I have been looking forward to this one for more than a year, having missed it due to poor planning on my part the previous year. Finally I have been to Hokkaido and the Yuki Matsuri, or Snow Festival. For those of you keeping score back home, Hokkaido is the northern most island of Japan and, in winter, is blisteringly cold. Thus it is the perfect place to have the Snow Festival, an event where people from all over Japan and world come to build massive snow and ice sculptures. These behemoths are created and displayed in a park that runs the length of the city and people flock here to see these humongous creations. The sheer size and detail of these statues is awe inspiring.
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Is this set up sort of like a World's Fair? I could tell that one of the sculptures was of the ancient Egyptian monuments. Captions might be useful or perhaps more description in your narrative. Can't wait to hear about it.
Cathy
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