Lining odori park the grounds at community dome. Every winter about two million people come to sapporo to see a large number of splendid snow and ice sculptures. Sapporo snow festival attracts a growing number of visitors from japan and abroad every year.
One of the largest winter events in the world. Learn about the stunning ice sculptures and illuminations you can see when these festivals are and how to make the most out of winter in japan in 2019 and 2020. Wintertime in japan is enjoyable with snow festivals in sapporo aomori niigata tochigi and other regions.
We enjoy the harsh winter with exhibitions of snow statues and ice sculptures and making kamakura japanese igloo. Events on the theme of ice and snow of winter only in various regions is held. In japan it s coldest period spanning january through march.
In recent years sound and light effects have been added making the japanese snow festival experience even more attractive and. A huge variety of snow sculptures are constructed in odori park at sapporo s city center along with ice sculptures and more. The sapporo snow festival yukimatsuri is one of the major events representing hokkaido held every february when the city turns silver.
But unusually warm weather has kept the snow away forcing organizers to source snow from other. Sapporo s snow festival is a major tourism magnet for japan s northernmost prefecture of hokkaido. In 2007 57th festival about two million people visited sapporo to see the hundreds of snow statues and ice sculptures at the odori park and susukino sites in central.
Odori park susukino and tsudome are the main sites of the festival. The sapporo snow festival さっぽろ雪まつり sapporo yuki matsuri is a festival held annually in sapporo japan over seven days in february. Sapporo snow festivals is held for for one week in early february and attracts over 2 millions visitors from japan and all around the world.
Sapporo snow festival さっぽろ雪まつり is one of the most famous winter festivals in the world which is held in sapporo city hokkaido.
Snow sculptures japan. 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 in odori park. It has since developed into a large commercialized event featuring spectacular snow and ice sculptures and attracting more than two million visitors from japan and across the world. Every year tens of thousands of tourists flock to the snow festival in the northern japanese city of sapporo attracted by some 200 large but intricate ice sculptures.
Every year tens of thousands of tourists flock to the snow festival in the northern japanese city of sapporo attracted by some 200 large but intricate ice sculptures. It has since developed into a large commercialized event featuring spectacular snow and ice sculptures and attracting more than two million visitors from japan and across the world. The sapporo snow festival was started in 1950 when high school students built a few snow statues in odori park.
It is one of japan s most popular winter events.
