Established in 1876 as Sapporo Agricultural College, Hokkaido University (北海道大学: simply called Hokud …
Sapporo Factory Shopping Mall
Sapporo Factory (サッポロファクトリー : 札幌工廠購物中心) is a large-scale shopping complex on the site of former Sapp …
Sapporo Beer Museum and Beer Garden
Inside the magnificent old red brick brewery, the popular Sapporo Beer Museum (サッポロビール博物館: 札幌啤酒博物館) …
Odori Park and Varied Festivals
Sapporo’s most famous park across the city center, Odori Park (大通公園: meaning ‘large street’) was dev …
Hokkaido and Sapporo Travel Guide
Description From magnificent landscapes to grid layout modern cities, Hokkaido (literary means ‘road …
Northern Hokkaido, Asahikawa and Furano Travel Guide
Description Long stretching across Hokkaido’s heartland from the mysterious Hidaka Mountains to the …
Eastern Hokkaido, Tokachi and Kushiro Travel Guide
Description Majestic and beautiful, Eastern Hokkaido (simply called Do-to) boasts no fewer than wild …
Hakodate and Southern Hokkaido Travel Guide
Description As the crossing point between Hokkaido and Honshu, railway travelers have been passing t …
Central Hokkaido Travel Guide
Description As you leave the megacity of Sapporo, Central Hokkaido (simply called Do-oh) is such a g …
Sapporo City Guide
Description Hokkaido’s 150-year-old capital and Japan’s fifth-largest city, Sapporo is a spacious an …