VanCityBuzz:
This time every year, the Sapporo Snow Festival draws millions of people to Sapporo to see hundreds of intricately detailed snow sculptures and to participate in snow-themed cultural festivities.
The festival features an International Snow Sculpting Contest with teams from 12 countries around the world. 6,500 tons of snow is transported to the three festival sites throughout the month of January from locations in and around Sapporo.
The Star Wars sculpture is epic.
Ah yes, my girlfriend was a teacher in Hokkaido up until last year and would visit this festival annually. She mentioned to me yesterday that she was very disappointed she missed the Imperial sculpture.