Sapporo - Snow festival in Japan
October 06, 2016
The most famous snow festivals in Japan, and is characterized by a lot of huge statues and beautifully crafted, made of snow and ice,
This festival is usually in the first week of February.
Began the "snow" under the auspices of Tourism Association of the city of Sapporo in 1950. Sapporo Festival was born the idea of the festival in the "Ooodora garden" that was used Kmekp to dump the snow that falls heavily on the city during the winter, where he took advantage of students from Secondary and Preparatory those accumulated snow 6 figurative sculpture and statues of snow heights ranging from 3 to 5 meters.
That was after the end of World War II, which ended with the defeat of Japan, and it was still difficult living conditions, where people are still suffering from a severe shortage of food and basic requirements of life. Despite not having enough students know-how for making snow sculptures, they were doing to bring customized tools and working on the sculpture under the supervision of a professor in the arts.
In addition to Sapporo snow festival great artistic exhibition of sculpture in the snow, held on the sidelines of the festival and other figures of attractive and impressive, such as dancing and racing dogs and various entertainment events and competitions.
Also, the Sapporo Snow Festival, sweeping him popular among the locals, as it brings them pleasure and joy and entertainment in the winter nights that are sometimes long cold and bleak. It has been developed within the annual official events for the city of Sapporo since its second session. With time, the festival has become one of the biggest celebrations in Asia.
At the 64th session (2013) projection maps appeared for the first time. The audience was impressed with this display of images and brilliant illuminations reflected on the snow sculptures. It was the first experience in the world, but the attendance was very tyrant, forcing the festival management to stop for safety considerations before the deadline by two days. Therefore, during the 65th session (2014) was the work of projectors projection in three different places maps, was the highest recorded attendance exceeded 2.3 million people.
Thus, the snow was a nuisance to the people of Sapporo turned into a source of delight and joy thanks to the Sapporo Festival. And it will continue that spirit enjoyed by the festival to evolve as the most important winter event in Sapporo and the world.
This festival is usually in the first week of February.
Began the "snow" under the auspices of Tourism Association of the city of Sapporo in 1950. Sapporo Festival was born the idea of the festival in the "Ooodora garden" that was used Kmekp to dump the snow that falls heavily on the city during the winter, where he took advantage of students from Secondary and Preparatory those accumulated snow 6 figurative sculpture and statues of snow heights ranging from 3 to 5 meters.
That was after the end of World War II, which ended with the defeat of Japan, and it was still difficult living conditions, where people are still suffering from a severe shortage of food and basic requirements of life. Despite not having enough students know-how for making snow sculptures, they were doing to bring customized tools and working on the sculpture under the supervision of a professor in the arts.
In addition to Sapporo snow festival great artistic exhibition of sculpture in the snow, held on the sidelines of the festival and other figures of attractive and impressive, such as dancing and racing dogs and various entertainment events and competitions.
Also, the Sapporo Snow Festival, sweeping him popular among the locals, as it brings them pleasure and joy and entertainment in the winter nights that are sometimes long cold and bleak. It has been developed within the annual official events for the city of Sapporo since its second session. With time, the festival has become one of the biggest celebrations in Asia.
At the 64th session (2013) projection maps appeared for the first time. The audience was impressed with this display of images and brilliant illuminations reflected on the snow sculptures. It was the first experience in the world, but the attendance was very tyrant, forcing the festival management to stop for safety considerations before the deadline by two days. Therefore, during the 65th session (2014) was the work of projectors projection in three different places maps, was the highest recorded attendance exceeded 2.3 million people.
Thus, the snow was a nuisance to the people of Sapporo turned into a source of delight and joy thanks to the Sapporo Festival. And it will continue that spirit enjoyed by the festival to evolve as the most important winter event in Sapporo and the world.
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