Visitors are flocking to Sapporo, northern Japan, to see frozen sculptures at the festival, which marks its 70th anniversary this year. Almost 200 snow and ice sculptures are on display at three ...

It is a famous Japanese festival celebrating snow and ice. At Odori Park in Sapporo, 126 statues made by packing snow are lined up. There is even a sculpture of a character over 10 meters tall.

SAPPORO—Amid towering snow and ice sculptures, ambitious curry bun venders ... Organized by the JA (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives) Group Hokkaido, the Co-op Sapporo supermarket chain and ...

[2] This ice sculpture festival is a major tourist draw for the ... the Osaka Castle of Japan and Beijing’s Temple of Heaven – all carved from clear blocks of ice. [3] Jin Yiting visited ...