Preparations for Sapporo Snow Festival go into full swing

Preparations for Sapporo Snow Festival go into full swing

SAPPORO, Japan - Trucks of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) unload snow at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Jan. 9 to prepare for the 53rd Sapporo Snow Festival on Feb. 5 to 11. Some 7,000 trucks will be mobilized until Jan. 16 to deliver snow from outside Sapporo which will be used by about 25,000 volunteers from civic groups and GDSF personnel to build 312 sculptures made from snow and ice.

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