73rd Sapporo Snow Festival
73rd Sapporo Snow Festival, February 11, 2023 – The Sapporo Snow Festival opens for the first time since 2020. Following the cancelation of the event in 2021 and 2022, organizers […]
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News, Society
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Hokkaido
(All photos by AFLO) Magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on September 6. Store shelves are empty inside a convenience store in Sapporo. (above) Information board […]
Features, Traditional Japan
Sapporo Snow Festival 2017
(All photos by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) Large snow sculptures are being displayed at the annual Sapporo Snow Festival which is held February 6-12th this year. Over 2.5 million people are expecting […]
Features
67th Sapporo Snow Festival
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Hokkaido, Japan – A snow sculpture of ‘The Ruins of St. Paul’s, Macau’ is seen at Odori Park, February 5, […]
Sports
ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 in Obihiro JapanISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 in Obihiro JapanISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 in Obihiro JapanISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 in Obihiro JapanISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 in Obihiro Japan
(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Obihiro, Japan – Shunsuke Nakamura in action during the men’s division B of the ISU Speed Skating World Cup at […]
