FEATURE: A trip down Sapporo Snow Festival's winter wonderland

Photo taken Feb. 5, 2016, shows an ice block that appears to encase flowers at Sapporo Snow Festival, which started the same day in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo. The seven-day event is expected to attract more than two million foreign and domestic tourists. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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