[Asahikawa Winter Festival] Gigantic Snow Sculpture That Used to Be Placed in The Guinness Book of Records Is Highlight

Asahibashi Bridge Venue

Snow sculptures, activity fields and food stalls are built at the Asahibashi Bridge Venue. The venue is particularly famous for the gigantic snow sculpture, and the snow sculpture of Ultraman Ginga S and Ultraman Victory's (ウルトラマンギンガストリウムとウルトラマンビクトリー) with 17 m height and 35 m width is a main hero in 2015. A motif of the gigantic snow sculpture is changed every year. A castle of Gulliver, the largest snow sculpture in the world, made in 1987 used to be placed in The Guinness Book of Records. It was geat job. The gigantic snow sculptures have been created by the Self‐Defense Forces, and production period is about a month. Small and medium snow sculptures are made by Asahikawa citizens around the gigantic snow sculpture, and a large snoe slide with 100 m in length, a mini-train, a snow banana, a huge snow maze, tubings can be enjoyed at the venue, too. Admission free. Because a parking lot for a privately-owned car is not provided, visitors can use a free shuttle bus from Asahikawa Station to here.

Atmosphere of Asahikawa Snow Festival in Evening Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Asahikawa Snow Festival in Evening

Except the snow sculptures and the snow activities, the food stalls called Winter Marche (冬マルシェ) that tasty meals of various places in Hokkaido can be eaten and restrooms are built, too. Fireworks and a video made with projection mapping techniques is shown in the evening, too. The snow sculptures are broken on the next day after finishing the snow festival. A tour seems to be held to see the destruction.

Movie of Snow Sculptures Destroying Performance

Atmosphere of Asahikawa Snow Festival Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Asahikawa Snow Festival

Heiwadori Shopping Park Venue

The World Ice Sculpture Contest is held at the Heiwadori Shopping Park Venue, and ice works are displayed along a shopping street with about 1 km in length. The contest seems to be the only international contest in Japan, and is competed with 2 awards, an individual match and a team game. The production time is fixed within 40 hours, and the entrant vie with each other for the prize in those. Admission free. Because a free parking lot for privately-owned cars is not provided, visitors must park their cars at the paid parking lots.

Atmosphere of World Ice Sculpture Contest Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of World Ice Sculpture Contest