Overview

Iwamizawa's biggest winter festival, based on the "snow" that is a defining feature of Iwamizawa, will be held again this year. Human Banba is a competition in which teams of six people, one jockey and five horsemen, race across the snow using a 350 kg sled. At the festival venue, you can experience the excitement reminiscent of the Iwamizawa Bankei Horse Racing.

Other attractions that are enjoyed by many visitors every year include a huge slide that is 6m high and has an 18m slope, snowmobiling experiences, and the free distribution of Iwamizawa's specialty hotpot, a hearty gourmet dish.

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■Saturday, February 7th
・Station East Civic Square
10:00 OPEN Slide, snow play area, heavy snow food stall village
10:45 Opening Ceremony
11:20 Opening act
11:50 Iwamizawa Festival Brass
14:00 Heavy Snow Dance Performance
16:30 Introduction of works participating in the photo contest
16:30 Free pork miso soup
17:00 Opening Day Ending

■ February 8th (Sunday)
10:00 Opening ceremony Slide, snow play area, heavy snow food stall village
10:20 Jumbo Karuta
11:30 Street awareness campaign by the Anti-Violence Movement Promotion Council
11:45 Photo contest entries
11:45 Little Human Bamba
13:00 Human Bamba
14:30 Free distribution of pheasant hotpot
15:00 Closing Ceremony

Venue

Iwamizawa Station East Civic Square Park (East side of JR Iwamizawa Station)

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