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 ...

Here’s why: Snow and Sapporo are inextricably entwined ... The first snowfall of the year can be seen in November as the cold begins to draw in. From late December, the amount of snow begins ...

The main city of Sapporo makes the most of this with its annual Snow Festival, which has grown since 1950 into a major draw for tourists and festival participants from throughout Japan and all ...

SAPPORO--The annual Sapporo Snow Festival, one of the nation’s biggest ... sized statues instead of massive ones that traditionally draw gasps from visitors. Although snow was transported ...