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Friday, January 22, 2010

Ephemeral construction, snow festival



Sapporo Snow Festival is held in a beginning of February.
Here is Sapporo, Hokkaidō.

These are completely made of only snow.
A lot of such statues are made.




Very large quantity of snow are carried in a town from the suburbs. And snowy lumps are sculptd various form.

Social topics become the subject.　This is a statue made in commemoration of interchange with Korea.




The festival of the Far East is lively all. 　Therefore, it is difficult to appreciate the beauty of the sculpture calmly.

When the festival is over, they are completely dismantled...

The "Void (Kū)" is the important subject of Far East.

39 comments:

  1. TGJanuary 22, 2010 at 1:03 AM

    Wow, the colour is so purely white. Ruma, you always make me go to the Far East :)

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  2. jooJanuary 22, 2010 at 1:06 AM

    Are they made of snow? Incredible! I love this post:)

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  3. L. GispertJanuary 22, 2010 at 2:00 AM

    Fantástico festival, Ruma. Lástima que se desmantele. Luce con un matiz muy artístico, todo blanco.

    Saludos.

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  4. AbrilesJanuary 22, 2010 at 2:05 AM

    que lindas tomas nocturnas Ruma!!

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  5. Mª Angeles B.January 22, 2010 at 2:31 AM

    Un festival magnifico, y con bonitas esculturas...

    Expectacular.

    Besos

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  6. Kilauea PoetryJanuary 22, 2010 at 3:12 AM

    You never fail to come up with something spactactular! This is beautiful..I suppose it was a positive interchange?
    This is fabulous Ruma-

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 3:17 AM

    Those images are incredible Ruma :)

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  8. JanieJanuary 22, 2010 at 3:39 AM

    The sculpture is very impressive, and I love the building, especially with the red curtains/lights in front. Wonderful photos to share an interesting part of your culture.

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  9. jgbarberJanuary 22, 2010 at 3:59 AM

    Incredible Ruma, I love your pictures. It's fantastic!!!

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  10. ANRAFERAJanuary 22, 2010 at 4:08 AM

    ...precioso. Estupendas tomas. Saludos.

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 4:12 AM

    Lots & lots of work on this, but what an awesome tradition! It looks beautiful!

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  12. فشكووولJanuary 22, 2010 at 4:20 AM

    Rome
    Greetings
    I greet you on this for the Post art of architecture in Japan and in fact everyone loves this architecture

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  13. Lisa (Mountain Photog)January 22, 2010 at 4:28 AM

    Those are incredible pictures, Ruma! Those snow sculptures are enormous! We have a snow sculpture event here in Colorado but nothing to the kind of scale seen here. Very impressive!

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  14. FranJanuary 22, 2010 at 5:09 AM

    Fantastic Images!!! I really love them!!!

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  15. FilipBlogJanuary 22, 2010 at 5:27 AM

    The snow scupltures are amazing.

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  16. PatriciaJanuary 22, 2010 at 6:55 AM

    tus fotos son fantásticas, Ruma!
    un fuerte abrazo.

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  17. RNSANEJanuary 22, 2010 at 7:45 AM

    Amazing photography, Ruma...I am sure it is very cold in that northern most island of Japan. I am sure the festivities must be accompanied with much Sapporo beer!!!

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  18. GallowJanuary 22, 2010 at 9:47 AM

    These are just stunning. There must be some very gifted artist that create them.

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  19. SuzanneJanuary 22, 2010 at 10:46 AM

    Oh! Ruma ! comme c'est joli !

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  20. BBJanuary 22, 2010 at 11:16 AM

    Spectacular !
    This must be quite a show.
    Arigato Ruma San.

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  21. kyungmeeJanuary 22, 2010 at 1:47 PM

    amazing structures..truly! Wonderful images;) Thank you!

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  22. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 4:29 PM

    fantastic work, great captures

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  23. claudeJanuary 22, 2010 at 5:56 PM

    Great job ! I like very much scupltures with snow, ice and sand.

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  24. Flo de SendaiJanuary 22, 2010 at 9:39 PM

    rumaさんは、日本の方なんですか～？

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  25. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 11:00 PM

    great i never heard about snow festival that cool

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  26. MariusJanuary 23, 2010 at 2:29 AM

    Fantastic pictures ....

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  27. UnknownJanuary 23, 2010 at 3:27 AM

    Thank you for sharing this, great story telling

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  28. Rebeca/candemilaJanuary 23, 2010 at 5:51 AM

    wow this is art

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  29. Dave JacksonJanuary 23, 2010 at 7:39 AM

    Seems pretty awesome and Thanks for such an fantastic information.I hope that in future too I will get this kind of informative article.

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  30. UnknownJanuary 23, 2010 at 7:47 AM

    Digno de admirar a estos artistas que elaboran semejantes figuras con esa calidad tan extraordinaria. Tus fotos les hacen un merecido homenaje.

    Saludos.

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  31. R.FerrariJanuary 23, 2010 at 12:06 PM

    Belo lugar. Lindo registro. Abraços.

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  32. EpamineJanuary 23, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    Thanks for these pictures of very beautiful igloos! ;o)))

    Thanks too for your messages in my Epaminothèque!

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  33. AcornmoonJanuary 23, 2010 at 6:43 PM

    How amazing! They look like limestone, thanks for showing us.

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  34. La sonrisa de HiperionJanuary 23, 2010 at 11:55 PM

    Amigo, las fotos, son simplemente impresionantes.

    Saludos y un abrazo enorme.

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  35. CrisJanuary 24, 2010 at 3:35 AM

    Querido Ruma, es cierto que es una construcción efímera, pero qué belleza! Cuesta creer que puedan estar hechas de hielo. los artistas que las construyen son excelentes. Gracias por acercarnos tan buenas fotografías. Un beso.

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  36. Jeanne Frances KlaverJanuary 24, 2010 at 5:13 AM

    I've never seen anything like this! Thank you, Ruma, for giving me the chance to these amazing constructions.

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  37. SharodinduJanuary 24, 2010 at 5:40 AM

    They are made of Snow!!!soo beautiful!!!

    Thanks for sharing :)

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  38. lenivalJanuary 24, 2010 at 6:41 AM

    Ruma! They are so beautiful! Nicely detailed and in this perfect shade of pure white. I am glad you have captured this man made beauty on camera because it is short-lived...

    Thank you for sharing :)

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  39. EDUARDO POISLJanuary 24, 2010 at 12:52 PM

    Que a minha solidão me sirva de companhia,
    que eu tenha coragem de me enfrentar,
    que eu saiba ficar com o nada
    e mesmo assim me sentir, como se
    estivesse plena de tudo".

    Clarice Lispector


    Desejo um lindo domingo para você.
    Abraços com todo meu carinho

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