The Sapporo Snow Festival is one of the most popular annual events in all of Japan. It is held annually in February and attracts over 2 million people every year. The venue is inSapporo, the prefectural capital ofHokkaido, which is the northernmost prefecture that receives excessive amounts of...
The Sapporo Snow Festival (さっぽろ雪まつり, Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is held during one week every February inHokkaido's capitalSapporo. It is one of Japan's most popular winter events. The Sapporo Snow Festival was started in 1950, when high school students built a few snow statues inOdori...
The Festival of Snow and Ice held in early February every year at a few places, one of them is Odori Park, where scul...
Held in early February every year, the Sapporo Snow Festival started in 1950 and became bigger and bigger and nowadays is one of the top tourist attractions in Japan during Winter time. Before 2020 the festival was welcoming over 2 million visitors from Japan and abroad and now is back again!
As the name implies, the Sapporo Snow Festival, also known as the Sapporo Ice Festival, is all about snow and ice sculptures. The festival takes place every year for a week in early February across three main sites: Odori Park, Tsudome, and Susukino. In 2025, there will also be a new...
Unmissable Books about JapanStreet View Treasure HuntsBonusFree 2017 CalendarSapporo Snow FestivalA band performing in front of a sculpture made entirely out of snow, at the 2004 festival For one week every year, Sapporo hosts a giant festival of snow and ice. At the core of the festival are...
Sapporo, capital, Hokkaido dō (territory), Japan, on the Ishikari-gawa (Ishikari River). Laid out in 1871, with wide, tree-lined boulevards intersecting each other at right angles, the city was made the prefectural capital in 1886. It owed its early dev
Held once a year over a week in February, this festival celebrates the abundance of snow in Japan’s north by creating huge, breathtaking snow sculptures. The festival is held over three sites: Odori, Susukino and Tsu Dome. The Odori site is the main stage for the festival, located in ce...
We were all set to travel from Hawaii to Sapporo, Japan for the various annual Snow Festival ice sculptures in Hokkaido. It was a trip of a lifetime. However, with the concern over the unknown factors with how the Corona Virus might spread in early January,...
Take a leisurely stroll through Odori Park, a sprawling green space that transforms into a winter wonderland during the Sapporo Snow Festival. Explore the vibrant Susukino district, renowned for its lively nightlife, izakayas, and entertainment venues. And don't miss the opportunity to visit the...