Cherry blossoms were already blooming in Vancouver before the end of the Winter Olympics... and here in Sapporo it's raining, and the snow piles are melting. Yes, spring is on its way. So, before all the snow melts, I'm going to post some pictures of cool things to do with snow and ice.
I seriously think that this is all an excuse to prevent hibernation by the residents of the city... and to attract tourists. It was really cold here in February. I wanted to hibernate, but I did in fact brave the cold and drag myself down to Odori park where I slowly circled the park in a counter-clockwise direction...
See? Everyone is walking in the same direction. If we hadn't, we would have been (very politely) asked to stop disturbing the other guests.
The most exciting snow sculptures were the very large ones. This one, which was sponsored by the Maruyama Zoo, was our favorite. Keith liked the gorilla, and I liked the leopard the best.
There was a church from Germany...
And a palace from Korea...
And inevitably there were hundreds of tourists with cameras lined up to take pictures in front of the larger sculptures.
There were small sculptures too, including cartoon characters, famous people, animals, etc. Here is a bento box...
Homer Simpson...
And Totoro!
In nearby Susukino, we admired some ice sculptures, especially this palace of frozen fish.
And today's Engrish:
In case you were wondering, "Do" is the nickname of our island, Hokkaido...
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