He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
The February event usually brings around 2 million people to Hokkaido to see the large sculptures based on anime, manga, Japanese pop culture, and the world at large.
Sapporo has been on level 4 measures against COVID-19 for the past few weeks when cases started to rise again in the city.