Partners Information: The 33rd annual Matsumoto Castle Ice Sculpture Festival will be held on Saturday 26 January to Sunday 27 January 2019. Entry is free.

Partners Information: At Hida Folk Village (Hida no Sato) in Takayama, you can see traditional gassho-style houses. Hida Folk Village is an open air museum exhibiting over 30 traditional farmhouses, which were relocated from all over the mountainous Hida region.

Partners Information: Welcome to “Illumination of Subzero Forest”!

About 1 hour ride on car from JR Takayama Station, the Subzero Forest is a special winter attraction which has been presented by the isolated mountain inn, ‘Akigami Onsen Ryokan’ since 1971.

Niigata and Nagano are at the historic heart of Japanese skiing, ever since it was introduced by Austrian officer Theodore von Lerch back in 1911. He would be amazed to see how snow sports have grown, and even more surprised to see he has become famous as the face of all things snow related.