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.

Of these, 80 are citizens' snow sculptures. One of the sculptures depicts Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi, who won the gold medal in the women's javelin at the Paris Olympics last year. As snow fell ...

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 ...

ambitious curry bun venders will seek to set a new Guinness World Record by selling 10,000 buns in eight hours at the Sapporo Snow Festival on Feb. 8. Organized by the JA (Japan Agricultural ...

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...