> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.nipponstays.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # La Fête des Vignerons à Yoichi 2026: The Last Ticket Route Left - URL: https://www.nipponstays.com/la-fete-des-vignerons-a-yoichi/ - Published: 2026-08-08T06:49:04.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-08T06:49:04.000Z - Description: Every regular ticket for Yoichi's La Fête 2026 sold out. One official-sponsor hotel package still gets you in — 10 sets, with rare Takahiko pours. - Author: Hideaki - Tags: Yoichi, Things to Do, #2026-08-yoichi-lafete-01 La Fête des Vignerons à Yoichi — the one day a year when the wineries and vineyards of Yoichi's Nobori district open their farms to visitors — holds its 10th edition on Sunday, September 6, 2026, and every regular ticket channel has sold out. As of August 8, 2026, the one public route left is a 10-set package from Otaru Retreat Kuramure, the festival's official sponsor hotel: a night-before stay with rare Domaine Takahiko pours, the festival ticket and shuttle included, booked through the hotel's official site. Kuramure's regular nights run from ¥30,000 (rates vary by season); if the 10 sets are gone by the time you read this, the fallback is a normal Yoichi wine trip, covered below. ## What La Fête des Vignerons à Yoichi is La Fête des Vignerons à Yoichi is an annual open-farm festival in the Nobori district of Yoichi, Hokkaido, where visitors walk between wineries and vineyards and drink the wines where the grapes grow. The 2026 edition — the 10th — runs 9:30–15:30 on Sunday, September 6, with reception from 9:00, and entry is by pre-registered ticket only. Free shuttle buses connect JR Yoichi Station to the festival area on the day. The reason demand outruns supply is the producers. Nobori is home to Domaine Takahiko, the pinot noir estate that put Yoichi on the international wine map, along with the younger wineries founded by people who trained there. Bottles that are allocation-only in Tokyo restaurants get poured in the open air once a year at this festival — our guide to [drinking Domaine Takahiko wine in Yoichi](https://www.nipponstays.com/where-to-drink-domaine-takahiko-wine/) explains why the wines are so hard to find the other 364 days. ## Every regular ticket channel has sold out Ticket sales for the 2026 edition opened on June 9 at noon, and every channel listed on the official site has since closed. As of August 8, 2026, all seven regular routes — general online sales, the Yoichi resident allocation, the Sapporo sightseeing-bus day tour, the JAL package tour, the ANA package tour, and both Rakuten furusato-nozei ticket types — show as sold out or closed on the official ticket page. | Ticket route | Status (checked Aug 8, 2026) | | -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | | General online sales | Closed | | Yoichi resident allocation | Closed | | Sapporo bus day tour | Sold out | | JAL package tour | Sold out | | ANA package tour | Sold out | | Rakuten furusato-nozei (2 types) | Sold out | | **Kuramure sponsor package (10 sets)** | **On sale from early August** | That last row is the story. On August 5, 2026 the festival's official sponsor hotel announced a ticket-included stay limited to 10 sets, and on August 8 winemaker Takahiko Soga posted the details — which is as close to a back door as this festival gets. ## The Kuramure package: what 10 sets actually buy The package is a stay at Otaru Retreat Kuramure on the night before the festival, September 5, with the September 6 festival ticket and shuttle transport included. According to the winery's announcement, dinner that night includes a pour of **2008 Yoichi Nobori Kyumura** — the first wine Domaine Takahiko ever released, in spring 2010, the bottling Soga credits with building the estate's following. Each set also includes a take-home bottle of **Nanatsu-Mori Grand Cuvée 2024**, the estate's top cuvée, which is sold mainly in Europe. ![A bottle of Domaine Takahiko Nanatsu-Mori pinot noir being poured in Yoichi, Hokkaido](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c2/d8/c2d85794-51e9-4a95-82a1-758e73652b1c/content/images/2026/07/yoichi-nanatsumori-2021-pour.jpg) Nanatsu-Mori by the glass in Yoichi. The package's dinner pour goes further back — to the estate's first release. Booking is through the hotel's official site ([otaru.by-onko-chishin.com](https://otaru.by-onko-chishin.com/?ref=nipponstays.com)), not through booking platforms. Ten sets for a festival whose bus tours and airline packages sold out weeks ago will not last; if the plan page no longer shows availability, treat this as documentation of how fast the window closed rather than an invitation. ## The hotel itself: Otaru Retreat Kuramure Kuramure is a 19-room all-inclusive ryokan in the Asarigawa Onsen district of Otaru, reopened in February 2026 after a renovation, with a private onsen bath in every room. It sits about 15 min by car from central Otaru — this is a destination stay, not a base for walking the canal — and the hotel runs a free shuttle from JR Otaru-Chikko Station with advance reservation. Outside festival weekend, regular nights run from ¥30,000 (rates vary by season); you can [check regular-stay rates for Otaru Retreat Kuramure here](https://www.agoda.com/city/tokyo-jp.html?cid=1968926&tag=la-fete-des-vignerons-a-yoichi&ref=nipponstays.com). It also anchors our [Otaru hotels for couples](https://www.nipponstays.com/otaru-hotels-for-couples/) guide as the area's deepest private-onsen option. Festival logistics from Otaru work in the package's favor: the ride from Otaru Station to Yoichi on the JR Hakodate Main Line takes about 25 minutes, and the package's included transport removes the morning-of scramble that day-trippers face for the 9:00 reception. ## If you miss the 10 sets A sold-out La Fête does not close Yoichi. The wineries' bottles pour year-round at the bars near Yoichi Station, and the Nikka distillery keeps its own calendar regardless of festival weekend. Our [Yoichi stay guide](https://www.nipponstays.com/where-to-stay-in-yoichi/) and [day-trip plan from Sapporo or Otaru](https://www.nipponstays.com/yoichi-day-trip-from-sapporo-otaru/) cover the practical versions of that trip. | Name | Area | Price range | Best for | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | [Otaru Retreat Kuramure](https://www.agoda.com/city/tokyo-jp.html?cid=1968926&tag=la-fete-des-vignerons-a-yoichi&ref=nipponstays.com) | Asarigawa Onsen, Otaru | from ¥30,000; varies by season | The La Fête package; private onsen in every room | | [Yoichi LOOP](https://www.trip.com/hotels/yoichi-hotel-detail-71901481/hotel-loop/?Allianceid=9711325&SID=327049682&trip%5Fsub1=la-fete-des-vignerons-a-yoichi&ref=nipponstays.com) | Yoichi station front | from ¥11,000/room; varies by season | Sleeping in Yoichi itself, steps from the wine bars | | Kakuto Tokushimaya Ryokan | 2-min walk from Yoichi Station | from ¥15,000/person (2 meals); varies by season | Japanese-speaking travelers who want dinner solved | For 2027, the pattern to remember: partner tickets for the 2026 edition went on sale June 9 at noon and were gone across every channel within two months. Watch the official site (yoichi-lafete.com) from late spring, and treat the airline packages — which bundle flights and are announced earlier — as the realistic route from outside Hokkaido. ## FAQ: La Fête des Vignerons à Yoichi ### When is La Fête des Vignerons à Yoichi 2026 held? The 10th edition runs Sunday, September 6, 2026, from 9:30 to 15:30 with reception from 9:00, across the wineries and vineyards of Yoichi's Nobori district in Hokkaido. Entry is by pre-registered ticket only, and free shuttle buses run from JR Yoichi Station on the day. ### Can you still get tickets for La Fête 2026? Every regular channel — online sales, the resident allocation, the Sapporo bus tour, the JAL and ANA packages, and the furusato-nozei tickets — was sold out or closed as of August 8, 2026\. The one public route remaining was a 10-set ticket-included stay at Otaru Retreat Kuramure, the festival's official sponsor hotel, booked via the hotel's official site. ### What wine comes with the Kuramure La Fête package? According to the winery's announcement, dinner on the eve of the festival includes a pour of 2008 Yoichi Nobori Kyumura, the first wine Domaine Takahiko released, and each set includes a take-home bottle of Nanatsu-Mori Grand Cuvée 2024, the estate's top cuvée, which is otherwise sold mainly in Europe. The September 6 festival ticket and shuttle transport are part of the package. ### Is Yoichi worth visiting if the festival is sold out? Yes — the same producers' wines pour year-round at the bars clustered near Yoichi Station, and the Nikka Yoichi distillery is a separate reason to make the trip. Yoichi works as a day trip from Sapporo or Otaru on the JR Hakodate Line, or as an overnight with rooms from ¥11,000 near the station. --- **Information audit:* Last fact-checked August 2026 · Prices checked August 2026 (all rates are “from” floors that vary by season) · *How this guide was researched:* hotel facilities, prices and access details are verified against official and primary sources; we have not personally stayed at every property listed · How this site verifies information:* [*About NipponStays*](https://www.nipponstays.com/about/)*.*