Spectacular Lake Suwa Ice Candle
諏訪湖アイスキャンドル (Lake Suwa Ice Candle)
Suwa, Japan
Ice and snow
What it is
Ice candles placed around Lake Suwa in Japan, many made by local volunteers, glowing across the surrounding Suwa area.
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Dates
No dates have been published yet. These are expected from the pattern of past years.
How we estimated this: No 2027 announcement found on any official page. Official pages quote the 2025 edition on 2月1日 (Saturday) and the 2026 edition on 2026年 2月7日（土）, both the first Saturday of February. No date for 2027 is recorded as a value because no quote supports one; the pattern alone would point to early February 2027, which must be confirmed against a future official notice.
“開催日 … 2026年 2月7日（土） 午後5時(17：00)から”
Before you go
- Where
- Suwa (six municipalities around Lake Suwa), Japan
We have not confirmed opening hours, prices or access details yet. The official website is the best place to check.
How we checked
Last checked October 17, 2026 against ice-candle.jp. Before anything appears here, a separate check fetches each source again and confirms that every date we show is in the quoted text. One of the sources could not be fully re-checked, so a person will review this listing.
Notes from the last check
The Lake Suwa Ice Candle (アイスキャンドル) is verified as operating: its 2026 edition on Saturday 7 February 2026 was held across the six Suwa-area municipalities and is confirmed by official and prefectural pages. No 2027 dates are announced on any official page, so the next edition is only expected in early February on the basis of the 2025 and 2026 editions; that inference is not a quoted date. The japanrailclub article used as a lead says the event is in its 28th edition, but the official pages say 32nd for 2026, so that article is out of date.
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