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Jozankei Summer Lantern Trail
Jozankei Natsutouro (Jozankei Summer Lantern Trail) (定山渓夏灯路)
Sapporo, Japan
Lanterns
Jun 1 – Oct 31, 2026 Dates confirmed Notable
What it is
Lanterns in Sapporo, Japan.
Dates
These dates come from the official source quoted below.
“2026 6.1 mon – 10.31 sat”
Before you go
- Where
- Jozankei, Sapporo, Japan
- Hours
- June to August 19:00-21:30; September and October 18:00-21:30; final entry 21:15. Shrine nighttime viewing is suspended on September 8 and 11, 2026.
- Tickets
- Free entry (Free to stroll the Jozankei Onsen area; the Jozankei Shrine venue is for staying hotel guests only, who get a free admission ticket from their accommodation.) Ticket page
- Access
- Shrine venue: wheelchair entry is possible only with a companion, some sections are unpaved, and stairs and a sloping path lead to the shrine.
How we checked
Last checked October 20, 2026 against jozankei.jp. Before anything appears here, a separate check fetches each source again and confirms that every date we show is in the quoted text.
Notes from the last check
The organizer's site and the Hokkaido tourism board both show the lantern trail running daily from 1 June to 31 October 2026, free to stroll, with the Jozankei Shrine venue limited to hotel guests; no 2027 dates were found.
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