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Otaru Snow Gleaming Festival is the popular annual winter festival of Otaru. It is going to be held from 8th (Friday) to 17th  (Sunday) of February this year.

This year's catch line is "Starry Sky on the Earth". As it suggests, the whole city will be illuminated by the flickering candlelight throughout the festival period.

One distinctive character of Snow Gleaming Festival is that many Korean volunteers who love Otaru support the festival in many ways. At Otaru Canal site, you can see the monument by those Korean volunteers.

In addition to the romantic candle-lit streets, there are many more to enjoy at the festival site.

Casual Information Center for overseas visitors is put into place at Asakusa-bashi bridge over the canal, where you can get information about the Festival in English, Korean and Chinese languages. We would like as many visitors as possible to enjoy Otaru’s beautiful winter.