Snow, in 1950, of the local high school students set up six snow statues in Odori Park, began in the wake. Snowball fight, sculpture exhibition, Carnival, holding, 50000 people in the crowds was a big hit than expected. Since then, as the Sapporo winter events settle in the city. In 1953, for the first time made 15-metre high snow statue “Ascension”. In 1955 joined the SDF, a massive snow sculptures in the challenge. Mobilize 2500 people making snow sculpture in 1959, 10 meeting, is featured in TV and newspapers for the first time, an increasing number of tourists from the Mainland from next year became a great success. Thus the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan snow evolved into the Festival. In 1965, officially established true pieces in place as second place. In the 1972 Winter Olympics were held in Sapporo, “Welcome to Sapporo” for theme snow festival is known in the world.
Oil shock in 1974, snow’s ordeal became a Festival. Monohakobi snow truck gasoline is difficult to obtain, put the drums in the snow and carried it off. International snow statue competition started from this year.
Since 1974, Sapporo, Shenyang, Alberta, Munich, Sydney, Portland and has evolved as the statues of the deep regions of the international event. Call the reputation then since 1983, 34 meeting appeared “Sapporo venue” as the third venue, neon-glowing ice sculptures, snow festival has continued to grow into a new side to develop the extend session since 1984, for two days, loved by many people around the world, such as 7 days Festival.
True pieces in place 40 years in 2005, closed the satoland since 2006, the year 2008 as established venues, from the 2009 2, one new snow dome venue, such as toward the creation of the Festival and continue to evolve.