End Jan. ~ Beg. Feb. : Chinese New Year Festival
The Chinese New Year Festival is held in accordance with the old calendar.
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Chinatown at Naka Ward Yokohama City
5 min. walk from North Gate of Ishikawacho Sta. on the JR Negishi Line.
> Yokohama Chinatown
> 2010 Shunsetsu : February 14 (Sun), February 20 (Sat), February 21 (Sun), February 28 (Sun)
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Chinatown at Naka Ward Yokohama City
5 min. walk from North Gate of Ishikawacho Sta. on the JR Negishi Line.
> Yokohama Chinatown
> 2010 Shunsetsu : February 14 (Sun), February 20 (Sat), February 21 (Sun), February 28 (Sun)
End Jan. ~ Mid Mar. :
Yugawara Bairin Plum Orchrd "Ume no Utage" Plum Festival
Various events are held throughout the season at this plum orchard, which boasts around 4,000 trees with red and white blossoms. The trees are decorated with lights, and at nighttime the blossoms are brilliantly lit up.
Entrance fee: 200 yen per person (15 years of age and above *Excluding middle school students) *Entrance is free for guests staying at Yugawara Onsen.<Place>
Yugawara Plum Orchard (Yugawara Makuyama Park)
Take the bus bound for "Kajiya" from Yugawara Sta. on the JR Tokaido Line. Ride for 10 minutes and get off at "Shinsatsujo-mae," and it is a 25-minute walk. (During "Ume no Utage" there are special buses bound for "Makuyama Park.")
> Makuyama Park
> Yugawara Spa
> Yugawara Plum Orchard “Ume no Utage” : February 6 (Sat) to March 14 (Sun)
Feb. 1 ~ End of Feb : Odawara Plum Festival
Outdoor tea ceremony, sketching event, Haiku (17-syllable verse) event, provincial performing arts, horseback archery, and more. <Place>
Odawara Castle Park at Odawara City
Soga-Bairin (Plum Orchard) at Odawara City
Odawara Castle Park : 10 min. walk from Odawara Sta.
Soga-Bairin (Plum Orchard) : By bus from Shin-Matsuda Sta. on the Odakyu Line or Kozu Sta. on the JR Tokaido Line & 10 min. walk from Shimo-Soga Sta. on the JR Gotenba Line.
> Odawara Castle
> Soga Bairin Plum Orchard (Plum Blossom Festival)
Day Before Spring Equinox : Setsubun "Bean-Throwing Festival"
The soy been throwing ceremony is held on the eve of the first day of Spring.<Place>
At famous Shrines and Temples in Kanagawa Prefecture
Feb. First day of the Horse :
Hatsu Uma (First day of the horse) Festival
According to the lunar calendar, the festival of Inari shrines is held on the first day of the Horse in Feb. People pray for an abundant annual harvest.
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Shirasasa-Inari Shrine at Hadano City
Sashuke-Inari Shrine at Kamakura City
Maruyama-Inari Shrine in Tsurugaoka-Hachiman-gu Shrine at Kamakura City
Shirasasa-Inari Shrine at Hadano City
: By bus to Shirozasa Inari-iriguchi bus stop from Hadano Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
Sashuke-Inari Shrine at Kamakura City
: 20 min. walk from Kamakura Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line.
Maruyama-Inari Shrine in Tsurugaoka-Hachiman-gu Shrine at Kamakura City
: 10 min. walk from Kamakura Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line.
> Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine
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Shirasasa-Inari Shrine at Hadano City
Sashuke-Inari Shrine at Kamakura City
Maruyama-Inari Shrine in Tsurugaoka-Hachiman-gu Shrine at Kamakura City
Shirasasa-Inari Shrine at Hadano City
: By bus to Shirozasa Inari-iriguchi bus stop from Hadano Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
Sashuke-Inari Shrine at Kamakura City
: 20 min. walk from Kamakura Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line.
Maruyama-Inari Shrine in Tsurugaoka-Hachiman-gu Shrine at Kamakura City
: 10 min. walk from Kamakura Sta. on the JR Yokosuka Line.
> Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine
Feb. 11 : Daikokutoe (Dold Water Ablution)
About 20 austere monks who have completed 100 days of grueling ascetic training splash cold water over themselves in the cold air while chanting sutras and praying for world peace and good fortune for mankind.
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Chosho-ji Temple (Zaimokuza, Kamakura City)
Take a bus bound for either Midorigaoka-iriguchi or Zushi Sta. (via Nagoe) from bus stop #3 at the East Exit of Kamakura Sta. Get off at Chosho-ji after a 5-minute ride.
> Daikokutoe (Asceticism) : February 11 (Holiday)
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Chosho-ji Temple (Zaimokuza, Kamakura City)
Take a bus bound for either Midorigaoka-iriguchi or Zushi Sta. (via Nagoe) from bus stop #3 at the East Exit of Kamakura Sta. Get off at Chosho-ji after a 5-minute ride.
> Daikokutoe (Asceticism) : February 11 (Holiday)
Mid Feb. Sat. & Sun : Yozuku “One Million Buddhist Prayers”
Strongmen rotate a huge rosary bead on a pulley made of woods. <Place>
Nohan Temple at Yamakita Town
5 min. walk from Higashi-Yamakita Sta. on the JR Gotenba Line & Kohara bus stop from Shin-Matsuda Sta. on the Odakyu Line.
> Yozuku “One Million Buddhist Prayers” : February 13 (Sat) to February 14 (Sun)
Beg. Feb. ~ Beg. Mar. : Sankei-en Garden Plum Viewing Festival
Mochitsuki (pounding rice for rice cake), Japanese lion dance show, Haiku event, Japanese dancing, and more. <Place>
Sankei-En Garden at Naka Ward Yokohama City