Every February sees the Matsugasaki Park area filled with the
wondrous sight of hundreds of glowing snow lanterns. Events,
food stalls and a wonderful winter atmosphere make this a festival
not to be missed! A pre-illumination will be held on the Friday
before the festival.

2018 Snow Lantern Festival Event Schedule

9th Feb (fri.)

17:30-20:00 Snow Lantern pre-illumination

10th Feb (sat.)

11:00-21:00 Tents and stalls open
11:00-21:00 Stamp rally points available
11:00-17:00 Stage Events
12:00-20:00 Handmade candle experience corner
17:00- Festival dedicated to passed souls
17:30- Illumination of lanterns, candle zones, and
lantern route

11th Feb (sun.)

11:00-21:00 Tents and stalls open
11:00-21:00 Stamp rally points available
11:00-17:00 Stage Events
12:00-21:00 Handmade candle experience corner
17:30- Illumination of lanterns, candle zone, and
lantern route

12th Feb (mon.) Public Holiday

11:00-20:00 Tent and stalls open
11:00-20:00 Stamp rally points available
12:00-20:00 Handmade candle experience corner
17:30- Illumination of lanterns, candle zones, and
lantern routes

※Please be aware there is no parking available in the vicinity of the festival.
Please use the provided shuttle bus service, paid car parks or other methods
of public transportation.

【Shuttle Bus Times】

Sat. 10th Feb 10：30-21：30
Sun. 11th Feb 10：30-21：30
Mon. 12th Feb 10：30-20：30

※Buses depart every 20 minutes

【Shuttle Bus Fee (one way)】

Yonezawa City Office⇔Denkoku no Mori
Municipal Park Soccer Pitch⇔Denkoku no Mori
Yonezawa Sta.⇔Denkoku no Mori

Adult (JHS+) 200Yen Children 100 Yen
(Infants free)

◆ Enquiries: Uesugi Snow Lantern
Festival Committee ?22-9607

Due to good snow conditions Yonezawa Ski-slope is opening early!
Everything but the dynamic course will be open early.

Lift Prices
Adult 3,600 Yen
Senior, Disabled Persons, Senior High School, Uni Students 2,900 Yen
Children, 2,500 Yen

From this year the Budoumatsutake-Line (Between Yonezawa, Bansei, Azusayama – Takahata, Motowada) will be closed during the winter period.

The road is planned to re-open at the start of April but this may change due to snow conditions at the time

Closed Period
2017 Dec 12^th to 2018 Start of April (Planned)

Enquiries

Yonezaw city Hall Public Works Division

TEL: 0238-22-5111

Open Info

Rope Way: 8:20 – 17:00

Shirakaba Lift: 8:30 – 16:00

Shakunage Lift 11:00 –

Road works:

There are currently roadworks passing through Shirabu requiring brief stops at traffic lights, sorry for the inconvenience caused. Please make sure to change into proper winter tires as the roads around Tengendai are prone to icing.

The sudden change in weather means that you can hit the slopes early!
Why not come get your skis/boards for this limited pre-open season!
(Period) Thur. 23^rd November 2017 (Pub. Hol) – Mon. 26^th

Other Yonezawa Ski Slope Open Schedules:

Yonezawa Ski Slope
Fri. 22^nd Dec – Sat. 21^st March

Onogawa Onsen Ski Slope

Sat. 23^rd Dec – Sun. 25^th Feb. Openn on Holidays, Weekends and every day between Dec- 29^th to Jan 3^rd