Sapporo – An iconic annual snow festival kicked off in Sapporo on Tuesday, featuring a total of 202 snow and ice sculptures at three venues. The Sapporo Snow Festival will run until Feb. 11.

SAPPORO--For the first time in four years, the Sapporo Snow Festival finally returned in full scale on Feb. 4, showcasing 196 snow and ice sculptures across its three traditional sites.

SAPPORO—Amid towering snow and ice sculptures, ambitious curry bun venders will seek to set a new Guinness World Record by selling 10,000 buns in eight hours at the Sapporo Snow Festival on Feb. 8.

The Sapporo Snow Festival is the pinnacle of all winter festivals held in Japan. Founded in 1950, it celebrates the natural beauty and joy found in abundance in Japan’s northern capital.

SAPPORO, Japan — A new class of aircraft carrier — one carved from snow — is appearing at the 74th annual Sapporo Snow Festival, a world-renowned stage in Japan for cold weather sculptors.

The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual weeklong event that dates to 1950 in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands. The festival features around 200 sculptures, according to the Japan ...

A snow sculpture of Rising Freedom Gundam, Kira Yamato’s new Mobile Suit in Gundam SEED Freedom, will appear at the 74th Sapporo Snow Festival. The event will run from February 4 -11, 2024.

Japan ’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...

For those who’ll be in Sapporo for the Snow Festival in 2024, you’ll be able to check out snow sculptures of Jujutsu Kaisen characters. To be specific, snow sculptures of Yuji and Gojo will be ...

However, the festival is currently facing a variety of unprecedented challenges. There are financial problems arising due to the increased operating costs and a decrease in advertising revenue, as ...

The 2024 Sapporo Snow Festival runs until Sunday, February 11. Thanks go to local English teacher Basil Villacortes Sali for kind permission to use his photographs of the exhibition.

The 75th Sapporo Snow Festival will be held on February 4 - 11, 2025, in the City of Sapporo, Japan’s Northern Capital. As one of the world’s largest snow sculpture festivals, ...