第68屆札幌雪祭 / The 68th Sapporo Snow Festival

第68屆札幌雪祭於2017年2月6日到2月12日期間（Tsutomu會場是從2月1日開始）。薄野會場歷年都會展示將將海中生物放入冰中的「魚冰」。但是由於今年在北九州市有溜冰場將魚放入冰中受到眾多批評的新聞報導，今年宣布中止展出「魚冰」。然而也有許多人反應這種處理方式過於矯枉過正。

The 68th Sapporo Snow Festival will be held from February 6th to 12th at Odori Park and Susukino, and from February 1st to 12th at Tsu-Dome. One of the highlights of the Susukino Site is the ice sculpture "Sakana Goori". Sakana Goori, which literally means Fish Ice, uses frozen fish or crabs in transparent ice blocks. It is popular as a sculpture representing an aquarium. However, the Committee announced they won’t make this popular exhibition for at least the 68th festival. This is due to public outcry over an ice-skating rink in KitaKyushu which used fish. The committee has decided that some people may still be too nervous about this for the Sakana Goori to go ahead this time.