Sapporo Snow Festival begins

Crowds of visitors take pictures during the opening ceremony for the seven-day Sapporo Snow Festival on Feb. 5, 2015, in front of the snow sculpture of a gate of the Kasuga Taisha Shrine at Odori Park in the northern Japan city of Sapporo. The event attracts more than 2 million domestic and foreign tourists every year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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