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proc355 · 04-09-2007, 02:48

more here

Snowshiro · 04-09-2007, 06:01

For the vaguely interested, the text below the image in the rice field reads (roughly) "Romantic Inakadate in Tsugaru" - Inakadate being a Japanese village. So basically it's a tourist ad.

The city where I live makes its art with snow. We have a snow festival every year, and make huge sculptures purely carved from gigantic blocks of snow. I've participated for the past couple of years. Here's an example:

steveb · 04-09-2007, 06:09

An' all we have is crop circles.

Snowshiro · 04-09-2007, 06:22

If any Brits want to have a crack at snow sculpting, there is no British team in the international part of the competition. I've been thinking about organizing one for several years, as we're one of the few major countries not represented.

Some of the other teams get funding from cultural groups back home (e.g. the arts council). No experience is necessary.

The international teams get a much smaller block of snow to work with (the huge sculptures like the one above are made by locals) so it's not as daunting as all that.

Shiro · 05-09-2007, 13:50

Ive been wanting to make it up to the Sapporo snow festival for the last few years. Plane tickets are pretty expensive at that time though, not to mention getting a hotel.

Those rice paddys are cool! Ive never seen one like that.

Snowshiro · 05-09-2007, 13:54

Yeah, good luck getting a hotel room. They reckon the city gets over 2 million visitors over the 10 day period.

04-09-2007, 02:48	#1 (permalink)
proc355 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Glasvegas Posts: 817	rice paddy art more here __________________ meh.

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steveb BitterHusk Original™ Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: S U O M I Posts: 22,796	An' all we have is crop circles. __________________ Brine Depths It is necessary, even mandatory, that assertions of the significance made above, which I do not dispute, be footnoted and otherwise sourced.

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Snowshiro Will work for Marmite Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sapporo, Japan Posts: 535	If any Brits want to have a crack at snow sculpting, there is no British team in the international part of the competition. I've been thinking about organizing one for several years, as we're one of the few major countries not represented. Some of the other teams get funding from cultural groups back home (e.g. the arts council). No experience is necessary. The international teams get a much smaller block of snow to work with (the huge sculptures like the one above are made by locals) so it's not as daunting as all that. Last edited by Snowshiro : 04-09-2007 at 07:28.

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04-09-2007, 06:01	#2 (permalink)
Snowshiro Will work for Marmite Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sapporo, Japan Posts: 535	For the vaguely interested, the text below the image in the rice field reads (roughly) "Romantic Inakadate in Tsugaru" - Inakadate being a Japanese village. So basically it's a tourist ad. The city where I live makes its art with snow. We have a snow festival every year, and make huge sculptures purely carved from gigantic blocks of snow. I've participated for the past couple of years. Here's an example:

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Shiro 社長 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posts: 14,675	Ive been wanting to make it up to the Sapporo snow festival for the last few years. Plane tickets are pretty expensive at that time though, not to mention getting a hotel. Those rice paddys are cool! Ive never seen one like that.

05-09-2007, 13:54	#6 (permalink)
Snowshiro Will work for Marmite Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sapporo, Japan Posts: 535	Yeah, good luck getting a hotel room. They reckon the city gets over 2 million visitors over the 10 day period.

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