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. The Odori ...

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 ...

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.

(SPOT.ph) Ahh, Sapporo. It was love at frost ... we found ourselves in a charmingly wintry scene at the Entrance Square. A small mound of snow stood in the center, with rustic wooden sleds piled ...

OCA honorary life vice president Wei Jizhong commended the Japanese organizers, shared colorful anecdotes about competitors from warm weather nations and thanked the citizens of Sapporo.