Preparation for Sapporo Snow Festival

Preparation for Sapporo Snow Festival

Preparation is under way on Jan. 7, 2023, to hold the Sapporo Snow Festival in February in Sapporo on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido. The annual festival was held in 2021 and 2022 without spectators amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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