Odori Park Ice Festival, Sapporo, Japan.

I had heard of this ice festival years ago when my mates used to go skiing to Japan. I always thought it would be amazing to see but doubted I would ever get there.  It took a while but we finally did it. It meant squashing a lot of travel into just over 2 weeks because we also had friends to visit, mountains to ski and parkruns to collect. We only had one night in Sapporo but it was pretty cool and very cold LOL.

We travelled to Sapporo after we finished snow skiing at Rusutsu. The local bus from Kimobetsu where we were staying was interesting as it stopped along the way picking up locals and tourists. Everyone needed to prebook. I suppose it the best way to guarantee a seat as you would not want to get stuck at a bus stop in -10 degrees no matter how well you wear dressed.

Another bus at the half way rest stop between Kimobetsu and Sapporo it took about 2 hours.

There was lots of sculptures in the Odori Park section of the ice festival 4 massive ones the size of a two story apartment building and 50 smaller ones with all different themes. Lot of different sponsorships and advertising, I suppose it all needs to be paid for in some shape or form. Many were lit up and colourful as day turned into night.

The Sapporo TV tower land mark in the back ground.

It was cold walking around Odori Park as the sun starting to disappear. We needed to find a shop to have a break and warm up.

I think my favorite was the big house. Thanks for checking out the Ice sculptures at Odori Park, Sapporo, Japan.

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