Every year in Japan there is a snow festival in Sapporo (located on the northern island of Hokkaido), during which teams will create a ice/snow sculpture. They only have about 20 hours to complete the whole project. This sculpture -> is the royal palace of Baekje. Baekje was a kingdom in Korea. Unfortunately the palace was destroyed in a fire, but has since been rebuilt. I'm not quite sure how tall this sculpture is, but the details on the building are darn impressive.
This sculpture <- is the Iolani palace. According to the site this palace is the only royal palace in the U.S. And it's in Hawaii, so it's not like we can just drive to it on a short vacation. :( I especially like this sculpture because of the color. True, the snow one was cool, but the colored lights behind it make this one even better.On a side note (and I mean a VERY side note) my electric teakettle is broken. Sad day. I boiled some water on the stove and tried to pour it straight from the pot into the cup. It didn't go so well; boiling water got everywhere (except in the mug). So no more tea until we get a new one. :( It's going to be an interesting week.
http://www.snowfes.com/english/place/oodori/index.html (this is the site where I found the sculpture pictures. There are a lot more on there if you want to check it out)
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