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Check out some of the cool, weird, and funny sculptures featured at Sapporo’s Snow Festival

Preston Phro Feb 9, 2016
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Missing out on the 67th Sapporo Snow Festival? Check out some of the snow sculptures that have been popular on Twitter!

Sapporo’s annual Snow Festival is in full swing right now, and there have been plenty of sculptures attracting attention online. Even if you can’t make it in person, at least you can check out some of the best (and weirdest) pieces of frozen art!

And speaking of weird, here’s a snow sculpture that features a giant frog eating someone. It was apparently created by someone from Australia, but it certainly seems to be fitting in just fine!

雪まつり来たんだが、オーストラリアの人が作った雪像が怖すぎて... pic.twitter.com/ZLU3F8Ex9p

— ハルフト (@rabbit_love8715) February 6, 2016

We have no idea who built this next one — but we’d give them an A for effort! The artist did a pretty good job crafting one of the most iconic Star Wars images — Han Solo frozen in carbonite — out of snow.

誰だよ。狸小路七丁目にカーボナイトで固められたハンソロ作ったやつw pic.twitter.com/GPkWmysys4

— rubislife (@rubislife) February 6, 2016

There was also a Love Live piece, as you may have expected!

雪まつり大通公園ラブlive版実況情報！今私は11丁目のミクの雪像の近くの物販コーナーで買ったら列が短くて5分待ち位だったので7丁目のミューズの雪像の近くの物販コーナーにものすごい列で並んでる人は11丁目に行った方がいいよ！ pic.twitter.com/iKIicUKA2u

— 漫画家島本和彦 (@simakazu) February 7, 2016

R2-D2 even got a piece all to himself. Hey, the little guy is finally getting the respect he deserves!

https://twitter.com/635793Makinamu/status/696186162432462848

There was also a snow sculpture for the Madogatari Exhibit, which is currently open in Sapporo!

【札幌会場】開催まであと2日！さっぽろ雪まつりでは大通公園西11丁目にMADOGATARI展の雪像も作られています！前売入場券はローソンチケットにて発売中！ https://t.co/cHkGssjjfe #madogatari pic.twitter.com/iC4MKuJ1lC

— MADOGATARI展公式 (@MADOGATARI) February 7, 2016

Some Macross character got the snowy treatment as well…

https://twitter.com/sgrux/status/695444300113416192

…along with that very family-friendly scamp Ted!

明日の『さっぽろ雪まつり』、大きなテッド雪像が皆様をおまちしております♥　
お楽しみに！！#お遊びクマ pic.twitter.com/tzVWWgD7ut

— 映画『テッド』公式アカウント (@TED_MOVIE2013) February 5, 2016

And, finally, we end with the fan-favorite Snow Miku!

おはよう、雪ミク！
（札幌・大通公園西11丁目） pic.twitter.com/Ty4uSHuDza

— ゆきむし (@yukimushi_gksdr) February 6, 2016

We can’t help wondering where she’s headed so fast…maybe the vocaloid is on her way to perform for a talk show host in the US?

Event Information
67th Sapporo Snow Festival
Address: Sapporo Hokkaido (See here for full event map.)
Dates: February 5 to 11, 2016 (Odori and Suskino sites) and February 5 to 18 (Tsudome site)

References: Hamusoku (1, 2)
Featured images: Twitter/@TED_MOVIE2013, Twitter/@635793Makinamu, Twitter/@rabbit_love8715

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