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EXPERIENCE Hokkaido

5 heart lies the long Odori Park, Sapporo’s Odori Park,
dominated at the east end by
site of the annual Yuki
Sapporo the metal television tower and Matsuri “snow festival”
札幌 at the west by a view to the
mountains. One block north,
! A2 ⌂ Hokkaido opposite the wooden Tokei­ mutton and vegetables
Prefecture k Shin-
Chitose, Okadama £ dai clock tower, is the Sapporo grilled at the table on a
n Sapporo International International Communi cation charcoal­fired griddle.
Plaza, an essential stop for
A large collection of Ainu
Communication Plaza, information on Hokkaido, with artifacts is displayed at the
opposite Sapporo Clock
Tower; www.plaza- friendly staff to help with Exhibition Room of Northern
sapporo.or.jp/en planning and booking. The Peoples in the Botanical
city gives its name to the Gardens. The gardens them­
Capital of Hokkaido, the famous local beer; its brewing selves are a refreshingly quiet
modern city of Sapporo lies is shown at the Sapporo Beer spot, with a representa tive
on the Ishikari plain, strad­ Garden and Museum north­ collection of Hokkaido’s flora.
dling the Toyohira River. Four east of the station. Night life is The large­scale outdoor
subway lines, streetcars, and a focused on the Susukino area, sculptures at the Sapporo Art
well laid­out grid structure with thousands of restaurants Park make for an interesting
make getting around fairly and bars. Local specialties hands­on excursion.
straightforward. At Sapporo’s include “Genghis Khan” – Lying 9 miles (14 km) east
of the city, the Historical
Village of Hokkaido com­
SAPPORO SNOW memorates the official
FESTIVAL settlement of the island in
Sapporo’s annual Snow the 1860s. This cluster of late
Festival (Yuki Matsuri) 19th­ and early 20th­century
transforms Odori Park buil dings has been gathered
and the nearby Susukino from around Hokkaido. Some
area and Makomanai Park have displays of traditional
into a fairy-tale land of ice life inside.
sculptures. Watching the
making of these carvings Sapporo Beer Garden
(from about a week and Museum
before the start of the ⌂ 9-1-1 Kita 7-Jo Higashi
festival) is fascinating. § (011) 748-1876 # 11am–
This popular event over- 8pm Tue–Sun
laps with Sapporo White
Illumination (mid-Nov– Botanical Gardens
mid-Feb), when strings of " ⌂ 10-min walk from Stn

white lights adorn Odori § (011) 221-0066 #May–Oct:
Park and Ekimae-dori. 9am–3:30pm Tue–Sun; Nov–
Apr: 9am–3:30pm Mon–Sat
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