An icefall generally refers to a waterfall that has frozen over. The name “Icefall Festival” given to this ice sculpture event in Sounkyo was derived from the way the ice artworks express this natural ...

Because this tough formation taught us a lesson in waterfall ice climbing we named the line “Lector” and graded it WI7. Sounkyo - the centre of ice climbing in Hokkaidos After these intensive days we ...

Water in the Ginga-no-taki waterfall tumbles down from a columnar jointed rock face into multiple slim threads, for around 120 meters. Each year, many tourists come to see the autumnal foliage in the ...