Sapporo Snow Festival sculpture demolished

Sapporo Snow Festival sculpture demolished

People watch as an excavator demolishes a snow sculpture of the Central Golden Hall of Kofukuji, a renowned temple in the western Japan city of Nara, in Sapporo on Feb. 13, 2017, the day after the end of the 68th Sapporo Snow Festival in the Hokkaido city. More than 2.64 million tourists visited the 12-day event, the largest since 1993, according to its organizers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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