Last weekend I went to watch ice with my friends. This weekend I went to watch snow. Well, I should say, we looked at snow. We didn't really watch it. We just looked.
Thursday night after work I headed down to Shiranuka to meet up with the guys for our long and epic journey to the city. We arrived in Sapporo around noon on Friday. I peaced out from the guys and I caught the subway up to the Huttons' apartment, my lovely accommodations for the weekend. From there, we headed out with the Benscotters to go find us some snow!
This is the Sapporo Tower...a small version of the Tokyo Tower...which is a smaller version of the Eiffel Tower. It was a beautiful day in Sapporo! Off to find us some snow sculptures in Odori Park!
Our first discovery...DINOSAUR ICE SCULPTURES! They also had individual dinosaur ice sculptures leading up to it, but my pictures didn't turn out that great. If you're interested, you can check them on Facebook.
This was the first BIG snow sculpture. It represents China. I thought it was odd because Japan and China don't necessarily have good relations right now. The sun made taking pictures difficult. There's an owl on the left underneath a giant tower. The middle is a palace. The right are 3 wolves and the Great Wall scaling the side.
The LION KING snow display. To put things in perspective, the man with the black beanie (right under the O of LION) is almost at the front of the display. It's BIG. They were playing "Circle of Life" at this display. LION KING is coming to Sapporo in March, and this was part of their promotion. I was really hoping to see an elephant and some gazelles run across the stage.
Another display dedicated to...China? Yeah, that tiny lady is standing on part of the sculpture. Again, it's massive.
These are my friends :) From left to right: Jessica, me, Natalie, Melanie, and Teresa.
Not sure what this was supposed to be of. Maybe a temple? Old school royal residence? Not sure. But it was big. And there was a giant orange on stage. I really wanted to take a picture, but the line was really long and they were all small children.
This is the main display. It's Sazae-san. It's a popular cartoon show on TV here. I want to say this was about 25-30 feet high? It's pretty spectacular to see.
We headed towards the International Competition area. This stencil one is by the Finland ice sculpting team.
This lion dance piece is by the Hong Kong ice sculpting team. I think it was my favorite.
I found Darth Vader! It snowed the night before, so most of the smaller pieces (like this one) were covered in snow. It would've been nice if they were dusted off, but you can still clearly see it's Vader.
Off to Suskino to the ice sculptures!
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