Residents of a Japanesetownhavebrokentheworldspeedrecordforbuildingsnowmen.Citizens at theIiyamaSnowFestival in Naganomade1,585 of thesnowyfellows in onehour to setthenewmark. Theeventwaseverything,but boring . Around630peopletookpart in therecordattempt. Thepreviousrecordwas1,279snowmen,set in Utah,USA in 2011.Theevent in IiyamaTowncoincidedwiththe exciting opening of a newtrainstationforJapan'sfamousbullettrain. JustinPatterson,theadjudicatorfromtheofficialGuinnessWorldRecordsorganization,saidtheeventhadbeen a wonderfuloccasion. He said:"DespiteIiyamabeingburied in snow, it is wonderfulthattheresidentscameout to tacklethechallengetogether in a positivelight.Nobodywas bored andeveryonefeltexcited."
Therewerestrictrules to be metfortherecord to be broken.Onewasthateachsnowmanhad to be at least 80 cm tall to be satisfyingtherules. I n additionthesnowmenhad to be made of threeseparatesnowballs,witheyes, a noseandarms. Peopleusedonlytheirhands in therecord-breakingendeavour. CommitteememberJiroKobayashitoldJapan'sAsahiShimbunnewspaperthattheeventwasfittingfortheopening of thebullettrainstation. He said:"Wewereable to achievetherecordthanks to thecooperation of manypeople.Everybody is shocked,butsatisfiedwiththeresult. We believethefeatwillboostthecelebratoryatmosphere of theopening of theShinkansen'sIiyamaStation."IchikaOguchi, 8, said:"Itwastoughbecausethesnowdidn'tsticktogether,but I hadfun."
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