SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival ... Full-scale production for the snow sculptures continued from Jan. 7 to Feb. 2. During that 27-day period, 21 days, or nearly 80 percent of the total ...

SAPPORO—A cool reproduction of the Catbus and sisters Satsuki and May in popular anime “My Neighbor Totoro” won the top prize in the citizen sculpture event at the 2023 Sapporo Snow Festival.

Visitors are flocking to Sapporo, northern Japan, to see frozen sculptures at the festival, which marks its 70th anniversary this year. Almost 200 snow and ice sculptures are on display at three ...

At Odori Park, the event's main venue, the production of 129 snow and ice sculptures is underway. Sapporo Deputy Mayor Shuji ...

But how about snow? At the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, among the sculptures at the festival is none other than Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual ...

The main city of Sapporo makes the most of this with its annual Snow Festival, which has grown since 1950 into a major draw for tourists and festival participants from throughout Japan and all ...