The main city of Sapporo makes the most of this with its annual Snow Festival, which has grown since 1950 into a major draw for tourists and festival participants from throughout Japan and all ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had been a record low snowfall this season. About 140 snow statues are ...

SAPPORO--The annual Sapporo Snow Festival, one of the nation’s biggest winter events, is to be held online for the second straight year due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID ...

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 ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival originated in the post-World War ... The warm weather has also affected other events. The Maruyama ...

We were a few weeks too early for the famous Sapporo Snow Festival, but it's far from being the city's only attraction. Below, we’ll share some of the other unique experiences that make Sapporo ...