U.S. 7th Fleet Band performs at the Rera Chitose Outlet Mall in front of an audience of 444 local residents. Sailors from the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff and Marines from Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team-Pacific are in Tomakomai, Japan for a port visit to participate in the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival. The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, attracts two million people to Sapporo to see hundreds of beautiful snow statues and ice sculptures.