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Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival

When: January to February.

Phone: 0123-23-8288 (Lake Shikotsu Festival Executive Festival)

Open: 10am to 8pm

Light Up: 4:30pm to 8pm

Admission Fee: 500 Yen

URL: https://hyoutou-special.asia/   http://www.1000sai-chitose.or.jp/ (Japanese)


2023: January 28th to February 23rd
2022: January 29th to February 23rd
2021: January 29th to February 23rd
2020: January 24th to February 16th

GPS: 42.771622692895534, 141.4042543115017


Lake Shikotsu Evening Light-up Ice Festival

Experience a unique ice festival, strolling through the magical ice formations. Explore a sparkling ice cave and eat local treats while you're there too. Horse rides around the ice town are popular with children. From 6:30 pm on Saturdays and Sundays during the event period, they launch about 300 fireworks, as well as have Wadaiko drum performances.

Area: Lake Shikotsu hot springs, Chitose city

40 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport
60 minutes by car from Sapporo city

How To Get There

ADDRESS

Shikotsu-ko Dori, Shikotsukoonsen, Chitose-shi, Hokkaidō 066-0281

BY BUS

Chuo Buses run directly between New Chitose Airport and Lake Shikotsu approximately every three hours. The journey takes around an hour and costs ¥1,030.

BY CAR

The festival at Lake Shikotsu is about a 40-minute drive from New Chitose Airport (the main airport for Hokkaido), or around an hour to an hour and 10 minutes from Sapporo.

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