Japanese Snow Lantern Festival in Hirosaki Video
In Aomori Prefecture, the city of Hirosaki puts on a simple but elegant snow lantern festival early-mid February. They construct japanese garden-style lanterns out of snow and place small portraits on them which are illuminated at night. The portraits depict Japanese women, samurai, and legendary Chinese heroes particularly from the epics - Three Kingdoms and the Outlaws of the Marsh. The music they play in the background however leaves a tad to be desired but it makes for a bit of surrealness. Music by: The Secret Commonwealth