Beautiful festivals in the middle of a winter wonderland full of snow and ice! Now it's time to experience the world's top three winter festivals! Let's explore fabulous winter festivals around the world!
The Harbin Ice Lantern Festival of China is one of the world's top three winter festivals and the largest winter festival in terms of size. The official title of this festival, which presents a different theme every year, is the 'Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival'. Held in the Zhaolin Park, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, this festival exhibits ice models of world's famous buildings and arts created by famous ice sculptors.
It is held from January 5 to February 5, and at night, it creates a dreamlike atmosphere with lanterns of many different colors inside ice. Let's enjoy winter fantasy at the Harbin Ice Lantern Festival full of unbelievably exquisite ice sculptures as well as the feast of lights scattered inside ice.
The Sapporo Snow Festival is a world famous snow festival held in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, which is visited by over two million people from all around the world. It is held every early February, which is regarded to be the largest festival in Japan for that season. The 2016 Snow Festival dates run from February 5th to 18th, and will exhibit around 250 snow and ice sculptures in and around Odori Park.
In the Sapporo Community Dome, various experiential events utilizing snow and ice will be presented, including tube slides and snow rafting. If you are planning a Japan tour, don't miss the winter fantasy created by Sapporo!
The Quebec Winter Carnival is an annual winter festival held in Quebec City, a city touted to be France of North America. Quebec has an average temperature of around minus 10 degrees in the winter with frequent snowing of over 60cm in depth. The city has optimal climate conditions for snow festivals. The festival is held usually from late January for about 17 days. The 2016 Quebec Winter Festival dates are from January 29th to February 14th.
The carnival is famous for its various experiential programs, including ice canoeing on the frozen river with ice sculptures, dog-sledding that compares with that of the Antarctic, snow bathing of people only in swimming suits, snow rafting, carnival queen contest, and ice climbing. As the entire Quebec City becomes a venue for the festival, on the first day of the festival, the mayor hands over a key representing the sovereign power of the city to the mascot Bonhomme.
The world's top three winter festivals longed for by many people around the world!
Don't stay inside the house to avoid the cold but instead take a trip to the fantastic worlds created by snow and ice. You will truly enjoy an energetic winter. 
