Comments | tokyo_mb: A taste of Sapporo

tokyo_mb

A taste of Sapporo

Feb 09, 2005 00:03

For those who haven't already read about it on lilitufire's journal, here is a taste of Sapporo's 56th Snow Festival...

( Cut for size... A 15m high castle of snow! )

Comments 8

gypsy0131 February 8 2005, 15:07:04 UTC

That is absolutely amazing... Hope you are having a great time together.

tokyo_mb February 9 2005, 01:35:13 UTC

We certainly had a good time in Sapporo - if a little cold (blizzards)and wet (thawing snow) at times. The food up in Hokkaido, and particularly the seafood, is great.

There'll be more photos in my Sapporo Snow Festival gallery eventually.

kateaw February 8 2005, 16:19:44 UTC

There's only one comment to make...

Cool!!

tokyo_mb February 9 2005, 01:36:42 UTC

Indeed! Though it was less cool last weekend than it might have been. This week's Sapporo forecast is for lows of -15C and highs of -5C...

vilebody February 8 2005, 19:57:22 UTC

Wow.

Can I have one??

tokyo_mb February 9 2005, 01:39:23 UTC

Yes, but only if you can find a freezer large enough to transport it back to London in and sufficient workmen to transport it from Sapporo to a port. Dimensions are approximately 25m x 25m x 15m and weight is a few hundred tons!

Aside: The sculptures are built on a scaffold frame and then filled with snow using a snow-blower before the actual sculpting begins.

vilebody February 9 2005, 16:41:46 UTC

Hmm. I'll work on that.

Absolutely magnificent and a fanastic feat to create. Most impressed.

avaritia February 13 2005, 10:46:09 UTC

The pictures in the gallery are quite impressive, I like the one of the Norwegian parliament with lights either inside or behind it. Most groovy.