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

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