Figuras de nieve en Japón

TOPSHOTS Taiwanese dancers perform in front of a large snow sculpture of Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

Traditional Thai dancers perform in front of a large snow sculpture of Thailand's Wat Bendamabophit temple at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

Traditional Thai dancers perform in front of a large snow sculpture of Thailand's Wat Bendamabophit temple at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

Traditional Thai dancers perform in front of a large snow sculpture of Thailand's Wat Bendamabophit temple at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

Traditional Thai dancers perform in front of a large snow sculpture of Thailand's Wat Bendamabophit temple at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

People admire a large snow sculpture of Thailand's Wat Bendamabophit at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

People admire a large snow sculpture at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

People admire a large snow sculpture of cartoon characters at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

People admire small-sized snow sculptures at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI

Visitors enjoy a ride on a scale model of a steam locomotive at the opening of the annual snow festival in Sapporo, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on February 5, 2013. Some two million people are expecting to visit the week-long festival which has over 200 snow sculptures. AFP PHOTO / TAKASHI NOGUCHI