TV personality Takigawa's snow sculpture at Sapporo festival

TV personality Takigawa's snow sculpture at Sapporo festival

SAPPORO, Japan - Visitors pose in front of a snow sculpture of TV newscaster Christel Takigawa at the weeklong Sapporo Snow Festival which opened Feb. 5, 2014, in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Takigawa played a role in Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Olympics.

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