Hokkaido Yuki Matsuri for the cheap folks

Pictures first, words later. Sorry about that.

Some of the humungus snow sculptures. This one is my favorite.



One all lit up from the inside. I waited and waited for the guy to move, but he was working on something more important than me taking a picture.

The year of the boar. Around the big sculptures, are these little ones. They aren't that tiny though.

A cool tiger. So much detail, they got the hangy ball thing in the back.

A cool sculpture that I don't know the meaning of.

Working on a shark or just a big fish. You decide. They work around the clock to get them done before the big day in three days.

Stitch and scaffolding. We will just have to wait and see.

The before picture of some ice sculptures before the rain comes.

The rain made this guy glisten to make a cool looking picture. No alterations here.

In the process of melting from the rain.

Climbing up to the top of the mountain (in a gondola) and going into the Bar The Ice. Yes that is the name of the bar and this is me in it.

The snowcats bringing us to the gondola with a sleigh in the back. Watch out this one bucks.

Top of Mt Moiwa. Sapparo froom above.

The TV tower in Sapparo. We went to the top and had a great view. But what is the difference in views from city to city. They are all starting to look the same. Got this marked off the list.