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Uesugi Yuki Toro Matsuri (snow lantern festival)
Location Yonezawa City, Matsugasaki Koen (park)
Date second Saturday and Sunday of February
Access 10 min. by bus from Yonezawa Station
Other Information Snow lanterns are set up along the streets surrounding Uesugi Jinja (shrine), along with "Chinkon-sai" (a ritual to console the spirit of the dead) and "Yuki-mino-utage" (snow gazing banquet).
Inquiries to
Yonezawa City Commerce and Tourism Division TEL0238(22)5111 FAX0238(24)4541
http://www2.jan.ne.jp/~yonezawa/
yonezawa@jan.ne.jp
Last Update May 12, 2004

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