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Tokamachi Snow Festival
This annual February festival is Niigata’s premier winter event, including a concert on top a giant snow stage and thrilling fireworks display. Feel the homespun hospitality of the festival through the participating residents of the city.
| (Location) | Shirogaoka Pure Land, downtown area, Tokamachi City |
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| (Dates) | Third Weekend in February |
| (Contact) | Tokamachi City Tourism Exchange Division |
| (Tel) | 025-757-3100 |
Tokamachi Kimono Festival
A festival that shows off Tokamachi’s image as a kimono town. A wide array of events takes place, washing the town in the colors of kimonos.
| (Location) | Tokamachi City |
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| (Dates) | May 2-3 |
| (Contact) | Tokamachi City Tourism Association |
| (Tel) | 025-757-3345 |
Katakai Festival Fireworks Display
The fireworks of the Katakai Festival have a history of 400 years. After the main event, see Japan’s largest firework: the yonshakudama. The night sky is painted with giant wheels in a way only the fireworks town of Katakai can do.
| (Location) | Katakai-machi, Ojiya City |
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| (Dates) | September 9-10 |
| (Contact) | Ojiya Tourism Association |
| (Tel) | 0258-83-3512 |
Urasa Bishamon Shrine Naked Shoving Festival
Starting the evening of March 3, half-naked men covered in water cheer “sanyo sanyo” while shoving each other. This festival is to pray for a bountiful harvest, household safety, and traffic safety. It is known as one of Japan’s Three Unique Festivals.
| (Location) | Urasa, Minamiuonuma City |
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| (Dates) | March 3 |
| (Contact) | Minamiuonuma City Tourism Association |
| (Tel) | 025-772-7171 |
Mukonage/ Suminuri Festival
The village’s recently married young men get tossed 3-5 meters off a cliff into a snow bank. Afterwards, the men paint their heads in charcoal made by burning sacred earth together with snow.
| (Location) | Matsunoyamayumoto, Tokamachi City |
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| (Dates) | January 15 |
| (Contact) | Matsunoyama Tourism Association |
| (Tel) | 025-596-3011 |
Echigo- Tsumari Art Triennial
The Art Triennial is hosted once every three years by the mountain communities of the Echigo-Tsumari region (Tokamachi and Tsunan), bringing together art, people, and nature.
| (Location) | Tokamachi City, Tsunan Town |
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| (Contact) | Echigo- Tsumari Art Triennial Planning Committee |
| (Tel) | 0257-57-2637 |
| (URL) | www.echigo-tsumari.jp |
| (Next Triennial) | 2009 |