As the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread, Mayor Akimoto of Sapporo City acknowledged that it would be difficult to hold the "Sapporo Snow Festival" next year with the audience.
Regarding next year's "Sapporo Snow Festival", the executive committee announced in June that it would hold a reduced scale of small and medium-sized snow sculptures without producing heavy snow sculptures.
Regarding this, Mayor Akimoto of Sapporo City said at a press conference on the 10th, "Given the recent infection situation, even if the scale is reduced, it is difficult to set up a venue and hold it with the audience. I have. "
He has already communicated these ideas to the executive committee and said that the final decision on how the event should be held is expected within the next week.
Mayor Akimoto said, "It's a winter tradition in Sapporo that lasts more than 70 times, and it's important not to extinguish the lights of the Snow Festival. Is it? "