Thu 2/4/2010 9:01 PM
An annual snow festival began Friday in Sapporo in Hokkaido, featuring some 240 snow sculptures at three sites in the northern city. Organizers expect more than 2 million people will visit those sites during the festival through next Thursday. Among the sculptures are those of polar bears and penguins from popular Hokkaido zoos and that of the Church of Our Lady in Dresden, Germany, which is the highest on record in the annual events at some 26 meters high.
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Heather Hopkins Clement, MA/MBA, developed an appreciation for Japanese culture at a young age and has passionately pursued the study of Japan and East Asia ever since. Her extensive experience living and traveling in Japan gives her a wealth of valuable insights into this complex country. She delights in sharing her academic knowledge of the cultural history of the Pacific Rim in general, in sharing news about current events in the area, and in sharing her practical experience of visiting the numerous sights of the Pacific Rim to enhance other's travels to the area.
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