This year's Sapporo Snow Festival kicked off last weekend, bringing hundreds of massive snow sculptures into the streets of Japan's northern capital. Here's a look at some of the works on display at the event, which runs until February 11.


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Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Hatsune Miku [Photo by kamemaruk]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Michael Jackson [Photo by tmaeda_japan]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Frauenkirche (The Church of Our Lady) [Photo by North☆Star]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Northern Zoos [Photo via Sapporo Snow Festival website]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Northern Zoos [Photo by 悪さー]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Northern Zoos [Photo by 悪さー]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
The Place Where Dreams Come True [Photo by minkara]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
The Place Where Dreams Come True [Photo by zuiko]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Gundam [Photo by あくあ]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Royal Palace of Baekje [Photo by 野鳥大好き]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Buddha [Photo by あくあ]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Kodama [Photo by あくあ]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Gundam [Photo by あくあ]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Iolani Palace [Photo by tmaeda_japan]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
[Photo by あくあ]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Seitokai no Ichizon [Photo by ryu.i4]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
[Photo by あくあ]

Sapporo Snow Festival 2010 --
Chibi Maruko-chan [Photo by あくあ]