SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had been a record low snowfall this season. About 140 snow statues are ...

the last day of the festival. It was created by a team from Toko Electrical Construction Co.’s Hokkaido branch in Sapporo. The team had previously won second place with a snow sculpture of ...

the parties concerned are worried they may have to change the designs of giant snow sculptures that will adorn the festival ...

But how about snow? At the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, among the sculptures at the festival is none other than Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual ...

Visitors are flocking to Sapporo, northern Japan, to see frozen sculptures at the festival, which marks its 70th anniversary this year. Almost 200 snow and ice sculptures are on display at three ...

Hokkaidō, Japan’s northernmost main island, sees bitterly cold winters and plenty of snow each year. The main city of Sapporo makes the most of this with its annual Snow Festival, which has ...