The Uesugi Snow Lantern Fesitival 2021 will be held from February 13-14. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there will be entry gates for the festival that visitors must go through before entering. In order to avoid large crowds forming near the gates, we have introduced a reservation system for the festival this year.

There will be two locations that the festival is held at: the first is the area around Uesugi Shrine, and the second is near NaseBA Library.

Instructions in English for how to register can be found here.

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1. Uesugi Shrine (Snow Lanterns)

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2. NaseBA Library (Bamboo Lights and Candle Zone)

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- Additional Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival Events -

3. Oshiri Tantei Show: February 14 (Sun.), two performances, held at Yonezawa Community Center (米沢市民文化会館)

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4. Bushotai and Taiko Performance: February 14 (Sun.), two performances, held at Denkoku no Mori Okitama Cultural Center

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Inquiries: Please contact tourism@city.yonezawa.yamagata.jp for any inquiries in English. 

Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival Executive Committee Telephone Number: 0238-22-9607