Hokkaido’s Sapporo Snow Festival may be less known internationally than the northern city's famous export — Sapporo beer — but the spectacular week-long showcase has become a major winter attraction ...

Yuki Matsuri, Sapporo: the ephemeral art of snow and ice Every year in early February, Sapporo becomes a winter wonderland ... Awa Odori, Tokushima: Japan's biggest dance festival Every summer ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events ... level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb.