http://www.toppa.com/2007/the-58th-annual-sapporo-snow-festival/ Mike Toppa's Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.toppa.com/2007/the-58th-annual-sapporo-snow-festival/#comment-3864 chris sheffler Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:16:41 +0000 http://www.toppa.com/travel/japan-2007/448#comment-3864 I have great memories of visiting the yuki-matsuri with my folks when I was a kid. Most of the exhibitions had giant slides for the kids and there were lots of scale model ice sculptures of things like the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower. The last time I went was as an adult to go snowboarding with a friend who had relatives living in Sapporo. We drove to Aomori and then took the car ferry for a nausea inducing overnight trip (winter seas are pretty rough) We hit about 5 different ski resorts and the snow was exceptional, with the exception of the Teine Highlands (site of the 1972 Winter Olympics) which was cold, windy, and icy. I have great memories of visiting the yuki-matsuri with my folks when I was a kid. Most of the exhibitions had giant slides for the kids and there were lots of scale model ice sculptures of things like the Empire State Building and the Eiffel Tower. The last time I went was as an adult to go snowboarding with a friend who had relatives living in Sapporo. We drove to Aomori and then took the car ferry for a nausea inducing overnight trip (winter seas are pretty rough) We hit about 5 different ski resorts and the snow was exceptional, with the exception of the Teine Highlands (site of the 1972 Winter Olympics) which was cold, windy, and icy.

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