If you love winter and do not mind being in the cold, there are two beautiful country
sides in Japan that i would like to
recommend you to visit, Hokkaido
Hokkaido (Northern Japan) Sapporo is the
largest city in Hokkaido.
Every year Sapporo held a Snow Festival,
in Odori Park. Sapporo is always crowded
during the snow festival, so it is best to
reserve accommodation in advance.
I went there twice in 1998 and 2001 and both were great!
Check out Sapporo official website for its 60th Snow Festival this year:
.. the best thing about this festival are 3 things,
the scale/size of sculptures, the variety (this year
286 sculptures for display) and the artistic
elements of each sculptures - simply beautiful ....
... light ups at night are so beautiful and romantic...
... although there were many people visiting and
the place was crowded i had no difficulties taking
photos, because here people are generally
polite and they can queue and take turns ...
... if you want to be comfortable watching the
festival, make sure to wear proper winter clothes and winter boots
are better than an ordinary pair shoes, simply because the road
you are walking are either icy or frozen snow....
During both visits, I stayed at Prince Hotel in
Sapporo, a reasonable quality hotel convenient
for first time travellers and English speakers.
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