While on my way to take some pics of the Seijin No Hi action the other week i came across this display of Ice Sculptures in Harajuku.
What i thought was going to be 1/2 a dozen or so sculptures turned into at least 30 and it made for a scenic walk down to the shrine.
Too bad all the photos have that damn red rope in front of them, kind of spoils it but you get the idea.
There was a heavy animal theme present in many of the sculptures.
The intricate detail was quite amazing, not sure you can fully appreciate it in the photos.
Slowly as the temperature rose the sculptures started to deteriorate, but not before thousands of people had time to appreciate the effort gone into creating them.
Coming up in a few weeks time is the Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Japans largest winter events.
Last weekend when i was in Ochanomizu picking up some new gear for this season i noticed a few girls building a snowman on the street.
Not sure where they got the snow from but they were having fun.
If you’re up that way it would be well worth checking out here’s some more info on it.
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Nice, the ice sculptures are indeed pretty cool. Too bad they would melt before long though.
wow. i was visiting japan the other week, and we went to harajuku to visit the meiji shrine (Jan 11). must have been the same day, because we too saw the ice sculptures along the way. pretty neat, and quite a bit of attention to detail. my favorite was the mermaid with the water..