She wears a skiing/snowboarding outfit with goggles, gloves, and a sports jacket. Theme song: Snow Fairy Story by 40mP 2016ĭesign Theme: Fun winter sports of Hokkaido winter.ĭesign: Her hat has an owl motif with owl eyes and ears. Item: A large leaf umbrella or a lily-of-the-valley flower.įan nickname: Pokkuru-chan, Suzuran Miku (Lily of the Valley Miku) Pet Design: A vest and ribbon with a lily-of-the-valley flower. She has lily-of-the-valley hair ornaments, a birch headset, a white snowbell-shaped skirt, and ribbons based on rowan berries. Pet Design: Rabbit Yukine, a white snow hare with small beady eyes and gray-tipped ears.ĭesign: A design based on the koropokkuru, a race of small beings from Ainu folklore (hence her nickname). This year is the 5th anniversary of Snow Miku.ĭesign Theme: Magical girl with the image of Hokkaido winter and magical wand.ĭesign: A magical girl with a large white witch hat and royal cloak. She wears a pure white, hooded robe with a red interior, and a strawberry leaf on top of the hood.Ĭommon name: Ichigo Shiramuku Miku (いちご白無垢ミク). (ふわふわコート / fuwafuwa kooto).ĭesign Theme: Sweets of Hokkaido with an image of snow or ice.ĭesign: Based on a strawberry daifuku, a rice cake with a sweet filling. She has a blue hairbow where an ice-colored gem is attached.Ĭommon name: Fluffy Coat ver. 2012ĭesign Theme: Snow Miku decorated with a jewel resembling snow or ice.ĭesign: A fluffy, blue, fur-trimmed coat and blue boots. 2011ĭesign: Same as 2010 but with the addition of white earmuffs, mittens, and scarf with a snowflake print. Her sleeves, skirt, thigh highs, and headgear are silver with blue trim.
Her shirt is white and her necktie is blue with a snowflake print as well. Her hair is a lighter shade of blue with snowflake prints. The first version of Snow Miku features a simple winter-themed recoloring of Hatsune Miku. The design always relates to Hokkaido's winter in some way and usually includes an item to be held by Snow Miku.įrom 2014 onwards, there is also a concurrent design contest for Yukine, and a theme song is chosen as well. After a winning design is chosen, an established artist is asked to create an illustration which then serves as the main visual for that year's Snow Miku event. From 2012 onwards, a theme is chosen for that year's Snow Miku from which a public design contest is then held on piapro. The following is a list of all current Snow Miku versions. Certain years also include a live concert where Hatsune Miku makes an appearance via a projection. EventsĮach year's Snow Miku festival holds a variety of events, including a public display of snow sculptures, a special train decorated with the image of Snow Miku, and collaborations with local cafes and shops.
Snow Miku 2014 was also the first version to have a theme song, once again setting a precedent for all future versions. Named Rabbit Yukine, he would continue to appear alongside Snow Miku in years since. The winning entry was a rabbit design based on the Hokkaido Snow Hare (Lepus timdus ainu). In 2014, a secondary design contest was also held to decide Snow Miku's pet. Since 2012, the design for Snow Miku has been decided by an annual illustration contest. In the next year, her design was upgraded to include earmuffs, mittens, and a scarf. Snow Miku featured a recoloring of Hatsune Miku with a white, silver, and blue palette. Based on the sculpture, the character Snow Miku was designed for a Nendoroid figure and to act as a mascot for Sapporo and for a Nendoroid figure. A snow sculpture of Hatsune Miku was made by Crypton Future Media. The first Snow Miku event took place in February 2010 along with Sapporo's 61st annual Snow Festival. Beginning in 2010, Snow Miku has since expanded to her own eponymous festival that runs alongside Sapporo, including events such as snow sculptures, decorated trains, collaborations with local shops, etc. Snow Miku is a winter-themed version of Hatsune Miku and the mascot of the annual Snow Festival that takes place in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.