The history of the festival dates back to 1950, when students at some of the local schools started to build some snow statues atOdori Park, one of the main sites of the festival today. Other than the snow statues, fun activities such as snowball fights and a carnival were also carried ou...
The Festival of Snow and Ice held in early February every year at a few places, one of them is Odori Park, where scul...
The dates for the 75th Sapporo Snow Festival have officially been confirmed, eight days from Tuesday, February 4 to Tuesday, February 11, 2025. As usual, there will be the International Snow Sculpture Contest and a number of food and drink stalls at three sites across Sapporo — Ōdōri ...
Hosting more than 2 million visitors annually during a week in early February, the Sapporo Snow Festival is one of Japan’s most famous winter events. The winter festival dates to 1950, when local junior and senior high school students created six snow sculptures atOdori Park, which then serve...
In the winter, the park transforms into a magical wonderland with the Sapporo Snow Festival, where intricate snow sculptures and ice sculptures are on display. For a more challenging adventure, head to Mount Moiwa and take a cable car to the summit for panoramic views of the city and its ...
Dates:4th Feb–11th Feb, 2025 Entry:Free Venues: Ōdōri Park, Tsudome, Sapporo Dome, Susukino Read more 2. Zaō Snow Monster Festival December to February 3 hours 30 minutes from Tokyo Yamagata Suggested Activity Brunch at Nishiki Market in Kyoto Start your day the right way -- with a...
We chose this Hotel as it was reasonably priced during the Snow Festival period and half way between the Sapporo Train station and the Odori Park (where the Snow Festival was located). Our room was small (typical in Japan) and clean. The room contained a fridge, desk, hanging...
Sapporo. A common brand of Japanese beer. Also, the capital city ofHokkaidō, Japan’s northernmost island. Famous for the aforementioned beer, an impressivesnow festival, and being Japan’s biggest city and transit hub this far north. And now, here are the best ways to get from Tokyo to...
A great hotel right in the centre of the city. Lots of underground arcades of shops and not far from the Snow Festival. Train station straight underneath the hotel. We travelled from Chitose airport to the hotel without going outside into the cold weather. ...
we were there for the snow festival so there was a huge variety of fresh market style food available. The hotel was a very short walk from the main avenue where the festival is held. There is 7/11 located on the corner of the hotel and also a long shopping arcade a couple of minutes...