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Francois' Japan Blog by Francois, staff writer of japan-guide.com previous post index next post 2011/02/11 - Asahikawa Winter Festival - by night After yesterday's report from the Asahikawa Winter Festival during the daytime, we checked out the state of the festival during the evening. Like at the Sapporo Winter Festival, the snow and ice sculptures are illuminated at night which gives the festival grounds a very nice atmosphere. At the festival's snow stage there are evening concerts that usually run until 19:00. On Sunday the festival's closing ceremonies will include a Yosakoi dancing show, taiko drumming and fireworks. The festival closing ceremonies will run from 17:00 until 19:10, but on the other nights the riverside area is open until 21:00. The massive snow stage of this year's Asahikawa Winter Festival The sculpture's Asahibashi Bridge and Daisetsuzan mountain range A row of snow sculptures of popular characters An illuminated snow structure with paths inside An ice bar at night The ice sculptures along Heiwadori Street were made particularly more attractive by the evening illuminations. There were also quite a few more people compared with earlier in the day. The view of the kilometer long pedestrian area Heiwadori Street from outside Asahikawa Station Workers and a giant horse A dinosaur A friendly postman A sculpture called "Message" previous post index next post List of Posts: 2011/09/01 - Final Post 2011/05/09 - Cherry Blossom Report: Sapporo 2011/05/06 - Cherry Blossom Report: Hakodate 2011/04/22 - Cherry Blossom Report: Aizu 2011/04/21 - Cherry Blossom Report: Sendai 2011/04/16 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2011/04/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Osaka 2011/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kanazawa 2011/04/13 - Cherry Blossom Report: Yoshino 2011/04/12 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2011/04/11 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2011/04/08 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2011/04/04 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2011/04/03 - Cherry Blossom Report: Fukuoka 2011/04/01 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kagoshima 2011/03/31 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kumamoto 2011/03/30 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2011/02/11 - Shiretoko Fantasia 2011 2011/02/11 - Asahikawa Winter Festival - by night 2011/02/10 - Asahikawa Winter Festival - by day 2011/02/09 - Sapporo Snow Festival 2011 - by night 2011/02/08 - Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi 2011 2011/02/07 - Sapporo Snow Festival 2011 - by day 2010/12/31 - Travel Highlights 2010 2010/11/26 - Autumn Color Report: Osaka 2010/11/26 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2010/11/25 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2010/11/24 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2010/11/23 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2010/11/16 - Autumn Color Report: Tokyo 2010/11/05 - Autumn Color Report: Yamadera 2010/10/27 - Autumn Color Report: Kuju 2010/10/26 - Autumn Color Report: Kirishima 2010/04/10 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2010/04/09 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kanazawa 2010/04/08 - Cherry Blossom Report: Osaka 2010/04/07 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2010/04/05 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2010/04/01 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2010/03/30 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2010/03/26 - Cherry Blossom Report: Nagoya 2010/03/25 - Cherry Blossom Report: Nagasaki 2010/03/22 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kumamoto 2010/03/21 - Cherry Blossom Report: Fukuoka 2010/01/23 - Wakakusa Yamayaki 2009/12/31 - Travel Highlights 2009 2009/11/26 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2009/11/25 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto Light Up 2009/11/23 - Autumn Color Report: Nara 2009/11/22 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto Ohara 2009/11/21 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto 2009/11/18 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto Higashiyama 2009/11/16 - Autumn Color Report: Kyoto Kurama 2009/11/04 - Autumn Color Report: Hakone 2009/10/07 - Autumn Color Report: Hachimantai 2009/10/06 - Autumn Color Report: Mount Akita-Komagatake 2009/09/28 - Autumn Color Report: Kamikochi 2009/09/24 - Autumn Color Report: Oze National Park 2009/06/18 - Biking the Shimanami Kaido 2009/06/01 - Gunkanjima 2009/04/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Osaka 2009/04/15 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Himeji 2009/04/14 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kobe 2009/04/13 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kanazawa 2009/04/12 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/04/05 - Cherry Blossom Report: Yoshino 2009/04/04 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/04/03 - Cherry Blossom Report: Nara 2009/04/02 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kobe 2009/04/01 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/03/31 - Cherry Blossom Report: Himeji 2009/03/30 - Cherry Blossom Report: Kyoto 2009/03/29 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2009/03/26 - Cherry Blossom Report: Tokyo 2009/01/19 - Bears in Hokkaido 2008/12/03 - Autumn Color Report: Kamakura 2008/10/06 - Autumn Color Report: Lake Akan 2008/08/18 - Miyajima Trip 2008/06/09 - Post Towns 2008/05/08 - Baseball Game 2008/04/14 - ASIMO and Aoyama Cemetery 2008/04/08 - Ninja Restaurant

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