The heavy snow and traffic disruptions came just as a popular snow festival began in Sapporo in southern Hokkaido, although ...

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 ...

Hokkaido’s Sapporo Snow Festival may be less known internationally than the northern city's famous export — Sapporo beer — but the spectacular week-long showcase has become a major winter attraction ...

but a lot fell over the three days just before the festival opened." The event could usually rely on snow trucked in from Hokkaido's mountains to build its famous ice sculptures, Watanabe said.

SAPPORO--The annual Sapporo Snow Festival, one of the nation’s biggest ... the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Hokkaido after the turn of the year, the executive committee ...

The recent Hokkaido Snow Festival was a success, with tour members enjoying ample snowfall and breathtaking ice sculptures. “Hokkaido was blessed with ample snowfall this year, and the ice ...