Hatsune Miku snow statue

SAPPORO, Japan - A new 3-meter-tall snow statue of Hatsune Miku, a girl idol character for singing software, is built at Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido on Feb. 11, 2012. A previous Miku statue collapsed on its own on Feb. 7, 2012, apparently due to warm weather, injuring a passer-by.

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