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The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is held during one week every February in Hokkaido'scapital Sapporo. 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 sincedeveloped 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 Snow Festival is staged onthree sites: the Odori Site, Susukino Site and Tsu Dome Site. | |
Odori SiteThe main site is the Odori Site in Sapporo's centrally located 1.5 kilometer long Odori Park. The festival's famouslarge snow sculptures, some measuring more than 25 meters wide and 15 meters high, are exhibited there. They are lit up daily until 22:00. Besides about a dozen large snow sculptures, the Odori Siteexhibits more than one hundred smaller snow statues and hosts several concerts and events, many of which use the sculptures as their stage. A good view over Odori Park can be enjoyed from the SapporoTV Tower, which stands at the eastern end of the park and is opened from 9:00 to 22:30 during the festival (from 8:30 on the weekend). Admission to the top observatory deck costs 700 yen peradult. Susukino SiteThe Susukino Site, located in and named after Sapporo's largest entertainment district, exhibits about one hundred ice sculptures. Susukino is located only one subway stop south ofOdori Park. The ice sculptures are lit up daily until midnight (until 22:00 on the festival's final day). The less centrally located Tsu Dome Site is a family oriented site with three types of snowslides, snow rafting and more snow sculptures. Inside the dome, there are many food stands and a stage for events. The Tsu Dome Site is open daily from 9:00 to 17:00. | |
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The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is held during one week every February in Hokkaido'scapital Sapporo. 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 sincedeveloped 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 Snow Festival is staged onthree sites: the Odori Site, Susukino Site and Tsu Dome Site. | |
Odori SiteThe main site is the Odori Site in Sapporo's centrally located 1.5 kilometer long Odori Park. The festival's famouslarge snow sculptures, some measuring more than 25 meters wide and 15 meters high, are exhibited there. They are lit up daily until 22:00. Besides about a dozen large snow sculptures, the Odori Siteexhibits more than one hundred smaller snow statues and hosts several concerts and events, many of which use the sculptures as their stage. A good view over Odori Park can be enjoyed from the SapporoTV Tower, which stands at the eastern end of the park and is opened from 9:00 to 22:30 during the festival (from 8:30 on the weekend). Admission to the top observatory deck costs 700 yen peradult. Susukino SiteThe Susukino Site, located in and named after Sapporo's largest entertainment district, exhibits about one hundred ice sculptures. Susukino is located only one subway stop south ofOdori Park. The ice sculptures are lit up daily until midnight (until 22:00 on the festival's final day). The less centrally located Tsu Dome Site is a family oriented site with three types of snowslides, snow rafting and more snow sculptures. Inside the dome, there are many food stands and a stage for events. The Tsu Dome Site is open daily from 9:00 to 17:00. | |
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