Sapporo Has Many Tourist Attractions and Famous Events

Odori Park

Odori Park is located in the very center of Sapporo city and is located between Sapporo station and Susukino. There are offices and commercial facilities around the Odori Park, but the Odori Park has rich plants and is a comfortable place. The Odori Park stretches 1.5 km from east to west, and there is Sapporo TV Tower (テレビ塔) on the easternmost tip of the Odori Park and is Sapporo Shiryokan (札幌市資料館 * Former Sapporo Court of Appeals) on the westernmost tip of the Odori Park. grilled corns with seasoned soy sauce or boiled corns are sold at wagon sales in a summer. Please eat the local speciality foods. Article is here

Sapporo TV Tower

Sapporo TV Tower (札幌テレビ塔) is a tower for broadcasting in the east end of Odori Park in Sapporo and its height is 147.2 m. It was built for TV waves of NHK (日本放送協会) adjacent to the Sapporo TV Tower in 1956 and has been known as a landmark of Sapporo and one of famous school trip spots. It becomes more popular a night view spot as well as a daytime view spot because Sapporo has been chosen Top 3 Night Views in Japan with Nagasaki (長崎) and Kobe (神戸). By the way, a bungee jumping commemorated 60 the anniversary is held. Participants can junp from a place at 30 m above sea level. An only observation deck is chraged. Article is here

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JR Tower Observation Deck T38

JR Tower (JRタワー) is a shopping and office complex united with Sapporo Station. The commercial complex named Sapporo Stellar Place (札幌ステラプレイス) is famous for enjoying the shopping and tasty foods. The JR Tower built in 2003 has became a new famous tourist attraction in Sapporo. It is a special feature that tourists get off a train at the Sapporo Station and can reach to the tower immediately. Without going out from station buildings, the tourists can go to an obseravatory deck at 160 m above sea level. I was interested in superb views like miniatures from the tallest building in Hokkaido. A night view can be enjoyed in the evening, too. Admission fee was JPY 720. Article is here

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Former Hokkaido Government Office

Former Hokkaido Government Office (北海道道庁旧本庁舎) is a historical building in chuo ward, Sapporo city and has an another name "Akarenga (赤レンガ * Red Brick)", and its name is popular name, too. It was built as a neo-baroque style building with a lot of redbricks in 1888 and has designed as a national important cultural property. Bureau of Hokkaido Development was established here once and has been the center of the Hokkaido politics since the old days. There are a garden as well as Present Hokkaido Government Office at the site, too, so here is a place of rest and relaxation for Sapporo people. It is famous as a popular photo spot because of photogenic appearance. Relevant documents are displayed at the building from that period. Admission free. The Former Hokkaido Government Office is relatively near Sapporo Station. In a spring, cherry blossoms can be enjoyed, and ginkgo trees can be enjoyed in an autumn, too. Article is here

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Hokkaido University Botanical Garden

Hokkaido University Botanical Garden (北海道大学植物園) is a botanical garden that tourists can appreciate approximately 4,000 kinds of plants and is a little-known spot in the Sapporo tourists attractions. Admission charged. I think that this is a typical Hokkaido tourists attraction with vast area in the downtown. A garden is cared for neatly, and a view is comfortable. Article is here

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Sapporo Clock Tower

Sapporo Clock Tower (札幌市時計台) is a historical building built in 1978 in Chuo ward, Sapporo city, and has designed as a national important cultural property. Its official name is "Drill Hall of Former Sapporo Agricultural College (旧札幌農学校演武場)". The Sapporo Agricultural College is the present Hokkaido University (北海道大学). The first principal is Dr. Clark (クラーク博士). He is one of the most famous foreigners in Hokkaido and is known for "Boys, be ambitious". In addition, it is known as one of Three Worst Diappointments in Japan. This is why tourists do not feel magnificent Hokkaido because the building is surrounded by large buildings. Of course, the tourists should control the expectation, so the tourists would not disappoint. For example, you should visit as if a building designed as a national important cultural property with about 20 m in height is untouched to hold against a land shark in high-rise buildings of Shinjuku (新宿). A lot of tourists take photos with a smile, so maybe here is an exhilaration spot. Admission fee is JPY 200. By the way, the tourists can look over the Sapporo Clock Tower from a rooftop of Sapporo City Hall in the summer season. Admission free. Article is here

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Hokkaido University

Hokkaido University (北海道大学) is famous for having "Poplar Trees Line along Avenue (ポプラ並木)", "Ginkgo Trees Line along Avenue (イチョウ並木)" and "Bust of Dr. Clark (クラーク博士の胸像)". This university has plottage of 1.77 million m2 in the downtown and stretches 4 subway station, from Sapporo Station to Kita-24Jo Station, from north to south. It takes from 30 to 60 minutes on foot, but tourists will be able to feel an idyllic impression in a scenery of green plants and the sky and school buildings.

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Hokkaido Governor's Official Residence

Hokkaido Governor's Official Residence (北海道知事公館) was built in the center of Sapporo city in 1936. There is very large land of 734 m2 in the downtown, and it is called an urban oasis because the ground is covered with green plants. Article is here

Susukino

Susukino that is the best entertainment district in Hokkaido is one of the 3 major entertainment districts with Kabukicho Shinjuku and Nakasu Fukuoka in Japan. Many hostess bars that women are attended are known as night sightseeing spots, but there are many restraunts and shops that tourists can enjoy drinking and eating. Ramen Yokocho (ラーメン横丁 * Susukino Ramen Street) that ramen restraunts line up, Kani Shogun (かに将軍 * General Crab), Daruma (だるま) of Jingisukan and Kirin Beer Garden. In addition, there is still a lot.

Furthermore, people gather to the Susukino from all over the Hokkaido and open their bars and restraunts at the Susukino. They lay in stocks of tasty cooking ingredients of their hometown every day and serve dishes using seasonal seafood and vegetables. I think that it is only susukino that tourists can eat seasonal dishes from all over the Hokkaido while staying in Sapporo.

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Sapporo Factory

Sapporo Factory (札幌ファクトリー) is ruins of the first beer factory "Hokkaido Development Commission Brewery (開拓使麦酒醸造所)" in Japan. The ruins of buildings were rebeared as amusement facilities utilized an old atomosphere. The facilities are roughly divided into 7 buildings, Renga kan, 1-Jo kan, 2-Jo kan, 3-Jo kan, Atrium, Frontier Kan and Hotel Clubby Sapporo, and there are 160 shops and facilities such as a movie theater, a shopping center, restaurants, cafes, a hotel at the those buildings. Article is here

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