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Sapporo Snow
Festival

Sapporo
Snow
Festival

01

THE ORIGIN
OF

THE FESTIVAL







02

HOW WAS IT THEN?




03

HOW IS IT NOW?




04

OVERALL
ACTIVITIES

OF THE
FESTIVAL




05

THE HIGHLIGHT
OF THE
FESTIVAL

THE
ORIGIN

OF
THE
FESTIVAL




By Oranat Chanthawi






The Sapporo Snow
Festival started

around 1950
in cooperation
with the Sapporo
Tourism Association
and the Sapporo
District. In this first
snow festival
Because no one
has ever built
a snow sculpture

before.

Therefore, the organizing
committee asked

high school students
in Sapporo to build snow

sculptures in order to
obtain 6 statues in the
courtyard of Odori Park,
which was originally

used as a dump.

Snow The early snow
sculptures were
extremely tall,
only 7 meters tall,

but in Work 4 in 1953
a 15 meter tall

sculpture was made






that required a lot of
snow. therefore had to

use trucks
and bulldozers to help

build
And this marks the

beginning
of the construction of a

large snow sculpture
like today.

How was
it then?

By Thida Rakpetch




Back in the year 195
0
in Odori Park
A group

of students created
a number

of snow sculptures.
By using the most
abundant natural resources

in Sapporo
plus imagination.
Cropped images
in modern times
The Sapporo Snow Festival
is a majestic winter event
that attracts millions
of people every year.

You too can come
and visit this event

to experience
Hokkaido
hospitality.

Excellent food
and drink Including
the beautiful light

decorations
that are astounding

By Buncharat Dangwan

How

is



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SAPPORO SNOW
FESTIVAL IT IS
A FAMOUS

SNOW FESTIVAL
IN SAPPORO.
WHICH IS HELD
AROUND

THE BEGINNING
OF FEBRUARY

EVERY YEAR ON
THE EVENT AREA

IS 3 PARTS

And there are more than 2 million
visitors from all over the world every
year. There are Thai people from the
Tourism Authority of Thailand. They take
part in a snowsculpting contest almost
every year and they have also won the

Grand Champion several times.



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Overall
Activities

of the
Festival




By Chatchanon Jansongkaew






The overall activities
of the festival

The festival is over 70
years old, and the

highlight of the event
is the large and small
snow sculptures in the
city. This is the largest

winter event
with more than
2.6 million people from
all over the world

attending.

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And the big news every year
is a group of Thai people who have

won the snow sculpture
\competition at the event.
continuouslyThe theme of
the snow sculptures varies

from year to year.

with a very wide
scope ranging
from historical architecture
from world-famous
architecture and Japanese
castles to anime characters.
Some of the snow
sculptures are 15 meters high
and 25 meters wide

By Sasina​Kaeosom





FROM THE SMITHS