Aoki's anamorphic terracotta sculpture stood out for its "honest expression of the ancestral coil process, the jury said in a ...

A quiet city in Japan has been using a surprising method to keep roads snow-free for decades. No salt, no plows—just a clever ...

Held across different regions, these festivals highlight Japan's opulent heritage through breathtaking displays and activities. From exquisite ice sculptures to age-old performances, each of these ...

ZHANG TAO/XINHUA HARBIN — Despite the subzero chill, Hong Kong middle schoolers Hu Ying and Huang Jiawen stood transfixed before glittering ice sculptures ... skiers from Japan, the Republic ...

One of Japan’s most successful ice companies is Kuramoto Ice ... A Surreal Milan Home: Francesco Vezzoli’s home, with its life-size sculpture of Sophia Loren, is a tribute to his lifelong ...

A series of chairs made from frozen blocks of ice – designed to ‘express light’ and ... look in Naoto Fukasawa sparks children’s imaginations with play sculptures The Japanese designer creates an ...

The opening ceremony featured a spectacular performance symbolizing unity and friendship, with ice sculptures representing Asian nations ... surpassing the previous high set at the 8th AWG in Sapporo, ...

According to the festival executive committee, a total of about 200 ice and snow sculptures are displayed for the festival, held through Feb. 11. Of these, 80 are citizens' snow sculptures. One of the ...

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival ... rely on snow trucked in from Hokkaido’s mountains to build its famous ice sculptures, Watanabe said. But as temperatures rise, snowfall is not the only ...

An iconic annual snow festival kicked off in Sapporo on Tuesday, featuring a total of 202 snow and ice sculptures at three venues. The Sapporo Snow Festival will run until Feb. 11. Five giant snow ...

with various ice sculptures being lit up each day at around sunset. About 30 ice sculptures, which have a maximum height of about 13 meters, are displayed at the venue. The lake’s crystal-clear water, ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency's Sapporo ... However, the warm temperatures are affecting other sites hosting snow and ice sculptures, forcing people to work on them at night when ...