北海道札幌雪祭Sapporo Snow Festival

C TSUDOME venue

It offers a variety of winter sports. In addition to using long toboggan slide of "Waku Waku slide", there are seat belts on approximately 80 meters long rope glide "Snow Zip-line" and so on, both adults and children can enjoy the pleasures of activities one should taste. In addition to outdoor activities, indoor ice is not used is also a ski slope and a height of about 10 meters of Japan's largest inflatable slide, encountered bad weather can also be safe fun.

Sapporo Snow Festival began in 1950, when the local high school and high school students in Odori Park made six snow statues, also held a contest snowball fights, snow like exhibition, carnival and other activities, there were about 50,000 people attended , popularity outside completely beyond expectations. Thereafter, the Sapporo Snow Festival has become an important public activities during the winter routine.

1953 for the first time produced a height of 15 meters of snow, like --- "heaven." In 1955, the SDF to join the production job and the challenges of large-scale production like snow. 1959 10 when more than 2,500 people involved in the mobilization of snow like production, but because of the first disclosure on television and in newspapers, that there will be a lot of tourists from Honshu to visit from the second year, unprecedented. In this way, the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan and gradually developed into a national Winterlude.

Since 2006, agricultural theme park "Sapporo SATORANDO" opening, since has become one of the Snow Festival venue (9: 00: 00-17). There are 100 children love Michelle slides, snow mazes and other recreational projects, you can also experience hot air balloon rides, boat drifting through the snowy feeling. Previously, the production and handling of large snow snow largely dependent on the assistance of SDF personnel. But since the SDF was sent to Iraq, the work is mainly borne by public volunteers.

Sapporo Snow Festival Hokkaido Hokkaido is the largest and most representative of the activities. Sapporo Snow Festival for a period of seven days, a total of about two million tourists trips, according to a different theme to build a distinctive large snow or ice sculptures, these sculptures of gods, in the sunlight during the day, the towering snow building appear very majestic, night, under the lights with colorful, crystal clear ice and make people like the artwork into the mysterious world of the North, about 300 kinds of large and small works are clusters will stand in Odori Park, TUSDOMU and Susukino three major venues, presenting a representative of Japan and the world building and dolls.

Held in Odori Park venue
Odori Park venue address
Tel 011-211-3341 (Sapporo Snow Festival Executive Committee)
Tickets to participate in the Freedom of Information
Be held on February 5, 2015 (d) to 11 (Wed.)
Chase venue of light shining activities 22:00
TUSDOMU Venue: 9:00 ~ 17:00
Boye venue of the light shining activity, but on the last day until 23:00 to 22:00
Transportation Odori Park
Parking Information Odori Park

B Susukino venue

Theme from "Buy Ice" to "play ice", in "close contact plaza" can touch the ice or riding on the ice, the other with hot drinks of "ice bar". Susukino about 60 neon sculptures neatly arranged street was decorated in a fantastic world.

As the main venue of the Odori Park, stands 15 meters high statue of a huge snow and ice, but also arranged outside the 122 large and small ice statues. Wherein the first before the December 2015 debut theater performance in the world's first recognized Lucasfilm "Star Wars" big snow, launched in October 2014 ushered in the 45th anniversary of the national popular show "Miss Conch" big snow also much attention. Ski venue offers snowshoe rental fee for travelers to play. It is worth mentioning that there are during the first stage of puppet theater in the festival "Alice in Snow Country," and the festival at 17:30 ~ 22:00's "LightScribe projection" show. Chase venue in the city center, transport facilities, and another leading to the venue of the shuttle (fee), it is recommended that you start to chase the venue for the tour and tour.