Miniature snow houses made for the Kamakura Festival, Yokote, Japan (© JTB Media Creation, Inc./Alamy)

【February 15 2015】In Yokote, Japan, where winters are often cold and snowfall heavy, people embrace the season by building snow houses, called kamakura, for the annual Kamakura Festival. Children usually make the small kamakura, as seen here, but others build igloo-like snow houses that are large enough to accommodate four or five people.Explore breathtaking Gallery from the HuluTrip homepage over the past 5 years..