the ice candle festival is one of the festivals which is held in winter. in this festival, the venue is illuminated by many ice candles. the place of origin is also shimokawa in hokkaido. two years later after the ice candle appeared, the name of shimokawa winter festival, which was already there, was changed to ice candle festival. in this festival, the ice candle was put not only at the venue but also at each house in the town. in total, about 7000 ice candles were put in the town. in addition, people who go to the festival enjoy eating food outside while seeing the ice candles. now, the ice candle festival is held in various places in japan. lake-yamanakako ice candle festival in yamanashi prefecture and mt. nobeyama plateau ice candle festival in nagano prefecture are also famous festivals.