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#219 Around Sapporo city

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Hokkaido



Sapporo Clock Tower, Sapporo TV Tower, JR Sapporo station, Susukino at night (February 2024)


Sapporo (札幌, "important river flowing through a plain" in Ainu language) is the capital of Hokkaido and Japan's fifth largest city.

In the beginning of the Meiji Period (1868-1912), when the development of Hokkaido started on a large scale, Sapporo was chosen as the island's administrative center and enlarged according to the advice of foreign specialists.

Sapporo became world-famous in 1972 when the Olympic Winter Games were held there. Today, the city is well known for the annual snow festival held in February.



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