Instead of just passing through a city on the usual sightseeing route, planning a trip around a major festival means you’ll ...

The Sapporo Snow Festival has long been a part of Japan’s winter culture, routinely offering creative artists the opportunity to use the snow to create some wild pieces of art. As the anime industry ...

SAPPORO, Japan — A new class of aircraft carrier — one carved from snow — is appearing at the 74th annual Sapporo Snow Festival, a world-renowned stage in Japan for cold weather sculptors. A team of U ...

The snow sculpture will feature a large bust of the Rising Freedom Gundam. The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom logo will also appear on the panel. Bandai Namco will also set up a merchandise booth ...

The 75th Sapporo Snow Festival will be held on February 4 - 11, 2025, in the City of Sapporo, Japan’s Northern Capital. As one of the world’s largest snow sculpture festivals, the city will be ...

Frosty competition heats up in Odori Park as snow-artists carve out their place in history. In Sapporo’s Odori Park, the wind is howling, the temperature is minus 7c and snow is blowing horizontally.

You've seen athletes depicted in stone statues. But how about snow? At the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, among the sculptures at the festival is none other than Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei ...

Capcom announced that it has set up a snow sculpture art based on its upcoming game Monster Hunter Wilds at the 2025 Sapporo Snow Festival. People who are residing in the capital city of Japan’s ...

TUI has revealed it’s planning to open its very first hotel in Japan. Called TUI Suneo Otaru, the hotel will have 50 rooms and be just half an hour away from the bustling city of Sapporo.

However, the festival is currently facing a variety of unprecedented challenges. There are financial problems arising due to the increased operating costs and a decrease in advertising revenue, as ...