Kamakura Festival- February 15th-16th. The citizens eschew the modern conveniences of warm homes in the middle of February and pile into small snow huts known as Kamakura(igloos) with an altar to the Shinto water gods. They've been doing this for over 400 years. Inside Kamakura is a charcoal brazier in the middle to keep the place warm. The temporary inhabitants of these Kamakura sit on cushions while cooking sweet mochi which is a type of a chewy rice cake and heating up a type of non-alcoholic sweet-tasting type os sake known as 'Amazake'.
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