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Remember the massive and magnificent Ice Palace and the Ice Museum in the Bond movie Die Another Day. You gushed and gaped at them and wondered which human hand could have created them. Wait till you go the Rokkosan Ice Festival, Kobe, Japan ! There will be ice sculptures in every conceivable shapes and forms strewn all around at the Rokkosan Ice Festival , glistening and shimmering in all their beauty and glory. In Japan, festivals are beautiful as a rule, but this is one of the Kobe festivals & events that you cannot just miss. About The Rokkosan Ice Festival The Rokkosan Ice Festival, one of the most popular festivals in Japan , takes place every year in Kobe in the month of January. Living amidst exquisite natural beauty, the Japanese have imbibed in themselves a love and appreciation for all things beautiful, along with a burning desire to give form to beauty. The results: Origami, Ikebana, Kabuki Theater and of course, the iced wonders at the Rokkosan Ice Festival, Kobe. The Rokko Garden Terrace in Kobe plays host to the Rokkosan Ice Festival where artisans from all over the world vie for the top honors in the contest for the best entry in ice. Apart from the sheer beauty reigning all around, there are many ice sculptures that are inspiring and moving too. For instance, a mammoth work called “Phoenix” symbolizes Kobe's symbolical rising from the ashes after the devastating 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. One of the foremost of the Japanese festivals , the Rokkosan Ice Festival attracts tourists from all over the world, who flock here to witness the frozen wonders.
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