- Susukino district in Sapporo at night
No snow here, but plenty of activity. This used to be (?) the red light district.
- Appealing to your thirst
Almost every display here has to do with something to drink, and CocaCola may be the only one without alcohol. There’s Sapporo Beer, Kirin Beer, and Nikka Whiskey.
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- City of lights
- Sunakku bars, etc.
 A sunakku bar, or just sunakku, a strange twist of the English word, “snack,” is a bar where light snacks are served. These snacks can be anything from small, wrapped hard candies to bowls of a disgusting substance called natto, all served at the discretion of the host or hostess, and all very expensive. These tidbits always seem to appear when the patron isn’t ordering drinks as frequently as the host would like, and if you’re lucky, you won’t be charged twice for each serving.
In any case, this towering stack of shingles announces all the business in this building, some of which are sunakku.
Now, that's one big snowball!
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Creepy clown
  Let’s just get the creepy clown out of the way right now.
Ice sculptures as far as the eye can see
 This street was shut off to vehicle traffic and ice sculptures ran for blocks down the middle — and it wasn’t the only street where such sculptures were on display. Many displays were corporate-sponsored, as you will see.
- China Airlines
This is the China Airlines display, and to the right appears to be Kent cigarettes.
- Samurai on horseback
This one looks almost like a ghost horseman, what with the lights showing throught it.
