[Festival]Yokote Kamakura(snow huts)- 横手かまくら

[By car]About 7 minutes to Futaba-cho-Kamakura-dori(Futaba-cho Kamakura street)from Yokote Central Hotel.

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"Yokote Kamakura"(February 15-16)is one of the five biggest winter festivals in Northern Tohoku area.
There is about 450 years of history, originally New Year event on the lunar calendar.
As many as 100 kamakura are made in the city.

[Major venues]
●Yokote-shiyakusho-honchosha-mae-doro-koen - 横手市役所本庁舎前道路公園(The road park iIn front of Yokote City Hall Main Government)
●Yokote Park - 横手公園
●Haguro-cho-bukeyashiki-dori - 羽黒町武家屋敷通り(Samurai house street in Haguro-cho)
●Futaba-cho-Kamakura-dori - 二葉町かまくら通り

[Related spot]Yokote-shi Fureai Kamakura-kan
There is a room named "Kamakura-shitsu", kept at minus 10 degree.
Kamaura is in it, you can experience Kamakura regardless of the season.