 snow sculptures this year scattered all around the town. Plus homes & shops build small sculptures on the sidewalks all along the path between the main festival areas. We only saw a few...
One of the main areas has a Tea Ceremony House . I would have liked to have had tea, but there was on hour wait, so we opted to just take a few pictures.
Another area had ikebana arrangements.
They also build a snow stage for the main concert event on Saturday night. (We did not stay for the show.)
Even walking around showed signs of beauty in all the snow.
Lovely, relaxing, Saturday afternoon
Comments (1)
That's a beautiful festival! Even the little neighborhood sculptures are well done! Interesting -- as I wrote this, I was watching an ice carving contest in Ohio, where it will be frozen "until next month!" It is a chilly 65 degrees here today!