I went to the Susukino venue of the Sapporo Snow Festival in the morning only to discover that the venue would not open until 3 PM and all the sculptures were in the middle of an open road. The good thing about this was that there were not many visitors and I could take my time to take photos. Since it was a sunny day, I went back to the Odori Park venue to check the sculptures under sunshine and even went up the Sapporo TV tower again before ending my trip and went to the airport.

The ice sculptures at the Susukino venue were displayed at the center of the road.


Ice sculptures of Taiwan Presidential Office Building and Taiwan High Speed Rail train.


Frozen seafood was a famous display at the Susukino venue.


The ice sculpture that won the first price at the Susukino venue.


The ice blue sculpture of Taiwan Palace Museum.


The all white sculpture of Taj Mahal under blue sky.


Private made small sculptures lined up at the Citizens’ Plaza.


The Taiwanese team making final touches to the small sculpture.


The panorama view of the snow festival at Odori Park under daylight from Sapporo TV Tower.


The large snow sculptures of One Piece, Tsuruga Castle, and Taj Mahal viewed from Sapporo TV Tower.


The skating ground in front of the TV Tower.


I waited more than 40 minutes for the cancelled then delayed trains to the airport, so I could not spend more time to visit the newly renovated terminals of New Chitose Airport.


Mural of Doraemon at the New Chitose Airport.


Statues displayed at the Doraemon Sky Park at the New Chitose Airport.


Our flight passing Hokkaido’s Lake Shikotsu.


The line clearly separating day and night.


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