The festival first began in Sapporo’s Odori Park in 1950, when the snow sculptures were made by local high school students. By 1974, it had gained international recognition and added a contest ...

This year, temperatures in central Sapporo hit an unseasonable 5.4 ... featuring more than 120 snow and ice sculptures this year. For locals like Watanabe, the event is about tradition and ...

Frigid weather in Sapporo City has transformed part of the Ashiribetsu Falls into a breathtaking ice sculpture. The waterfall, located in Takino Suzuran Hillside National Park, began to freeze at ...

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.

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

Naomi Osaka has made it big, there's little doubt about that. If you need any further proof of her global fame, an ice replica of her head is featured in the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan.

SAPPORO--The internationally popular Sapporo Snow Festival will be held in February but with fewer and smaller ice sculptures, no sales vendors and zero stage events, the executive committee said.

An observatory at the top of Moiwa, which provides panoramic view of Sapporo, was seen covered with snow on Sunday morning. “When I came here last week, much of the mountain was still green ...