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Every year in January and February, Yokoze Town in Chichibu, Saitama, holds a special event called "Ashigakubo Icicles" (あしがくぼの氷柱), in which water and ice form an artificial landscape of illuminated icicles. Sprinklers on the slopes of the valley create a giant field of icicles, which stand 30 metres tall and some 200 metres wide. The project was initiated by the residents of Yokoze and was first opened to the public in 2014.
There are other icicle shows in Saitama, Misotsuchi Icicles, and Onouchi Icicles. Only the Misotsuchi show is natural (no sprinklers).
All photos: Yokoze Town (Saitama)
Open from 6 January to 23 February 2023, Monday-Thursday 09:00-16:00 (last admission 16:00), Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 09:00-20:00 (Illumination Sunset ~ 20:00, last entry 19:30).
Admission: daytime 400 JPY (adults and junior high school students), 200 JPY (children and elementary school students); Light-up 500 JPY (adults), 300 JPY (children).
Access: a ten-minute walk from Ashigakubo Station on the Seibu Chichibu Line.
Free parking for 100 cars at Kaju Koen Ashigakubo Michi-no-Eki.
Pets allowed.
Admission: daytime 400 JPY (adults and junior high school students), 200 JPY (children and elementary school students); Light-up 500 JPY (adults), 300 JPY (children).
Access: a ten-minute walk from Ashigakubo Station on the Seibu Chichibu Line.
Free parking for 100 cars at Kaju Koen Ashigakubo Michi-no-Eki.
Pets allowed.
There are other icicle shows in Saitama, Misotsuchi Icicles, and Onouchi Icicles. Only the Misotsuchi show is natural (no sprinklers).