Walking in a Winter Wonderland: The Sapporo Snow Festival
Posted by Emma Torry on February 02, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Snow bunnies, this is one for you... Japan's 61st annual Sapporo Snow Festival kicks off this Friday 5th February and runs for a week. The festival attracts 2 million visitors every year and showcases snow statues and sculptures on a massive scale: 244 in total this year.

Teams from across the world head to Sapporo to take part in the snow and ice sculpture contest, which transforms the city into a glittering, icy spectacle of winter whimsy.
We recommend stopping into the Sapporo Snow Festival en route to a few days of skiing up in Niseko.
For more information about the festival visit www.snowfes.com.
Photo Credit: Sapporo Snow Festival by sachman75 via Flickr (Creative Commons).
