You might have guessed, but we were heading for Saiko Lake for one reason!
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| 樹氷まつりーIce Festival |
An ice festival (樹氷まつり Juhyou Matsuri) is being held in 野鳥の森公園 Yachou no Mori Kouen in the area of Saiko Lake. There, you could see a lot of ice-made objet d'arts, and for me, who does not get a lot of chances to experience snow, they were really cool!
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| If I have to translate it, I guess it'd be "The Roar of Dragons" |
All of the artworks in this festival are not naturally formed, which might be a turn-down for some people, but in my honest opinion, the fact that it is made with a method that I think is very simple, and can only be done with the help of mother nature itself, is very attractive in a sense.
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| How the objects are made |
They put some wooden objects on the ground, but those objects are not just your usual objects. Those objects serve as the "molds" for the artworks that later would be formed. Water then would be sprayed over the molds. Those water, with the help of the coldness of winter, would then little by little be frozen and be covering the wooden objects, forming huge, ice-made objects, just like the picture above. That is why the name of the festival is 樹氷 Juhyou, as it literally means ice-covered trees!
There are food stalls and a ramen shop too in the area, so you could enjoy the objects without the fear of being starved! Or if the weather is good and you want to go a little further, you might want to go around the Saiko Lake, as you could see a breath-taking view of Mount Fuji!
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