Enjoy skating on the open-air skating rink at Odori 1 chome!

The design of this large ice sculpture has been selected from approximately one hundred submitted works made by the elementary school children currently living in Tohoku region.

The first prize winner, Miss Konomi Itabashi, a third grader at Shogan Nishi Elementary School of the city of Sendai: “My school was destroyed by the Tohoku Earthquake on the March 11. For six months, I was attending a school outside my district. Each day, I walked a distance of 2.5 kilometers to another school in the neighboring housing complex district. Recently, my school has been reopened in a temporary building and now I can go to my school again.”  “I made this work from an image of a dream castle with my favorite animals. I wish my work will be something to enhance the event.”

Enjoy watching splendid air shows by the snowboarders and skiers!

Whales -- the largest creature on earth
Dolphins -- everyone's favorite marine animal
Seals and Walruses -- so charming!
With other friends in the sea…

Japan is surrounded by beautiful blue seas with rich marine resources.
We owe a great debt of gratitude from the Mother Sea and the creatures of the sea.
The snow sculpture, ‘Snow Aquarium ~ Gift from the Sea’ at STV Yomiuri Square expresses dynamism and vitality of the sea creatures. We hope that beauty and richness of the sea will be retained for future generations.

Tokyo Disney Resort is the place where dreams come true. Spectacular events to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tokyo DisneySea are reaching the finale. Magical Hat monuments and cute Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice, who brings the Disney fantasy to life through his powers of imagination, invite you to the heartwarming world of Disney.

In 2001, the museum underwent a major renovation to make it more spacious, modern and earthquake-proof. Work was accelerated in 2002, during which about two-thirds of the museum's sections were closed. The renovation was completed in December, 2006, and the museum was reopened on February 8, 2007. On March 25, 2011, the legislation on ‘Facilitation for Exhibiting Overseas Works of Art to the Public in Japan’ was passed by the Japanese Parliament. Now there seems to be a real possibility of holding exhibitions of the splendid museum collections in Japan in the near future and we hope this will be a bridge to develop further friendship and exchanges between Taiwan and Japan.

Here, three school educational characters of Sapporo; ‘Chikkyun’, ‘Yupporo’ and ‘Ohhon’, born from the imagination of local children are on the stage. Each one symbolizes; ‘Ecology’, ‘Snow’ and ‘Reading’. These friendly characters are combined with the five-ring emblem of London 2012 Olympic Games. The snow statue will be made by the students taking the art and design course at Sapporo Hiragishi High School in collaboration with the students from Grant High School in Portland (sister city) in the U.S.

February 5 (Sun) ~ February 12 (Sun), 2012
Opening hours: 10:00 ~ 22:00 (Last order 21:30)

Tsuruga Castle with a five-story donjon is situated in the city of Aizuwakamatsu in Fukushima Prefecture. The castle, originally named Kurokawa Castle was constructed by order of Ashina Naomori in 1384. It had been occupied by a number of feudal lords as the military and administrative center of the region until 1868. The castle became a battle ground of the fierce fighting between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the imperial court, known as the Boshin War. It also witnessed the tragedy of Byakkotai (White Tiger Force); a group of teenage samurai solders, who fought in the war. Today, there is a museum inside and an observation gallery on top with panoramic views of the city. In spring 2011, the roofing tiles were replaced with the original red ones to show the castle just as it was in the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate.
We would like to express our gratitude to Hokkaido Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd., and to the Ground Self Defense Force for their cooperation to make this large snow sculpture.

The Seikatei

The Seikatei situated in Tessei area, is a tangible cultural property of Sapporo city. This semi-Western style residence was built in 1880 within the first park of Sapporo, ‘Kairaku-en’.
Today the park no longer exists, but the Seikatei remains standing in the same place since its birth and must have been witnessing the history of the surrounding Tessei area.
Come take a look at the snow sculpture of this historical residence and feel the history.

Spring has come!

Very popular two animations, ‘Toriko’ and ‘One Piece’ aired on Fuji Television Network in the 9:00 a.m. time slot on Sunday mornings, come to the UHB Familyland at Odori site. Here comes Toriko on the left accompanied by Komatsu and Terry. Luffy and Chopper from ‘One Piece’ are on the right side of the stage. Don’t miss to see this dream collaboration!

Sixteen teams from various regions of the world will participate in this year's contest.
The contest site will be filled with a variety of snow sculptures and statues.

Experience this popular winter activity in Hokkaido.
Bushwalking on Skis at this specially prepared course in Odori

Come take a look at the snow sculptures made by the citizens of Sapporo here at Citizens’ Square.