In the event square at Yoyogi Park, snow will be trucked in and a slope with a rail down the middle for snowboarders constructed.
The event apparently has the dual purposes of increasing interest in snowboarding and raising awareness of becoming a bone marrow donor.
The event runs from 8:30am until 3:50pm. Closest stations are Harajuku/Meijijingumae on the JR, Chiyoda and Fukutoshin lines and Yoyogi Koen on the Chiyoda Line.
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| Venue: | Yoyogi Park Events Square |
| Recommended hotel | Shibuya Creston Hotel |
| Web: | http://www.sbpif.net/ |
| Entry: | Free |
| Closest station(s): | Harajuku, Yoyogikoen |
| Area: | Harajuku |
I was a bit disappointed in this. I got there near the end, so I only got to see maybe the last 2 minutes of the snowboarding demo. Still, the ramp was a lot smaller than I imagined, as was the surface of the snow. (There was definitely not enough snow for a snowman. Nothing like in the picture.) Though it was a sunny day, so maybe most of the snow had already melted by the time I got there, I don’t know. It was worth it for the fruit giveaway.
Yolanda, really sorry if the photo was misleading – our assistant grabbed it from a search on ‘snow at Yoyogi Park’ which was from after an actual mid-winter snow fall in Yoyogi Park. As you probably discovered, SBPIF is more of a snowboarding demo. We’ll try to use a more accurate photo in future.