Scary snow sculpture at Sapporo, 1968

By Joe Gromelski
Published: December 29, 2010

Katsushiro Yokomura ©Stars and Stripes
Sapporo, Japan, February, 1968: Visitors to the Makomanai Japan Defense Force base find themselves locked in the tender embrace of a snow monster that reflects the movie-creature theme of the year at the nearby Sapporo Snow Festival.

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