Yuki Matsuri Sapporo snow

festival 2018

Thursday, February 1st 2018 – Monday, 12th February, 2018.

The 2018 Snow Festival will be held from February 6 through February 12.

The Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is held during one week every February in Hokkaido's capital Sapporo. It is one of Japan's most popular winter events.The Sapporo Snow Festival was started in 1950, when high school students built a few snow statues in Odori Park. It has since developed into a large, commercialized event, featuring spectacular snow and ice sculptures and attracting more than two million visitors from Japan and across the world.The Snow Festival is staged on three sites: the Odori Site, Susukino Site and Tsu Dome Site.

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Odori Site

The main site is the Odori Site in Sapporo's centrally located 1.5 kilometer long Odori Park. The festival's famous large snow sculptures, some measuring more than 25 meters wide and 15 meters high, are exhibited there. They are lit up daily until 22:00.

Besides about a dozen large snow sculptures, the Odori Site exhibits more than one hundred smaller snow statues and hosts several concerts and events, many of which use the sculptures as their stage.

A good view over the Odori Site can be enjoyed from the Sapporo TV Tower at the eastern end of Odori Park. The tower has extended hours (8:30 to 22:30) during the festival. Admission to the top observatory deck costs 720 yen per adult. A 1100 yen ticket allows a day visit and a night visit.

The Susukino Site, located in and named after Sapporo's largest entertainment district, exhibits about one hundred ice sculptures. Susukino is located only one subway stop south of Odori Park. The ice sculptures are lit up daily until 23:00 (until 22:00 on the festival's final day).

The less centrally located Tsu Dome Site is a family oriented site with three types of snow slides, snow rafting and more snow sculptures. Inside the dome, there are many food stands and a stage for events. The Tsu Dome Site is open daily from 9:00 to 17:00. The Tsu Dome Site opens a few days before the full start of the festival, on February 1, 2018.

Tsu Dome Site

Yuki Matsuri Japan Sapporo Snow Festival Tour 2018 1st February (Thursday) Depart Brisbane to Tokyo. Qantas Airlines. Morning Flight arriving in Tokyo in early evening. Arrive Tokyo. Private Bus transfer to Hotel. Check into Ginza Mercure Hotel.

Welcome Dinner at Izakaya(Japanese traditional Pub) 2nd February (Friday) Breakfast. Bullet Train to Nagano. Visit the Snow Monkeys at JigoKudani Park. Stay overnight Nagano. Shibu Hotel. Yamanouchi, Nagano. Dinner.

3rd February (Saturday)

Bullet train Return to Tokyo. Check in Ginza Mecure Hotel Ginza. Free day -Tokyo Ginza shopping. Local Dinner. 4th February (Sunday) Breakfast. Tokyo Day Private Tour by Bus. Edo Museum/Tokyo Tower/ Imperial Palace. Visit Shinjuku Crossing (the busiest crossing in the world) Dinner.

5th February (Monday) Breakfast. We wander Tokyo ! (local train) Asakusa /Sensoji Temple and markets. Yusukuni Shrine. Dinner.

6th February (Tuesday) Travel to Hakone by private coach. Mt Fuji Viewing. Return to Tokyo. Dinner. 7th February (Wednesday)

Breakfast. Free Day…..perhaps the Tsukiji Fish markets. Dinner. Viewing of Ginza lights in the evening or a train ride to Electric City Akihabra. 8th February (Thursday) Return to Tokyo Airport. Flight to Sapporo on Hokkaido. Check in to hotel APA Hotel Sapporo Susukin Ekinishi. Free time. Evening sculpture viewing. Dinner….Hokkaido crab and other delacies. Overnight Sapporo.

9th February (Friday) Ice Sculpture viewing. Food market lunch. Free time. Traditional Dinner. Overnight Sapporo. 10th February (Saturday) Free Day Sapporo. 11th February (Sunday) Return Flight to Tokyo.

Check in Hotel and discover Narita village. . Overnight Tokyo Airport Mecure Hotel Narita. 12th February (Monday) Depart Japan for Brisbane. (overnight flight) Arrive Brisbane.

12 Day Tour Inclusions

➢ Return Economy Airfares to Tokyo with Qantas. ➢ Hotel Accomodation.

• Tokyo. X 6.

• Nagano. X 1.

• Sapporo. X 3.

• Narita Airport. X 1 ➢ Return Economy flights to Sapporo. ➢ Private Bus tours Tokyo. ➢ Private Bus Tour Hakone and Mt Fuji or Nikko depending on weather. ➢ Tokyo Highlights.

• Ginza.

• Sky Tower.

• Asukusa.

• Akihabra and electric City.

• Sensoji Temple.

• Imperial Palace.

• Meiji Shrine.

• Yuskuni Shrine. ➢ Sapporo Snow Festival. ➢ Nagano Jigokudani Snow Monkeys. ➢ Breakfast included each day along with Dinner each evening.

All inclusive Price $5895.00 InterCultural Consulting Group PO Box 780 Ashgrove Brisbane 4060 interccg@bigpond.com www.interculturalconsultinggroup.com Contact 0417710120