10 Questions
True or false:The Sapporo Snow Festival has been held annually since 1950.
True
True or false: The sculptures at the Sapporo Snow Festival are made of ice.
False
True or false: A warm winter made it difficult to build the sculptures at this year's festival.
False
True or false: There were only six sculptures at the first Sapporo Snow Festival.
True
True or false: Nine teams compete to win the prize for the best snow sculpture.
True
True or false: The winning sculpture this year highlighted the threat of climate change to whales.
False
True or false: A mini steam locomotive is one of the festival attractions.
True
True or false: The giant snow horse sculpture is meant to represent a horse race in Japan.
False
True or false: The snow owl sculpture is located at the National Ainu Museum.
True
True or false: Over 2.7 million people visited the Sapporo Snow Festival last year.
True
Study Notes
- Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan displays ice sculptures
- Warm winter required extra powder to build sculptures
- Festival started in 1950 with six snow statues
- Nine teams compete to win best sculpture
- Thai team's sculpture won this year, highlighting climate change threat to sea turtles
- Mini steam locomotive and snow tunnel are part of festival attractions
- Giant snow horse sculpture represents Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race in France
- Snow owl sculpture watches over National Ainu Museum
- Visitors can go sledging
- Over 2.7 million people visited the festival last year.
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