The Odori Park venue is super lively and packed with people. Just a heads up—it gets colder as the night goes on.
Sapporo Snow Festival | Review by Jessica Lee
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Aomori Nebuta Festival
The Aomori Nebuta Festival is held in central Aomori City between August 2 and 7 every year and attracts as many as 1 million visitors every year. With records dating back to the late Edo period (around 1842), this historic festival is one of the Three Great Festivals of Tohoku and is designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property of Japan.
The lanterns (Nebuta) here are absolutely massive and incredibly detailed—it's honestly mind-blowing! The lights and colors are super vivid, and they almost look like they're moving and alive. Each float has its own theme, like famous warriors or mythological characters, and the craftsmanship is just stunning.
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gashacoco Ikebukuro
Just about a 2-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station, “gashacoco Ikebukuro” is a specialty shop dedicated to capsule toys. With a sales floor of about 150 tsubo (about 495 m²), it boasts around 1,500 capsule toy vending machines. The lineup spans a wide range of genres, including anime characters, Heisei retro, and food motifs.
The colors of the chopsticks are really soft, and they feel nice to hold. You can tell they put a lot of thought into designing this gift. Little events like this make me feel the store really cares. It's so much fun to collect souvenirs while playing the capsule machines. I was genuinely happy!
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Otsuka Museum of Art
The Otsuka Museum of Art is a museum of ceramic-board reproductions established by the Otsuka Group in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, to commemorate the company’s 75th anniversary. It has one of Japan’s largest permanent exhibition spaces, with a total floor area of 316,588 sq. ft., and its exhibits extend for approximately 2.5 miles across five floors, from the third basement level to the second floor above ground.
Instead of just seeing them in books or on a screen, you can get up close to over 1,000 famous works from 26 countries here. If you're an art lover, this place is a must-visit.
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