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	Sapporo Snow Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sapporo receives a considerable amount of snow each winter (in 1995-96 Sapporo received approximately 700 cm over the winter).
		The Festival began in 1950 when young people constructed six snow statues in Odori Park in downtown Sapporo.
		Below is a replica of the cathedral in Salzburg, Austria as part of the 1996 Festival.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/sapporo/snowfest.htm (84 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival, Sapporo Yuki Matsuri, Hokkaido
		Sapporo has always been more tourism conscious than other Japanese cities, and with the cost of the new infrastructure being quite large, the importance of making sure that the festival was professionally organized and managed was quickly understood.
		Sapporo City consolidated international interest by starting the International Snow Statue Competition in 1974, which has become one of the most popular sections of the festival, not only amongst Japanese visitors, but amongst the all important overseas media.
		Susukino is the main nightlife and entertainment district of Sapporo City, and during the snow festival it hosts what is more or less an ice festival, with the emphasis on ice carving.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/hokkaido/snow_festival.html (2131 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival
		Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands.
		With a population of 1.8 million, Sapporo is Japan's fifth largest city.
		Because there isn't enough snow in Sapporo itself, as many as 8000 five-ton truckloads of snow are brought in each year, beginning three weeks before the festival.
	ddiekman.tripod.com /id36.html (855 words)

	SailorChibiMoon.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sapporo is the capital of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
		Yuki is Japanese for snow, and matsuri means festival, so "Snow Festival." The other famous festival is also the Sapporo White Illumination, which involves hundreds of thousands of lights decorating certain streets.
		The Sapporo Snow Festival is held in early February, and the Sapporo White Illumination is held from mid November to mid February.
	www.sailorchibimoon.com /info/exploringjapan/sapporo.htm (199 words)

	Sapporo Japan, Sapporo Hotels, Sapporo Beer, Sapporo Travel, Sapporo Snow Festival, Hokkaido Travel
		One of Japan’s newest cities, Sapporo is a well laid-out and immensely livable metropolis located in the southwest of Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido.
		Sapporo is known as the host of the 1972 Winter Olympics, home to the world-famous Sapporo beer, and an annual snow festival held in February.
		The highlight of the week-long Sapporo Snow Festival occurs each night when the ice statues are illuminated by colored lights and the whole city becomes a gleaming photo opportunity.
	www.destination360.com /asia/japan/sapporo.php (619 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Sapporo Yuki Matsuri (February 5) the Sapporo Snow Festival, is one of the world’s largest winter festivals featuring hundreds of ice sculptures
		Sapporo, located on the Ishikari plain, is the nation’s 5th largest city and the capital, administrative and economic center of Hokkaido.
		By 1970, Sapporo’s population had grown to over one million residents and in 1972 was designated as one of Japan’s “eleven major cities,” along with Tokyo,Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe, Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka, Kawasaki and Hiroshima.
	www.japancorner.com /sapporo.asp (821 words)

	City of Sapporo
		Sapporo is not just Hokkaido's capital; it is also the island's largest city.
		Sapporo has a mild climate and is a very comfortable to spend your summer time, not too hot or humid.
		Mainly the snow sculptures are made by Self Defense Force (Japanese Army) for bigger ones (usually taller than most of all buildings in downtown Sapporo) and by some citizens for smaller ones.
	www.geocities.com /eastexit2002/sapporo.htm (393 words)

	Sapporo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sapporo is primarily known outside Japan as the host city for the 1972 Winter Olympics, and for the annual Snow Festival, known as yuki matsuri, which draws more than 2 million tourists from around the world.
		In 1868 (the officially recognised year celebrated as the 'birth' of Sapporo), the new Meiji government concluded that the existing administrative center of Hokkaidō, which at the time was the port of Hakodate was in an unsuitable location for the defense and further development of the island.
		The continuing expansion of the Japanese into Hokkaidō continued, mainly due to migration from the main island of Honshū immediately to the south, and the prosperity of Hokkaidō and particularly its capital grew to the point that the Development Commission was deemed unnecessary and was abolished in 1882.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sapporo,_Hokkaido (640 words)

	The Sapporo Snow Festival by Susan Miles\| Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence
		For those who are inspired to get creative and contribute to the gallery of snow and ice, all hands are welcomed to build the 10,000plus snowmen that are needed to break the proceeding years world record for the most snowmen.
		But if Sapporo is the official, professional ice festival, the people’s festival appears to be in full swing at the nearby coastal town of Otaru.
		While the Sapporo festival is presented on the sweeping boulevards, the Otaru snow festival is featured on the banks of the town’s quaint canal.
	www.travelintelligence.net /wsd/articles/art_2948.html (872 words)

	Negotiating the Sapporo snow festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Snow might not be the most obvious thing that springs to mind when you think of Japan, but the land of the rising sun's northernmost island, Hokkaido, is full of it.
		Sapporo, the capital city of Hokkaido, is a firm favourite even among the Japanese themselves and during the month of February, thousands of people flock to the ice-city to enjoy the annual snow festival, the largest winter festival of its kind in Japan.
		With hundreds of sculptures to work through in addition to a range of light and music shows, the snow festival offers a long weekend of entertainment and is best combined with a trip to Sapporo's ski slopes.
	www.endsleigh.co.uk /web/policies/travel/more/trip/sapporo.html (296 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sapporo Snow Festival (さっぽろ雪まつり Sapporo Yuki-matsuri) is a famous yearly festival held in Sapporo, Japan over seven days in February.
		About two million people come to see the enormous beautiful snow statues on display in Odori Park in central Sapporo, which is the main site of the festival.
		The Snow Festival began in 1950 when six local high school students built six snow statues in Odori Park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sapporo_Snow_Festival (302 words)

	Sapporo and Pokemon
		Perhaps the most famous snow festival in the world, it is the highlight of the year for Sapporo, the major city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
		"Snow!" shouted Geoffrey, the 4-year-old, and they all began to assess the height of drifts beside the runway with the same accuracy that a fisherman uses to measure the ones that get away.
		Next year will be the 50th-anniversary Sapporo snow festival, founded on Feb. 18, 1950, when a group of high school students made six snow sculptures in Odori Park in the center of town.
	waddell.ci.manchester.ct.us /pokemon-sapporo.html (1611 words)

	blue's page - Sapporo Snow Festival 2000
		Sapporo, with a population of more than 1.7 million, is the fifth largest city in Japan and the political and economic center of Hokkaido.
		Many foreigners were invited to Sapporo at the end of the 188s to help with its development, resulting in the somewhat "Western look" of the city.
		The park is the site of the beer gardens and traditional Bon dancing in the summer and of the world-famous Sapporo Snow festival and the displays of White Illumination in the winter.
	www.kcn.ne.jp /~blue/photo2/snow/index_e.html (320 words)

	Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com » Sapporo Snow Festival
		In 2006 the festival is from February 6th to 12th.
		Unemployment was particularly high in Sapporo during this period, due to the loss of fisheries, disruption of markets, a low level of public works expenditure, demobilization and a large number of people displaced by the war - some 400,000 from Sakhalin alone.
		The involvement of the SDF was probably what secured the festival’s long term success, as it was the soldiers who first built the now famous giant statues, and the wonderful snow slides for children and also the theme sculptures which helped the festival grow.
	www.japanesepod101.com /travel-center/seasonal-events/sapporo (543 words)

	lastminute.com - Odori Park - Sapporo Snow Festival
		The Snow Festival is Sapporo's biggest event of the year, with approximately two million people turning up to view the glittering ice sculptures created by professional artists in spaces all over Odori Park, Makomanai Park and Susukino (the main shopping district).
		In typical Japanese festival style, stalls line the streets selling hot, sweet chicken and other tempting culinary delights, as well as blocks of ice containing whole lobsters and various other forms of marine life.
		The area has an excellent climate for the event - it starts snowing in November and is in the heart of a deep freeze by February before the thaw in March.
	travelguides.lastminute.com /sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=24316 (282 words)

	Snow Festival 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In addition to the snow architecture, there are whimsical snow statues of famous characters from popular culture from both Japan and abroad.
		This portion of the festival is best viewed at night, when the neon lights of the buildings reflect off of the ice to create a beautiful effect.
		Coming to the Sapporo Snow Festival is a great way to see the city of Sapporo and a great reason to come and visit the northernmost island of Hokkaido.
	www.kouiki.chuo.sapporo.jp /foreign-language/english/004_experience/010/fr_r_exp_010.html (407 words)

	Joshua Zimmerman - Yuki Matsuri (Sapporo Winter Snow Festival)
		I guess I'm a little late on posting this report on the Winter Snow Festival in Sapporo last weekend, but I've just been really beat this last week and have been trying (unsuccessfully) to get some extra sleep.
		Sapporo, which is the second largest party city in Japan, feels a lot like Minnesota.
		We arrived in Sapporo to find the city under a heat wave (oh the irony) and that many of the sculptures were melting at an alarming rate.
	www.joshuazimmerman.com /blog/archives/2007/02/yuki_matsuri_sa.html (598 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival \| Aranami.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This will be the last year of the snow festival in it's current form.
		The festival will continue with the smaller sculptures, but it is going to be a lot different after this year without the huge sculptures made by the JSDF.
		I was glad that we got to go to the festival this year so we could see what it was like before it gets smaller.
	blog.aranami.net /archives/february2005/07/01 (525 words)

	4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Whether it’s the 55-year old Sapporo International Snow Festival, the new Munich Christmas Market, world-class winter sports, or a hot-springs soaking at Jozankei, there is always something to make winter here an exciting experience.
		What began in Odori Park in 1950 with just six snow statues created by school children has spread to over three locations in the city, and today the Sapporo Snow Festival is internationally famous for its gargantuan snow sculptures and winter fun.
		The oldest and most prestigious of Sapporo’s numerous ski events is the International Miyasama Ski Games, which were started in commemoration of Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Chichibu and Prince Takamatsu’s visits to Hokkaido in 1928 and 1929.
	www.city.sapporo.jp /somu/ambassador/amb7/4.htm (845 words)

	Far East Edition visits Sapporo, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Sapporo Snow Festival is one of the largest winter festivals in Japan.
		This year, Far East Edition performed on a snow stage attached to one of the massive sculptures that have made the festival famous.
		The snow sculpture presents a dramatic backdrop for the band.
	www.seventhfleetband.navy.mil /News/FEESapporo.htm (70 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At the 1999 Sapporo Snow Festival, held from February 5 to 11, 210 snow and 121 ice sculptures were constructed in three locations, the main setting being the narrow, 1.5-kilometer (0.9-mile)-long Odori Park built alongside a big avenue running through the city's center.
		The largest of the snow sculptures in 1999 - 20 meters (66 feet) high, 34 meters (112 feet) wide, and 25 meters (82 feet) deep - was a scale replica of Hungary's exquisite Buda Castle.
		For the last four years Sapporo has hosted a "Virtual Snow Festival" on the Internet, which gives middle- and high-school students from around the world a chance to submit their own sculpture designs.
	web-jpn.org /kidsweb/calendar/february/snow.html (397 words)

	Massive snow sculptures take a beating - Weather - MSNBC.com
		SAPPORO, Japan - It was almost the snow festival that wasn't when an unexpected thaw struck the opening day of the internationally renowned Sapporo ice sculpture fair.
		In his hand was a bucket of wet snow the consistency of concrete, known in the trade as "sherbet," that he meticulously smoothed over the letters to rejuvenate the surface.
		The Sapporo Snow Festival dates to 1950, when local high school students built six snow statues in Odori Park.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/17042912 (743 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival :: Japan Visitor
		The Self Defence force base at Makomanai (four miles from the city center) is where to bring the kids to play on snow slides and see huge sculptures of well known cartoon characters and the nightlife district of Susukino is where ice sculptors get to show off their crystal-like creations.
		During the 7-day festival, Sapporo is transformed into a glittering fairytale land of snow and ice sculptures large and small.
		The festival is held every year in mid-February and makes a great mid-winter break, especially if you can combine it with skiing or snowboarding at one of the numerous resorts nearby.
	www.japanvisitor.com /index.php?cID=366&pID=407 (424 words)

	Association for Asia Research- Sapporo snow festival
		The festival began in 1950 when local high school students made six snow statues in Odori Park along the city's main street.
		In 1972, the Snow Festival was held during the 11th Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo, making the festival known internationally.
		As a result, the International Snow Statue Competition began in 1974, and in the 24th competition in 1997, 21 teams from 19 countries participated.
	www.asianresearch.org /articles/1925.html (250 words)

	Outdoor Japan - Features - Sapporo Snow Festival - 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Sapporo Snow Festival has become one of Japan's largest winter events and attracts a growing number of visitors from Japan and overseas.
		Odori Koen extends one and a half kilometers across the center of Sapporo and is the main venue for the festivities.
		The Snow Festival's humble beginnings can be traced back to 1950, when local high school students built six snow statues in Odori Koen.
	www.outdoorjapan.com /features/ojfeature-snowfest2002.html (442 words)

	an american werewolf in japan: The Sapporo Snow Festival
		The Sapporo Snow Festival (yuki matsuri) is one of Japan’s largest winter festivals and quite possibly, one of the largest in the world.
		In order to avoid the largest crowds, we decided to visit the festival the weekend before it opened and to then stay through Monday the 6th, the opening day of the festival.
		One part of the festival that we missed most of was the sculpture competition.
	www.zeroatthebone.com /2006/02/sapporo-snow-festival.html (930 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival 2003
		Every February in downtown Sapporo hundreds of trucks haul in thousands of tons of snow in order that it might be transformed into the single biggest year attraction in all of Hokkaido, the Sapporo Snow Festival.
		This snow is formed into building-sized blocks and then shaped by thousands of hands, picks, and back-hoes into giant cartoon characters, animals, and famous buildings from around the world.
		There was another part of the Snow Festival happening not to far away from Odori Koen in Susukino, the party/pink-light district of Sapporo.
	galileo.spaceports.com /~luap/snowfestival.htm (586 words)

	iTzone - Sapporo Snow Festival in Singapore!
		On 7 February 2006, invited guests from local institutes and IDA were able to witness the grand ice-sculpture of this year's Sapporo Snow Festival live in Singapore under the scorching sun.
		The Sapporo Snow Festival began in 1950 when a group of senior high school students built several snow statues in a park.
		The Festival has grown from these humble beginnings to become the biggest and most well-known of Hokkaido's winter events and a snow festival of international caliber.
	www2.ntu.edu.sg /ITZone/Mar2006/Sapporo.htm (379 words)

	Sapporo Snow Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Snow Festival began more than 50 years ago with high school students building a half dozen sculptures.
		Children are dressed in brightly colored snow suits.
		The snow sculptures are lit dramatically at night.
	www.cgsd.com /rlatham/SnowFest/DayFestival.html (199 words)

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