Ahh, the Sapporo Snow Festival. There were something like 400 snow and ice statues and sculptures. Some of these were relatively small, about six feet or so tall, and others were immensely huge. Many of the huge ones put that space to good use and built a snow stage out in front for many different performers to use. Comedians, competitions, taiko drumming, a variety of other musical acts, and best of all… a Kamen Rider live show.

Beth and I just happened to be meandering past the stage where it was taken place and immediately stopped, enraptured by the beauty on display to us. It was so simplistic a plot—something about some guy being turned into a vampire-monster-guy-in-a-plastic-suit with a bunch of evil little Putty-like henchmen against the hero dressed in gold and red.

This is the good guy.

I also don’t know whether it’s a good or a bad thing, but I was able to understand the large majority of the spoken show simply because of anime watching.

This is the bad guy.

The main part of the crowd was, to no surprise, made up of elementary school-aged kids, and they were getting pretty involved in the show. Oooing and awwing and gasping and laughing and, at the prompt of the announcer, “GANBATE!”ing (You can do it!) in unison.

This is the everyone guy.

Overall, it was one of the most amusing shows there. I’d watch it again.

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