Hot word :

Home>Features>Travel Spots

Travel Spots

Kamakura Snow Huts Being Built for Upcoming Yokote Kamakura Festival in Akita Pref.

SA Yokote

Return to article

The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:23 JST, January 18, 2026

Workers build kamakura snow huts by piling up snow brought by heavy machinery in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, for the annual Yokote Kamakura Festival to be held Feb. 13-14. Nineteen workers in their 30s to 80s began building about 60 snow huts across the city on Tuesday. A 78-year-old master said it’s ...

Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed.

New contents

JN ACCESS RANKING