Kusatsu Autumn Lantern Festival

Essentials

location

Yabase Kihanto Park, Oharappa Field

period

November 28, 2026 (Sat) - November 29, 2026 (Sun)

Time

16:00–21:00 (lanterns handed out 17:30–19:30; mass release planned for 20:00)

cost

Lantern ticket (admits up to 2, includes 1 lantern): ¥5,000 in advance / ¥6,000 on the day (no door sales if advance tickets sell out). Advance ticket with parking ¥6,500. Free for elementary school age and younger. No free entry otherwise.

Links

• Official Website
• Instagram

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access

From the west exit of JR Kusatsu Station or from Minami-Kusatsu Station, take an Ohmi Bus to Yabase, then walk about 10 minutes. By car, about 15 minutes from the Seta-nishi or Kusatsu-tanakami interchange on the Meishin Expressway (about 500 free spaces, which may fill up).

TICKETS / REGISTRATION

Tickets are sold first-come, first-served on LivePocket, with a separate page for each day: Nov 28 (Sat) tickets / Nov 29 (Sun) tickets. Payment by credit card or LivePocket deferred payment. One QR code gets wristbands for up to two people. No date changes or cancellations after purchase.

NOTE

On site

• Street performers and live music
• Food trucks and food stalls
• Festival games such as shooting galleries and ring toss, mask stalls, omikuji fortunes

About the lanterns

• LED-lit and released on a tether (not let go into the sky); the handle doubles as a weight

Weather

• Held in rain, cancelled in stormy weather. Decided at 9:00 on the day based on the 18:00–21:00 forecast for the park (cancelled at 4 mm/h rain or 7 m/s wind or more)
• Refunds on cancellation only for credit card payments; no refund if weather forces a stop mid-event

* Elementary and junior high school students must come with a guardian

* Pets are allowed

* Regular ticket holders use the free car park; no refund if it is full and you cannot attend

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