This year's festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures ...

According to the festival executive committee, a total of about 200 ice and snow sculptures are displayed for the festival, held from Feb. 4-11. Of these, 80 are citizens' snow sculptures.

People in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, have flown kites in a festival to mark the first signs of spring as the snow ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular ... mentioned the record-level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4.

Winter in Hokkaido comes with meters of snow, literally.

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido ... The heavy snow and traffic disruptions came just as a popular snow festival began in Sapporo in southern Hokkaido, ...

The Sakura Festival began in 1986 to commemorate the naming of Narashino, Japan as Tuscaloosa’s first sister city. The sister ...

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...