In 2007 ( 57th Festival Social_event ) , about two million people visited Traveling Sapporo to see the hundreds of snow statues and ice sculptures at the Odori Park and Susukino sites , in central Sapporo , and at the Satoland site .

The subject of the statues varies Change and often features an event , famous building or person from the previous year .

For example , in 2004 , there were statues of Hideki Matsui , the famous baseball player who at that time played for the New York Yankees .

Every year the number of statues displayed is around 400 in total .

In 2007 , there were 307 statues created Creating at the Odori Park site , 32 at the Satoland site and 100 at the Susukino site .

The Great Britain team was awarded Award silver medals and the French team bronze medals , together with miniature statues of the Eiffel Tower .