From child's play to a globally recognized event The Sapporo Snow Festival began as child’s play, literally. Inspired by an elementary school’s ‘Snow Crafts’ Day and a junior high school ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival is one of the three major snow festivals in the world. Located in Sapporo, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, it is famous around the globe. And for those who ...

The 73rd Sapporo Snow Festival began in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Saturday. The festival, featuring more than 160 ice and snow sculptures, is open to the public for the first time since 2020. It was held ...

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. Five giant snow ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival started on February 4 in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It is a famous Japanese festival celebrating snow and ice. At Odori Park in Sapporo, 126 statues made by packing snow are ...

U.S. Navy sailors created a chill version of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, first in its class, as their contribution to the first Sapporo Snow Festival in three years.

As Tomonori Aoyama, Director General for Sapporo City Tourism & MICE Promotion ... trials and solar panels in some areas of the festival. The snow sculptors are not deterred by the challenges ...

If you’re unfamiliar with the Sapporo Snow Festival, it first started in 1950 and for decades, has been allowing builders to create snow sculptures in Odori Park.For the very first event ...

You've seen athletes depicted in stone statues. 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 ...

Capcom announced that it has set up a snow sculpture art based on its upcoming game Monster Hunter Wilds at the 2025 Sapporo Snow Festival. People who are residing in the capital city of Japan’s ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival is a long running tradition in Japan, first beginning in 1950 and continuing thanks to the assistance of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. In recent years, the festival has ...

SAPPORO, Japan, Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 ...