A scaled back Sapporo Snow Festival opened online Thursday, revealing the four ice statutes featured in this year's coronavirus pandemic-hit event, normally one of Japan's largest winter celebrations.Held in the capital of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the festival normally features approximately 200 ice sculptures.But this year, for the first time since its inception in 1950, it will be much smaller and will not bring people together in the center of the city, instead locating the exhibitions in the suburbs.The organizers of the festival will post photos and videos on the w…READ FULL ARTICLE