Hokkaido winter tradition "Sapporo Snow Festival" opens February 13 at 13:03

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Hokkaido's winter tradition "Sapporo Snow Festival" has begun at the main venue in the city center from the 4th and is full of many tourists.

The opening ceremony of the Sapporo Snow Festival, which will color Sapporo in winter with snow and ice statues, will be held on the 4th at the main Odori venue in the center of Sapporo City. I want you to bring it home. "

The biggest highlights are the five heavy snow statues, which are about 15 meters tall. The snow statues named after the Ainu culture dispatch base "Upopoi" which will open in Shiraoi-cho, Hokkaido in April, and last year, the diplomatic relations between Japan and Poland A snow statue commemorating 100 years since its establishment is on display.

The 71st sushi was a record shortage of snow, the height of the slide made of snow became lower than last year, a disinfectant solution was installed at the venue due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and attention was raised in a foreign language Unnecessary measures such as posting posters are required.

A boy from Mie Prefecture said, "I was surprised at the size of the heavy snow statue," and a man from Sendai City said, "It is powerful enough not to feel the effects of lack of snow."

The Sapporo Snow Festival will be held until November 11 at the Odori venue, the Susukino venue in the downtown area, and the Tsudoom venue in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, where visitors can play on a snowy slide.