Sapporo snow festival!

I intend to travel overseas when I have winter vacation. It is my second overseas trip. The nation is Japan. I like snow and ice, so I will definitely enjoy the week – long Snow Festival held every winter in Sapporo, Japan. There are three venues for the festival, and each offers a distinct experience. The Odori site is where I can observe 12 teams from different countries to make their masterpieces for the snow sculpture contest. At the Tsudome(Sapporo Community Dome) location, I can find my way out if an ice maze or slide down a huge slide made of snow and ice. Finally, the Susukino site is where the opening and closing ceremonies and the ice sculpture contest take place. If I am lucky enough, I can take a photo with the Ice Queen, the winner of the festival’s beauty pageant.

 Although the festival attracts two million people annually, this festival actually had very humble beginnings. In 1950, a few high school girls built a few ice statues in Odori Park. A few years later, the Self – Defense Force joined in by building an enormous ice sculpture, and the rest is history. I had a question that is where all the snow and ice comes from. My friend said, “It is transported and brought in from around Sapporo area. The amount of snow is equal about 6,500 five-ton trucks.” So I will not let all that snow go to waste. I will not care about the cold weather. I really want go winter festival!