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Residents of a Japanese have broken the world record for building snowmen. Citizens at the Iiyama Snow Festival in Nagano made 1,585 of the fellows in one hour to set the new . Around 630 people took part in the record . The previous record was 1,279 snowmen, set in Utah, USA in 2011. The event in Iiyama Town coincided with the of a new train station for Japan's famous train. Justin Patterson, the adjudicator from the official Guinness World Records organisation, said the event had been a occasion. He said: "Despite Iiyama being buried in , it is wonderful that the residents came out to tackle the challenge together in a light."

There were strict to be met for the record to be broken. One was that each snowman had to be at 80 cm tall. In addition the snowmen had to be made of three snowballs, with eyes, a nose and arms. People used only their in the record-breaking . Committee member Jiro Kobayashi told Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper that the event was for the opening of the bullet train station. He said: "We were able to achieve the record thanks to the of many people. We believe the feat will boost [the atmosphere of] the opening of the Shinkansen's Iiyama Station." Ichika Oguchi, 8, said: "It was because the snow didn’t stick , but I had fun."

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