Today, the festival is put together by the Japan Ground Self Defence Force and features a skating rink, snow ramps, and over 200 ambitious, expansive, and intricate sculptures, turning Sapporo into a ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular ... mentioned the record-level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4.

YUZAWA, Japan >> The Inukko Matsuri (Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival), a traditional Lunar New Year festival in which people make snow sculptures of dogs, shrines and temples to solicit good health and ...

There will be no snow sculptures built by amateur sculptors, and the international contest for teams from outside Japan has been called off, the committee said. Sales of food, drinks and goods ...

This year's festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures ...

With the snow festival slated to commence on Feb. 4 ... drops to 4 to 5 C below zero," he said. According to the Japan ...

Spring in Japan, from late March to early May, is a time of renewal. The famous cherry blossoms, or sakura, paint the country ...