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Enjoy a private snowmobiling tour with your instructor!

Just look at the vast nature all around you! And yet you are still within the city limits of Sapporo! [Your guide] Naoki Hayashi Editor-in-chief of HokkaidoExperience.com [Profile] Has led various...

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Looking for gifts or souvenirs during your stay in Sapporo?

From popular sweets to marine products It’s fun to just look at various things at “Tanukiya” gift shop. We often hear foreign visitors say, “My tour was so packed with plans that I didn’t have enough...

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It’s Open! Sapporo Ekimaedori Underground Walkway

Sapporo’s new underground main street The underground walkway between JR Sapporo Train Station and Odori Subway Station opened in March of 2011. This 520-meter long walkway running north-south enables...

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Now on sale! The Sweet of the Year, Sapporo Honey Bavarois

In the fresh cake division of the 2011 Sapporo Sweets Contest, Sapporo Honey Bavarois won the grand prize. The cake was designed with the image of honeycomb in mind. You will enjoy the thick...

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Let’s Enjoy Flowers at Takino Suzuran Hillside National Park

Beautiful flowers, including some rare varieties, bring smiles to everyone who visits at Aya-no-Oka hillside. Park guides give informative tours. You’ll feel as if you were in a flower paradise…....

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Come to Frontier Horse Riding Club and enjoy riding along the water’s edge.

You can take in magnificent views as you ride along Ishikari Beach, which is almost entirely free of man-made structures. Frontier Horse Riding Club is an old establishment, having been founded in...

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Moerenuma Park in summer Come and cool down at Moere Beach or the Sea...

On sunny days at Moere Beach, parasols are set up for people to relax in the shade. photo@ Moerenuma Park Enjoy playing with water in the comfortable summer in Sapporo.  Moerenuma Park is located just...

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Autumn is a good season for reading. Why not visit a Book Café in Sapporo?

How about visiting a book café and finding a good book? (Photo: World Book Cafe) Amuse yourself with books and coffee at a café in Sapporo.   In Japan we have a saying “autumn reading”. Yes, because of...

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Relieve the weariness of your journey at a spa in a Sapporo hotel

Enjoy the night view of Sapporo as you relax in the natural hot spring spa on the 22nd floor of JR Tower Hotel Sapporo (photo: women’s spa) A variety of relaxation courses are available at hotel spas,...

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Would you like to know how people in Sapporo dress and how they manage to...

The roads are very slippery in winter, covered as they are with thin layers of ice. Even Sapporo citizens are afraid of them. Snow accumulation: 597cm Winter days (with lows at or below freezing):...

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Sapporo has a variety of accommodations to suit your style and budget

 There are a wide variety of accommodations in Sapporo—192 places in all as of 2012 according to research by the city. These include 130 hotels, 45 traditional Japanese inns (ryokan) and 17 inns. Which...

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Going down canyon by canoe

■ Going down canyon by canoe   A pleasant Canadian canoe ride in cool water. Going by canoe under a bridge.  The Toyohira River running through Jozankei spa area, with hot springs at its bottom. In the...

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A city with a national park

 Shikotsu Toya National Park is located partly in Sapporo. It occupies one fourth of the 100,000ha area of the city.  Caldera lakes like Lake Shikotsu and Lake Toya, active volcanoes like Usuzan,...

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Washoku (Japanese cuisine) in Sapporo

Washoku (Japanese cuisine) in Sapporo Choice of Japanese restaurants from our site (Japanese version). Eating places with full English or other

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Four Reasons Why You Must Visit Sapporo City

A letter from Jeremy Hapeta. from New Zealand, who came to Sapporo using his country’s Overseas Experience program. Mr. Hapeta had participated in the Sapporo Snow Festival in 2005 as a volunteer snow...

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Sapporo Talks

Words from Sapporites, in their own languages. Four Reasons Why You Must Visit Sapporo City From Jeremy Hapeta to friends in New Zealand

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Miso-Curry Ramen Noodles!

Miso-curry ramen was added to the menu around three years ago. Soy-curry ramen has been on the menu since the restaurant opened. [Your guide] Naoki Ishida, Director of the Media Development Section at...

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Sapporo, Blessed by Snow -Attractions of Sapporo in Winter-

Sapporo has snow for a full one third of the year. While living with snow makes life harder in some ways, it also makes it richer. Let us share with you the attractions of winter time in Sapporo....

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Akihabara in Sapporo? Minami 2-jo area is interesting!

Among the many specialty shops dealing in collectors items, Mandarake has the largest floor area. There are everything from comic books, anime, games and DVDs to self-published books, cards, train...

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Let‘s Enjoy Japanese Subcultures in Sapporo!

Japanese subcultures like manga, anime and games are popular overseas. One mega hit virtual idol, Hatsune Miku, was born in Sapporo. Besides her, Sapporo has produced a variety of subculture figures....

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