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All seems nice in the picture, just wait when tourists from abroad come to this festival, please enjoy it.

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went there in 2007. Loved it. Loved Hokkaido in general.

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The Chinese tourists have already been in Sapporo from even before the Lunar New Year. And they will be there till Feb 12th when the Latern Festival ends.

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The Sapporo Snow Festival will need to relocate to Asahikawa and even Asahikawa has had a mild winter with some roadways ice free.

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The Chinese tourists have already been in Sapporo from even before the Lunar New Year. And they will be there till Feb 12th when the Lantern Festival ends.

After having seen both, I'd say that China's International Snow & Ice Festival held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, is considerably larger in scale and far more impressive.

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