Chinese village uses fake cotton snow to attract tourists, apologises
The Chengdu Snow Village project, through a post on a Chinese social media app Wechat, said that it did not snow as much as ...
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Fake snow angers Chinese tourists
Visitors to Chengdu Snow Village in China were shocked to see picturesque houses and paths covered not with snow, but with sheets of fluffy cotton. The resort was forced to shut down and apologize for ...
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Sledding slope covered with artificial snow opens in Hakone
HAKONE, Kanagawa Prefecture--A sledding slope packed with artificial snow is open at the Hakone-en resort facility on the shores of Lake Ashinoko here to offer winter thrills even if the ...
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VOX POPULI: Fake snow sends Winter Games down a slippery slope again
Shortly before the Turin Winter Olympics, which I covered 16 years ... where the lack of natural snow is a given due to the region's cold but dry climate. Artificial snow, which saved the Turin ...