Asahikawa Winter Festival Is Famouse for Gigantic Snow Sculpture

Asahibashi Bridge Site

There are snow sculptures and activities at the Asahibashi Bridge Site. The gigantic snow sculpture is particularly famous, and Ultraman Ginga S and Ultraman Victory's snow sculpture with 17 m in height and 35 m in width were made in 2015. There are small and medium snow sculptures, a long slide with 100 m in length, a mini-train, a snow banana, a huge snow maze, tubings at the site. * The Snow banana costs a rate. New snow sculptures are created every year. Admission free.

Asahikawa Snow Festival 2017 in Evening

Look of Snow Festival is as following in 2017.

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

Movie of Asahikawa Snow Festival in Evening

Asahikawa Snow Festival 2015 in Daytime

Look of Snow Festival is as following in 2015.

As well as snow sculptures and activities, stalls called Winter Marche that tasty meals of various places in Hokkaido can be eaten and restrooms are established. Fireworks and a video made with projection mapping techniques seem to be shown in the evening, too. An exhibition duration is about 1 week. The snow sculptures are broken afterwards. There seems to be a tour that visitors can observe this destruction. Because there is not a parking lot for a privately-owned car, the visitors can use a free shuttle bus.

Atmosphere of Asahikawa Snow Festival Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Asahikawa Snow Festival

Heiwadori Shopping Park Site

World Ice Sculpture Contest is held at the Heiwadori shopping park site, and ice works are displayed along a shopping street with about 1 km in length. It seems to be the only international contest in Japan and is competed with 2 branches, 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. Because there is not a parking lot for privately-owned cars, visitors must park our car at the paid parking lots. Admission free.

Atmosphere of World Ice Sculpture Contest Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of World Ice Sculpture Contest