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The site was approved as one of the festival sites in 1983. [4] Every year, the Susukino Queen of Ice, a female beauty contest, is held at the site. [5] On 7 February 2012 (63rd Festival), a snow sculpture of Snow Miku (Hatsune Miku) collapsed on the Odori Park 6th Venue, where a female tourist was injured. This accident was the first injury in ...
Ice Festival, Ice and Snow Festival, or Snow and Ice Festival may refer to one of the following events. Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China; Blue Pearl Ice Festival, Mongolia; Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan; World Ice Art Championships, Alaska, United States; Perm International Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival, Russia
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Japan’s extreme summer heat was not a local event. This summer broke global heat records for a second straight year, with 2024 firmly on track to be the hottest year in recorded history .
Kamakura (かまくら or カマクラ) is a type of traditional snow dome or quinzhee in snowy regions of Japan. Kamakura may also refer to the various ceremonial winter celebrations involving those snow domes, or to the Shinto deity Kamakura Daimyojin ( 鎌倉大明神 ), who is revered during some of those celebrations. [ 1 ]
The rather poetic snow country (雪国, yukiguni) can refer to any place with heavy or deep snows and is generally understood as a reference to the Sea of Japan side of Honshū (Japan's main island) and the area encompassed by the Japanese Alps, a series of mountain ranges that make up the island's backbone.
January 3 – U.S. President Joe Biden blocks the proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel. [1]January 10 – Eight students are injured in a hammer attack inside the Tama campus of Hosei University in Machida, Tokyo.
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