Japan Winter Olympics. The 18th olympic winter games were held in nagano prefecture, japan, from february 7 to 22, 1998. There were 16 events with 258 athletes competing.

The sapporo olympic museum is located in the okurayama ski jump stadium , which was the venue for the winter olympics, overlooking the city of sapporo. The first winter olympics were held in chamonix, france, in 1924 from jan.