The annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido's largest city kicked off an elaborate weeklong affair on Feb. 4, featuring a multitude of ice and snow sculptures, attractions and food for festivalgoers at the three main sites.Citizens began pitching in to make sculptures late last month in Odori Park in central Sapporo, the main 1.5-kilometer route with the most impressive creations depicting sports figures, anime characters, iconic buildings and more to entertain visitors.Aside from several large snow sculptures, the Odori site exhibits more than one hundred smaller snow statues and hosts se…READ FULL ARTICLE