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Sapporo kicks off snow festival

Tourists pose in front of snow sculptures as the Sapporo Snow Festival, the 50th in annual series, opens Friday Feb. 5. A total of 330 large and small sculptures are on display at three separate sites in the Hokkaido capital. Organizers expect over 2 million spectators to attend the event scheduled to run through Feb. 11.

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Sapporo's snow festival opens

SAPPORO, Japan - Tourists view snow sculptures featuring the G-8 summit in Okinawa scheduled for July and the Summer Olympics in Sydney at the Sapporo Snow Festival which opened Feb. 7. The 51st festival features 330 large and small sculptures at three separate sites in the Hokkaido prefectural capital. The organizers expect more than 2 million visitors before the festival ends Feb. 13.

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Sapporo kicks off snow festival

Tourists pose in front of snow sculptures as the Sapporo Snow Festival, the 50th in annual series, opens Friday Feb. 5. A total of 330 large and small sculptures are on display at three separate sites in the Hokkaido capital. Organizers expect over 2 million spectators to attend the event scheduled to run through Feb. 11. ==Kyodo