The videos on the net of the amazing ice sculptures of the snow festival in Japan pack an extra wow to the factor of eye delight.

Yesterday, in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo in Hokkaido, the 62nd Sapporo Snow Festival began. At the annual event the city's entertainment district becomes an outdoor gallery of amazing eye catching, mind bending ice sculptures.

The Sapporo winter festival runs for seven days and attracts tourists from all over the world. The festival organizers are expecting two million visitors. According to Reuters, the festival features over 250 magnificent, giant snow and ice sculptures. The city of Sapporo celebrates one of its most abundant natural resources, snow, and puts on display the creative craftsmanship of artists.

Item from the Associated Press --"Massive ice sculptures have appeared in the center of Japan's northern city of Sapporo, in Hokkaido prefecture, as the yearly snow festival got under way on Monday." See the video.