If you've seen Tangled, you'll remember this glorious scene where Rapunzel finally gets to see the ~floating lights~ up close and personal...
Luckily, it's not just a scene that exists in Disney fairy tales — in fact, Disney's animators took inspiration from real life lantern festivals that happen all over the world.
These are photos from the Tsunan Snow Festival in Japan, which takes at the end of every winter.
Attendees of the snow festival get to ride snowmobiles, go on a snow treasure hunt, and participate in the release of thousands of sky lanterns.
Other attractions in the area include a huge "igloo shrine" and a snowboard competition.
But of course, it's the floating lanterns that you've definitely gotta see:
(If anyone needs us, we'll be sighing dreamily over these...)
The good news: to launch lanterns or view the event, visitors just have to purchase a ticket, which includes a parking fee...
The bad news: tickets are already completely sold out for this year. (But tickets for the night before, where 1,000 lanterns will be launched) are still available!)
And you never know who'll show up — last year, Mari Okonogi, the voice actress for Rapunzel (in the Japanese version of Tangled), performed at the festival.
This post was translated from Japanese.