The Japan TimesFeb 13, 2025
More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city in what the local weather bureau called the coldest air this winter to sweep the country's northern snow belt. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/02/13/more-sports/japan-snowball-fight-uonuma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #koideinternationalsnowballfight #uonuma #niigataprefecture
Frosty face-off: Over 120 teams throw down in epic Japanese snowball tournament

Teams of five players competed in two-minute matches between two teams on a field the size of a tennis court, with points awarded for direct hits with a snowball.

The Japan Times