Japan’s Biggest Winter Festival ❄️ Sapporo Snow Festival

[@pxrspectiv]

I love how among all of the Japanese and English being spoken and I hear Chris’ accent and I’m like oh yes Chris is here

[@garfunkel6975]

It's very impressive how you and Chiaki switch between English and Japanese so fluently and effortlessly.

[@Triferus]

It's pretty cool. It took me four years of learning German before I could switch between English and German without much effort. I've started playing around with Japanese and I can't imagine how hard it is to actually become as fluent as her, or vice versa.

[@asit6947]

In India, I live in a big city and it's important to learn 3 languages at least. So once you're fluent in the language you switch between them effortlessly without even thinking. We also substitute words or entire sentences from other language if we feel that you can convey that particular thought better. But we have been doing it our entire lives so we don't put much thought into it. I imagine it would be really hard for a monolingual person.

[@Bill-v650]

I was a brewer and I remember reading the article on how they were able to achieve blue beer (it's actually extremely hard because beer is naturally yellow so trying to make it blue makes it green usually). Anyway how they did it was to brew a nearly clear beer using nearly all rice and almost no barley (i think something akin to a zima malt beverage as a base) and then the blue color comes from a spirolina(?sp) (a type of algae). No fruit is used.

[@nerdie_pickle1411]

Not related to you comment...but I appreciate your profile picture!

[@Bill-v650]

@@nerdie_pickle1411 Thanks. It happens to be Shigure from Fruits Basket if you are wondering.

[@nerdie_pickle1411]

@@Bill-v650 oh yea he is my favorite. Along with Aya and Hatori

[@Anjel1e]

That's so neat. I don't drink, but still. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@ScrewFearMe]

@@nerdie_pickle1411 Kisa was always my favorite, shes just so damn cute xD Ontopic: Its kinda cool how you can make beer blue

[@ZeepDr]

You and Chris are the ones who've inspired me to learn Japanese. :) You guys are the best!

[@sharlainjapan]

Zeep Xanflorp Hope you’re having fun learning it!! :D

[@thomasinajefferson9971]

How’s the Japanese goin? How much would you say you’ve learned in 9 months? I’m seriously contemplating.

[@ZeepDr]

@@thomasinajefferson9971 It's still going strong! I am learning on my own, so it is a much slower process than it would be if I were taking a class or learning it in a more immersive setting. I am working through the textbook called Genki and it's been good enough so far. There are sections in it that require "pair work", which I can't do on my own (so if you have a friend to learn it with that would help with those parts and keep you accountable too!), but other than that it's kept me on track to taking the Japanese N5 test within the next year or so! I supplement Genki with duolingo and lingodeer exercises that somewhat force me to do *something* with japanese every day, even if it's 5-10 mins to keep topics fresh. I would not recommend these apps as your sole learning platform. And I listen and watch as much online content (like Japanese commercials and japanese-speaking youtubers) as I can. The toughest part in learning on my own has been (1) speech and listening practice; it reeeaalllyyyy helps to have someone who is either learning with you or already speaks the language (like a tutor or something) to work on these with you, and (2) maintaining motivation; there are times where I've been in a "slump" and I try not to beat myself up about it (I want it to be fun after all). So when I am feeling less motivated, I turn to channels like Sharla's, Chris's, and others' to remind myself why I am doing this. Personally, I really appreciate Japanese culture and would like to live and work there for a period of time in a post-doctoral position or something. Everyone's reasons for learning Japanese are different, so to maintain motivation I'd recommend having something around to remind you why you're doing it. All in all, I'd say the hours poured into it are 100% worth it. Yes, it's extremely hard, and yes, it may feel unbelievably daunting at times, but if you set reasonable expectations for yourself and your progress, then the challenge can be fun! Let me know if you have any other questions! I'd love to help in any way I can. :) Cheers!

[@FilippaSkog]

Wow, the snowy landscape really flatters you, you look like a gorgeous snow queen! 😍 Looked like the bunch of you had a nice day!

[@sharlainjapan]

Aw thank you😭☃️✨✨

[@cuteshadow]

Oh my god, Chiaki looks like a Sunshine, its adorable, and such a big contrast to Chris in the background "Its leftover sake" xD

[@sengoku38Arisaka]

From Osaka, Japan. I'm studying English by watching your videos. After looking at some of them, I was able to understand about 30%. Sake, mochi, delicious ... what a hell, all in Japanese!

[@sharlainjapan]

Haha you can do it!! Keep practicing💪🏻

[@skystygian]

Your writing is really good! Keep up the good work

[@katden8912]

I know this post is a couple of weeks late so you probably won't see it Sharla but I was just watching Chiaki's Sapporo video and noticed how much time you spend with viewers when they stop to speak to you and take pictures. It's so kind of you and clearly made that guy's day! ✌

[@tammi6771]

The pumpkin oshiruko looked so good! So many food and drink options. Looks like a really fun festival! So many talented people to create all those ice sculptures.

[@sharlainjapan]

It was definitely my fave food of the day! 😍

[@Taikaru]

I love cold and snow! So Hokkaido and winter festivals in general look like paradise to me. One day!

[@Lynx85Lynx]

So nice to see that the Polish Embassy and the Cultural Institute cooperated in creating one of the sculptures! And along with Chopin's music, it makes it even more special :-)

[@BarokaiRein]

I just smile whenever I see a wild Chris appear on screen.

[@KittieXaBlaze]

It looked beautiful and like a winter wonderland. We don't get snow here in Alabama, so I'm super excited to see it in your video. The pancake/mochi thing looked so yummy. My first thought was it was a huge macaroon. I'm glad you had a wonderful time.

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

Chiaki’s voice is soooo super cute! I had to subscribe to her! Sharla, you look so pretty in that jacket. You are glowing and you look so happy! We got snow here in Georgia for the first time in a long time a couple of days ago, but it melted quickly. I wish I could go somewhere with lots of snow for a few days!

[@sharlainjapan]

Ah it’s always a bummer when you get some rare snow and it melts right away! That always happened in Victoria too.

[@tanjab.1090]

I’ve been to the Sapporo Show Festival 3 years ago and they had the cup noodles sculpture back then, too 😁 The foods you tried looked amazing, made me miss Japan 🇯🇵 Thanks for sharing.

[@DeaBeanTattoos]

As someone who really struggles to enjoy themselves during winter, festivals like these would be amazing to attend. If you suffer from seasonal depression, this is such a great way to get outside and enjoy some quality time with your loved ones! Amazing video as usual 💕

[@matsuken521]

I have been to Sapporo only in the summer. I'm jealous that several commentators have visited Snow Festival before and moreover some people encountered you all at this time! 私は札幌には夏にしか行ったことがないので、雪まつりを訪れたことがある方がコメント欄に何人かいらしたり、なんなら今回出演者の皆さんに遭遇できた方々もいらっしゃると思うと羨ましい限りです。

[@briannabergman8381]

Oh my goodness! So many friends!!! A festival becomes so much more fun when friends are around!! 😍

[@syokai2149]

7:33 HYPNOSIS MIC!! 😍😍😍

[@ジル-g8p]

YES！！

[@100gold5]

Japan is really fun... Japanese snow festival-Trains slides food and music. British snow festival- Old people tutting and tea sipping in drizzle rain 🥺 I gotta make it for the olympics. Hope you all had as much fun as it looked.

[@midnightkitty8172]

Thank you for showing us this festival, Sharmander~! I really enjoyed seeing the ice and snow sculptures, they're so cool~! It was nice to see you and your friends having fun and trying out some of the festival foods as well.

[@sweetsbelly]

知秋さんのインスタからシャーラのKZbin知ったよ☻ そしてシャーラのこと初めて知ったのは知秋さんのKZbinから☺︎ すっごく日本語お上手！ペラペラ👏 客観的にも英語より難しいのに、私も英語ペラペラになるっっ😆

[@paji8926]

The snow element added such a pretty scenery to the japanese festival. I hope you guys do more winter activities like go ice skating or skiing.......it would be fun to see.

[@dragonleesi4523]

THRILLING 😂 Someone should dedicate anime to Natsuki

[@farraiget4981]

watch natsuki the movie !

[@Slammer_1970]

Just had to watch this one after watching Chris' 48 hours video in Sapporo from last years Snow Festival.

[@missymissy4215]

I was not expecting kny opening at 7:27 lol

[@ryvlaw]

Haha.. I just wanted to write something similar.

[@Emiilahh]

I was just looking for this comment haha

[@SpecJack15]

As a LiSA fan I was pleasantly surprised

[@o-anonium8653]

me a grown ass man: 5:22 those are adorable.

[@despairia]

Hey, adorable things are adorable!

[@Laura_Darkspear]

The sculptures look amazing. Ooh poor Pete got the mustard surprise! lol Great video, Japanese festivals look incredible.

[@KirkKiyosadaTome]

So gorgeous! Thanks as always, Sharles! ありがとう!

[@rielamarcellis]

Those soy milk sweets looks amazing. I can feel the cold watching your face in this video 🥶

[@christinepease890]

what a lovely video, you looked so cozy in your winter clothes but said you were still cold, loved he food too looked so yummy, have a lovely week x x

[@emmag.7731]

I really want to either move to Japan or live in Japan so bad. I’ve heard that the environment is amazing and the people are so kind. I absolutely love the beauty of Japan and how low crime is there. Also the language is soooooo amazing. If I don’t live there, then I definitely want to visit like yearly or something. Plus I’ve found that my friends here in America who are Japanese descendants are some of the best people.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Love Hokkaido! Those sculptures are so cool. It's nice that they use local products for the food

[@kristijones6922]

This looked awesome. I'm from florida so I'm always in awe when I see such a significant amount of snow. The shrine outside the resturant with the big trees fluffed with snow looked stunning! I wish I could try that chocolate pancake thing that looked like mochi kind of. I swear I could almost taste it. Also Pete's face was so red I was dying laughing! Thanks Sharla

[@The666link666]

Am I the only one who thinks that Sharla and Chris Broad would be such a nice couple? 😍

[@johnnie543]

Sharla pulled up to the Sapporo Yuki Matsuri with the Chris Broad Squad?! The Snow Festival is officially 🔥

[@jamesmartin2212]

Love the Miyoshi shrine at 9:16 .....it also has a great goshuin for anyone collecting!

[@gebruederflausch]

Chiaki look so much like Mirei Kiritani. So cute!!!

[@wolvress8064]

RIP Pete! You and the others are friendship goals! 😂 I'd also love to go to the Sapporo Snow Festival! The cold wouldn't bother me too much. Though we get winters here that are -20°c to -40°c so I'm used to it. XD

[@deniseaoki260]

Sharla you look so beautiful with your winter outfit!

[@T-Waldo]

I've been waiting for this video ever since Chris talked about it on his podcast.

[@animefiend16]

I freakin loved Sapporo Snow Festival! They had a giant Pikachu ice sculpture when I went as a child back in 1998! :D

[@allytheninja]

I love listening to you speak Japanese, Sharla!

[@alphamike87]

Awesome Sharla, coo, seeing you with Chiaki and everyone

[@XSemperIdem5]

So beautiful with all the snow and so much yummy food.

[@DreamsInWild]

Wow, those huge, mochi pancake things looked SO GOOD!

[@repHAWAIIxJPN]

If Hokkaido wasn’t so cold I’d wanna live there , so many places I still wanna see and revisit in different seasons

[@benjaminoverton7702]

I was lucky enough to visit Japan, and Sapporo in 2019 for the Snow Festival. It's interesting to see which of the same displays and such they have again this year. The horse racing display was definitely there last year.

[@Azalynnnn]

nice to see Pete back in Japan!

[@capriceg7042]

(#62) The festival looks ao fun!! The mustard looked painful. Stay warm everyone!!! 💝💖

[@fleciashreve2313]

I LOVED this vlog, snow! I love snow so much! The snow & ice statue's where so beautiful. The food looked good too. I'd love to go there! Shar thank you so much!! I live vicariously through my KZbin with all of you. This made my day. So lovely. All your friends are so sweet & funny. Light,Love and Blessings💟

[@gigimarie7086]

We JUST learned about this festival in class the other day :) Thanks for the video!

[@KarateKim]

Thank you for bringing us along with you , even though it's so cold.

[@FrameofTravel]

Yay! Great overview of the festival. I think i missed it and didn't try many of the things you did. Poor Pete at the end though lol. Was nice synching up on your last day!

[@sharlainjapan]

Did you get around to trying a hot mojito? :D

[@FrameofTravel]

@@sharlainjapan omg, I knew I forgot something! Looks like I have to go back soon!

[@sharlainjapan]

Frame of Travel Haha we never got around to it either, we’ll have to join you!

[@ryokokirchhoff782]

Thank you for this video...Sapporo is my home and I'll be there this coming June to visit my family...can't wait! Stay warm!!! :))

[@CTRLerSupport]

Looks like an amazing festival!

[@yumitsu8598]

Loved the vlog! Definitely have to go there to see the snow festival once in real life❤️ And you're wearing the scarf from one of the lucky bags😍

[@faelune]

The person playing the piano was playing a character’s theme song. She’s named Cirno from a game called Touhou! She’s basically an ice fairy so it was very fitting for the festival. 😄❄️

[@silverian]

Really amazing looking ice sculptures! I hope Pete is doing well!

[@YourAverageJazz]

My favorite part ... Natsuki: *points to himself* normal face *points to Pete* Happy mustard, happy mustard 😂😂😂😂

[@bellaharris4359]

Were heading back to japan next year and once again I’m watching your videos for help about where we’re going! I’m so glad you’ve done a sapporo video! Thank you!

[@sharlainjapan]

So glad they’ve been helpful!! Hope you have an amazing trip😄🌸

[@kousuket7433]

I am so surprised that Chiaki and you collaborate each other. I like both of you.

[@DebraKadabra]

OMG the sculptures looked so cool! Hope you all didn't freeze to the bone out there, it looked really cold!

[@cococ.1650]

Thanks for showing us around! I just woke and all the food was making even more hungry 😂

[@melaniejaneprocter5529]

The sculptors look so cute, and we'll made. 🤗😍💖🎀📸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@erly186]

I went last year, it was so awesome. They had hot mojitos and they kept me so warm

[@RecLocJapan]

Your face when you tried the blue beer is hilarious! We haven't had the chance to go to this festival yet but definitely looking forward going and make cool videos like yours!

[@AuntieKaiHawaii]

Aloha Sharla, It looks amazing there, & the sculptures are beautiful & so creative! Any favorites? The weather reminds me of when I used to live at Lake Tahoe, California. (An old trick to keep warm is wearing panty hose, under the thermals, & layer up. Keep hydrated too.) I enjoy the going out to these events virtually with you! We have had 2 kinds of flu & this cheered me up. What was the most unique thing you saw at the event? Take care, Kai

[@samansachan]

my dude was playing Cirno's perfect math class!! @8:49

[@jeffreyconstant5944]

Hello from Canada! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! I hope you get something nice for Valentine's Day. As of now, it's -8, but wait in 15 minutes...it could change and be much colder.

[@RyllenKriel]

Such a great looking festival! I knew (Ainu?...sorry for the pun) there would be lots of ice and Sapporo beer involved, especially with Natsuki there.

[@jaclynconti6461]

Now I have another reason to go back to Japan one day :)

[@mizusenshisongs]

Looks like a cool place! So many cool sculptures!

[@TrullaDerBergzwerg]

I was at sapporo snow festival in 2018 and it was amazing 😍 i tried lots of new food and enjoyed my time (even though i hate the cold 🙈) i also went to asahikawa where it felt even colder even it was only -1c but we had a little snow storm there 😅 i hope you enjoy your time there as much as i did 🤗

[@WojtekGolaBezPindola]

Omg, the Poland one with Chopin seemed so popular 💖 makes me happy

[@KyrosX27]

man, you guys looked damn cute, snow bunnies in sapporo! also, natsuki *THRILLING* lol

[@EnigmaDave]

Such a large festival! The sculptures were so well done too.

[@sharlainjapan]

The big ones are so impressive😱✨

[@rayindahay]

So lovely to come home and see this!

[@justgigi9545]

Wow those sculptures looked so amazing! I've only ever gone to the ice festival in China. This one looks so cool. Definitely on my to do list.

[@hudsonturnbullnz123]

Fantastic! For me, one of your best vlogs . Took me back to the 1972 Winter Olympics when I was there in the New Zealand ski team....!!! It's a great city with lovely people and the Ice Festival was absolutely enthralling. Well done..👍🏽 (and loved the UK frag 😂😂)

[@EllenPenelo]

Pumpkin mochi sounds so good! The snow festival always looks amazing, I'd love to be able to head up there sometime. I don't think I've ever experienced cold like that before though so will have to prepare ourselves well haha

[@alexandrajordan8082]

You look so damn cute in that jacket! Dang, I want one. And of course, the first thing you talk about is food. I haven't had breakfast yet! Now I'm so hungry! Dang nabbit Sharla! Haha. And Omg Omg, you're almost at 500k!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!! I'm typing as I watch so forgive me for being all over the place. Those ice sculptures were so pretty and amazing! Human beings come up with some cool stuff man. I also had forgotten just how north Sapporo is! No wonder it was so cold! Thank you for another wonderful video. I hope you get to 500k!!!! 🥰

[@celcius_87]

The snow festival looked like a ton of fun!

[@SailorVdizzle]

The snow festival looks so gorgeous, I really hope to make it there one day 😍

[@jaexyn]

The blue beer sounds like it would be relatable to a shandy or radler style beer here in the states. I'm a fan of both as they're more fruity tasting and less hoppy or tree flavored lol. If you liked the blue beer, give a shandy or radler a shot if/when you see them.

[@LibertyDino]

So nice of Natsuki to let you and Chris post videos on his channels.

[@lonestray989]

Ahh, this looked like such a fun day! I love the snow and I wish we had snow festivals similar to those in Japan where I live in the U.S. The atmosphere seems so lively and the food looks great.

[@bellie017]

Food everywhere... I miss Asia ❤️❤️❤️

[@emilycaskie5300]

I love red bean paste, I love red bean mochi!

[@sabinean23]

Thank you for this super nice (and funny) video about the Snow Festival ❄️🙂 it was very interesting to see!

[@ThatSimoSims]

Was there last week! It's beautiful, but we got unlucky, it heavily snowed the night before so workers were brushing off a lot of the thick snow from the sculptures haha! Hope you guys enjoyed it!

[@sjmaria222]

I love watching your videos❤️

[@shugogh12]

Pete needs to move to Japan I'd love to see him in more videos

[@Maibulsak]

Red bean anything is amazing

[@luciferkai8065]

I didn't see any famous Neo Armstrong Canon there :(

[@konsg598]

Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon! I was thinking the same thing just to say: "Kanseido takkee naa, oi!" XD

[@annawessman4029]

Seems awesome! I want to go there! Would definately be up for that challenge! :)

[@Judy122550]

wow what a fun filled video. The ice sculptures are beautiful !! That one took so many to build it. Thank hope you warned up have a lovely week ( Judy )

[@Lisa-gq7qh]

New video! Just a few seconds in, and it already seems like a great one!

[@sharlainjapan]

Thanks for watching!! 😊💖

[@Lupias]

Awww snow festival

[@sharlainjapan]

I don’t think I saw that one :O where abouts was it located?

[@Lupias]

Hmmm... Part of the sculpture are a big whale and a whale shark, with the Shuri castle in the background. It was one of the the citizen sculptures (middle size) at 9-chome , between eels climbing up a waterfall and a small sculpture of Micheal Leitch (they made holes for his beard, which looked really weird).

[@sharlainjapan]

Yeah we definitely missed that area! Darn :(

[@Ekkos_echo]

Aww so lucky it almost never snows here in Georgia😢 I hope to be able to go to this festival one day. Also that looks like the most amazingly warm and soft scarf I've ever seen and I desperately want one