Day 12 川崎-Colorful City with Amazing Hot Spring and Family Festival

s_4E4A2454
Kawasaki (川崎)is a distinctively beautiful town in South Miyaki, it is at the foot of the Zao mountain chains.”

s_4E4A2345

Kawasaki is famous for its thatched-roofed houses, which is quite typical in Eastern Japan.

s_4E4A2326

Today I walked around the city for a while, the sun is warm so it’s not so cold.
s_4E4A2346

Kawasaki is a colorful city.

s_4E4A2354

There are several public parks in Kawasaki city.

s_4E4A2356

Kawasaki is a peaceful and an anti-nuclear-energy city.

川崎冬雪祭り-A Special Winter Festival in Kawasaki

s_4E4A2466

The Kawasaki Winter Festival (川崎冬雪祭り) is a unique local festival in February. The festival is interesting and photogenic despite the extremely cold weather.

s_4E4A2451

In this festival, people living in this place gather together and make candles inside small snow roofs.

s_4E4A2455

They put thousands candles inside small snow cabins to create a magic mood and to make good wishes for the future.

s_4E4A2458

There are two kinds of festivals that I like, the first kinds are festivals when family gathers together, another kinds are festivals when people pray for their tomorrow, the Kawasaki Winter Festival seems to put those two things together.

s_4E4A2443

Today is cold and very windy, thus electronic candles are used instead of real ones.

s_4E4A2460

The address of 川崎冬雪祭り is as follows.

山景の宿流辿-A Hotel with Amazing Hot Spring Near The Kawasaki Winter Festival

s_4E4A2472

The Aone Onsen (青根温泉) is a large area famous for its amazing outdoor hot springs. And today I stayed in the Sankei No Yado Ryusen Hotel (山景の宿流辿).

s_4E4A2471

The Sankei No Yado Ryusen Hotel has amazing outdoor hot springs and it’s quite enjoyable to experience the hot water in cold winter.

s_4E4A2475

I like the interior design of the hotel.

s_4E4A2478

Most of the rooms in the hotel is Japanese style.

s_4E4A2474

The address of the 山景の宿流辿 is as follows.

s_4E4A2454