Our sponsors Hotel Spa and Casa have this great offer for WMDF-goers.

On any day during the festival period, you can take an onsen bath to recover from your exertions and get a reduced price by showing your Whole Week Sponsor Pass or (that day’s) One Day Pass.

Adult price reduction (JHS and above): 702Yen –> 600 Yen.

(No preparation needed:  a 3-piece set of face towel, bath towel and light yukata is Y378. Or, a 2-piece set of face towel and bath towel is Y324. Shampoo, conditioner, body soap, etc are all free.)

Notes:

• Opening hours are 12 noon to 2 am.
• Offer applies during WMDF main event: Aug 5 to Aug 11.
• One pass per person for special price.
• No reductions on the child’s price (Elem school and below) of 378Yen.
• Prices include tax.
• For health reasons, please avoid bathing right after dining or drinking alcohol.

Please refresh yourself and come back ready to party again on the next festival day!

For our overseas visitors, if you are not sure of onsen etiquette, click on the image below to take you to TripAdvisor’s guide:

Special! For holders of Premium Pass, Artist Pass, and Mayor Pass:

• Adult price reduction: 702Yen –> 500 Yen.
• Combination of adult entry and 2-piece towel set: 1,026Yen –> 800 Yen.

Enjoy!

After the success of the 2015 WMDF (edition 008), we sent a newspaper-style report to all staff, sponsors and others involved in the production of WMDF and of our co-located events, the Mogu Mogu (goods and gourmet) festival and the Waku Waku (physical activity) festival.

We would love to also send this to all our 35,000 audience, but since we can’t, here is your chance to download. It is Japanese-only  (a 3.5M pdf file), but hey it has lots of cool pictures. 

We are already well advanced in the preparations for WMDF 009, and there are lots of great new performers planning their paths across the globe to meet in Hakodate this August. For 2016, we will run for seven days for the first time, to take advantage of the new national holiday on Aug 11. What better way to celebrate “Mountain Day” than to join us in Motomachi Park on the slopes of the town’s renowned Hakodate Yama?

WMDF held its Opening Party in the restaurant Ratna for the first time. To mark being held in Goryoukaku, the groups from each country built towers. Made from balloons. Coloridas put on a session that literally got everyone dancing around the whole stage. Thanks to Hakodate City for their support and for the official presents for each group. Thanks also to our T-shirt sponsors Apparel Fukushoku Kyoukai for their t-shirt support. Motomachi Park opens from August 5th. The party rocked this much; you really should come to see how the main event takes this to another level.

Photos by Glaretone