The Snow Art Museum

 

                                       The Snow Art Museum

Hello, everyone. In this article, I am going to introduce the snow art museum which is located in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. The concept of this museum is snow and ice since Asahikawa is a very cold place and it snows heavily in winter.

This museum was built in 1991 using the European Byzantine style. Visitors often say it looks like a castle in Europe. Also, it became very popular thanks to the movie, Frozen, which attracts many people, especially children from all over the world to Asahikawa. However, unfortunately, this museum will close on June 30th, 2021 because there was a sharp drop-off in sales due to COVID-19.

 So in order to express the appreciation for 30 years of hard-work, I’ll tell you what makes this museum so popular. These are three highlights of this museum.
Firstly, the spiral staircase. You can see the beautiful spiral staircase as soon as you enter the museum. As you get close to upstairs, you will be getting more excited little by little.

Secondly, the fountain. It is said that your dreams come true if you throw your coins into the fountain. Because of this, there are coins from various countries at the bottom of the fountain, from a lot of tourists from all over the world.

Lastly, “snow crystal museum”. This exhibition is made by taking videos of snow crystals then reflecting them on the entire wall of the room. It looks as if it were stained glasses.

 In addition, there are a lot of highlights you can enjoy such as a concert hall, café, a museum shop, and a restaurant. You can enjoy not only seeing exhibitions but also eating or shopping.
This fantastical and beautiful museum has been making us happy for such a long time. So I hope you can visit it at least once before the museum is closed.