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PHOTO: New Kabukiza theater graces Sapporo Snow Festival

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

photo：Festival-goers gather in front of a huge Kabukiza theater snow statue at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Feb. 5. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto) Festival-goers gather in front of a huge Kabukiza theater snow statue at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Feb. 5. (Yasuhiro Sugimoto)

photo：A huge snow statue commemorating the construction of a new shrine and transfer of the sacred spirits at Ise Jingu Shrine in Mie Prefecture draws a crowd at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Feb. 5. (Eiji Hori) A huge snow statue commemorating the construction of a new shrine and transfer of the sacred spirits at Ise Jingu Shrine in Mie Prefecture draws a crowd at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo on Feb. 5. (Eiji Hori)

SAPPORO -- A massive Kabukiza theater made of snow has opened to the public here in this city in northern Japan, beating the reopening of the actual one in Tokyo by two months.

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