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  Sapporo, Hokkaido - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sapporo listen (♫) (札幌市; -shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan and it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture.
Sapporo also hosts the popular annual Sapporo Snow Festival every February, famed for its ice sculpture competition.
In Japan, Sapporo is known as the home of the eponymous Sapporo beer and miso-flavored Sapporo ramen.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sapporo,_Hokkaido   (236 words)

  
 Sapporo Restaurant - The best sushi in Portland Maine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1866 Kametaro Otomo was sent to Sapporo by the regional government to build a canal to serve as the main route for irrigation and transportation of construction materials.
In 1922, Sapporo adopted a municipal administration as the city increased in size to over 24 sq.kilo meters with a population of 127,044 residents in 22,915 households.
Sapporo remained physically intact at the end of World War II and Hokkaido was thrust into the limelight as a key region of Japan.
meweb.net /sapporo/saphist.html   (1285 words)

  
 Sapporo on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sapporo is also a tourist and winter-sports center.
Hokkaido Univ. and Sapporo Agricultural School are in the city.
A father and daughter slide past ice sculptures at the Snow Festival in Sapporo, Japan, in February 2002.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Sapporo.asp   (616 words)

  
 Sapporo Travel Guide
Sapporo ("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, when the development of Hokkaido was 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.
www.japan-guide.com /e/e2163.html   (137 words)

  
 Welcome to Sapporo TV Tower!
Sapporo television tower is located in the center of Sapporo-shi, and all subway stations are collected, and a bus terminal is also very convenient for traffic access.
The mountains surrounded a town in Sapporo so that the strong westerly blown from the Asian Continent might be defended, and that had many varieties in four seasons, the environment that people tend to live there is being brought up.
Sapporo is the city filled in mystery and a romance.
www.tv-tower.co.jp /index_e.html   (552 words)

  
 SAPPORO
Sapporo (札幌) is the capital and largest city of the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan.
The Sapporo TV Tower, at the eastern end of Odori, is a tourist trap carbon copy of the Eiffel Tower with an observation deck at 90m (entry ¥700).
Sapporo is famous for hairy crab (kegani), an expensive treat available at any seafood restaurant, and miso ramen, a more affordable local variation of the ubiquitous noodle dish with miso paste added to the stock.
www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/sapporo.htm   (635 words)

  
 Sapporo Guide - Japan Reference
Sapporo has the particularity that addresses are described as cardinal point from the official city center (near the TV Tower).
Susukino is Sapporo's equivalent of Tokyo's Roppongi or Kabukicho, and is the largest entertainment district north of Tokyo.
The "Sapporo Beer" is one of Japan's most popular brand, also famous for its Yebisu beer (which is not made in Tokyo's Ebisu district, although Sapporo Beer does have an office there).
www.jref.com /practical/sapporo.shtml   (788 words)

  
 SAPPORO UNIVERSITY
The curtain rose on a new, innovative scholastic drama in 1967 when Sapporo University, with the modern city of Sapporo as the background, opened its doors to students of the Faculties of Economics, Foreign Languages, and a Women's Junior College.
The campus of Sapporo University is on the South of the city.
Sapporo is one of Japan's most pleasant and convenient cities with many attractions that make it one of the most visited places in the country.
www.sapporo-u.ac.jp /engpage   (797 words)

  
 Hometown Homepage - Sapporo
One is that it is from the Ainu (aborigine in Hokkaido) word, sapporo, which means a large dry land.
Sapporo is a metropolitan city in Hokkaido, the north country.
Consadole Sapporo is aiming to join the J-League, and because it has more wins than losses in the JFL, it is ensured a place in the J-League next season.
www.infocreate.co.jp /hometown/sapporo/sappor-e.html   (353 words)

  
 UrbanRail.Net > Asia > Japan > SAPPORO Subway
Sapporo's subway was the fourth in Japan after Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.
It was the first in the world to use a central guiding rail together with rubber-tyred wheels.
Sapporo also maintains a 8.5 km long streetcar line which serves the southwest of the city and intersects with the subway at Susukino.
www.urbanrail.net /as/sapp/sapporo.htm   (221 words)

  
 GeoPassage: Japan:  North:  Sapporo, Hokkaido
Hokkaido's booming capital of Sapporo is Japan's fifth largest city, and the transport hub of the island.
Sapporo is best known for the beer brewed here since 1891 and a visit to the handsome late-nineteenth-century Sapporo Brewery is a must, as is a stroll through the gardens and museums of the Botanical Gardens, dating from the same era.
Within Hokkaido, the capital city of Sapporo is known for its unique history, striking natural beauty, and relaxed character.
japan.geopassage.com /city.asp?cityID=13   (253 words)

  
 Cheap hotels in Sapporo, Japan: 2 star hotel deals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The most remarkable thing about the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, and its capital city Sapporo, is the contrast in temperatures between winter and summer.
Sapporo, site of the 1972 Winter Olympics, is a favourite ski destination with temperatures plummeting well below freezing in December and January - the lowest ever recorded was in January 1945, when the mercury dropped to minus 11ºF (-24ºC).
The Chisun Inn Sapporo, fully renovated in December 2004, features 203 rooms on ten floors and is located in the center of Sapporo across the street and 3 blocks S of the JR Sapporo Station.
www.cheapaccommodation.com /Sapporo/2-star-hotel   (242 words)

  
 Sapporo, the City of Choices
Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, northernmost island of Japan
The master plan that a sculptor Isamu Noguchi had drawn 17 years ago has been succeeded through the hands of those who followed his way and is now complete as a park that is in essence a single work of sculpture.
Sapporo will host FIS Nordic World Ski Championship, the first of its kind in Asia.
www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp /tourism/e   (225 words)

  
 Sapporo Convention and Visitors Bureau -Food & Restaurants-   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sapporo Beer, founded here in 1876, still brews locally along with other major national brewers; Asahi, Kirin and a host of local microbreweries.
Indeed Sapporo is home to one of Japan's major producers, "Snow Brand" as well as many other first-class, local enterprises.
The Sapporo Beer Hall, a fine brick structure to the north-east of Sapporo Station, was once a brewery but now plays host to hundreds of customers a day, both visitors and locals, who come to sample the Genghis Kahn, (beer and seafood buffet available).
www.global.city.sapporo.jp /convention/visitor/cuisine/cuisine.html   (656 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com World Cup 2002: Venue: Sapporo
Completed in May, the revolutionary Sapporo Dome is the only indoor venue for next year's World Cup finals.
Sapporo Dome seats 42,000 and is situated less than an hour from the airport by train.
Sapporo City, Japan's northern-most venue, is a 90-minute flight from Tokyo.
worldcup.espnsoccernet.com /venue?id=1268&lang=en   (97 words)

  
 Monthly Events in Sapporo, Japan
In Sapporo, March usually means the gradual melting of snow from waist-high to knee-high to ankle-high.
October is a beautiful month in Sapporo, but it's chilly and the first snowfall often occurs towards the end of the month.
Christmas in Sapporo is always a white one and celebrated much the way it is in other parts of Japan.
www.ca-in-sapporo.com /sapporo/month.html   (2501 words)

  
 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Sapporo is the 5th largest city in Japan with a population of 1,800,000.
When people visit Sapporo, the first thing they may see is the New Chitose Airport which is actually a 35-minute train ride from Sapporo.
For constantly updated camcorder views of Sapporo, go to Views of Sapporo (text in Japanese and English).
www.ca-in-sapporo.com /city.html   (256 words)

  
 Sapporo Japanese Grill & Sushi - Louisville, KY - STEAK, SEAFOOD, TEMPURA, TERIYAKI
Sapporo Japanese Grill and Sushi - Louisville, KY - STEAK, SEAFOOD, TEMPURA, TERIYAKI
Taking the whole piece at once means the flavors, textures and aromas intersect fully and at their best.
While Sapporo brings in fresh fish from all around the world and much from Japan, we highly value good domestic fish.
www.sapporojapanese.com   (475 words)

  
 Sapporo Japan Hotels ... Jake.com
It is located in Sapporo, the well -known capital...
Located In The Heart Of Sapporo, The Cultural And Commercal Center Of Japan's Northern Island, Hokkaido, The Sapporo Korakuen Hotel Is Ideally Situated...
The Sheraton Sapporo Hotel is the tallest building in Sapporo, and an enviromentally friendly hotel.
hotels.jake.com /int/jp/sapporo-hotels.html   (140 words)

  
 Sapporo Snow Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sapporo receives a considerable amount of snow each winter (in 1995-96 Sapporo received approximately 700 cm over the winter).
In February, Sapporo hosts the annual Snow Festival.
The Festival began in 1950 when young people constructed six snow statues in Odori Park in downtown Sapporo.
www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/sapporo/snowfest.htm   (84 words)

  
 SAPPORO HISTORY
The beer, Sapporo Cold Beer, was born under Pioneers' symbol, the North Star.
When the four companies, Sapporo, Japan, Osaka, and Japan Brewery each had relatively equivalent funding and beer production capacity, sales competition was fierce.
In 1977, Sapporo [Bottled Draft Beer] with the Black Label on the bottle, was created from a technique utilizing a ceramic filtration system originated by Sapporo.
www.hero.com /sapporo/history.html   (796 words)

  
 Sapporo Premium Beer - Sapporo Breweries Ltd. - Beer Advocate
Sapporo is not a beer I would go out of my way to buy when there are so many better options out there.
Sapporo Premium pours a light gold color with a ton of bubbles supporting a medium head and the following smell features a creamy malt nose with obvious rice leanings.
Very typical Euro pale, this is not a Japanese Rice lager even though Sapporo makes it, rice would have improved this beer.
beeradvocate.com /beer/profile/284/10071   (845 words)

  
 Sapporo Original Draft Beer - Sapporo Breweries Ltd. - Beer Advocate
I wouldn't seek this beer out, but we were at a Japanese restaurant, having sushi, and I didn't want wine or sake.
All they had was Kirin and Sapporo (why this would be the case at a such a great restaurant, I don't know, but it was).
Sapporo is bland -- not much going on in terms of smell or taste, with only a faint hopiness, and a very flat flavor.
beeradvocate.com /beer/profile/284/827   (961 words)

  
 Sapporo Citizen Contact Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sapporo Citizen Contact Center is the information service system provided by the City of Sapporo.
We are pleased to answer your quick questions regarding various official procedures at the city office, questions you need answers to in order to live in Sapporo, such as information on events, public transportation, etc.
I am looking for a job in Sapporo.
www.city.sapporo.jp /callcenter/index_eng.html   (177 words)

  
 Sapporo International Ski Marathon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
City of Sapporo, Japan Health promotion Foundation, Ski Association of Japan, Ski Association of Sapporo, Hokkaido Walking Ski Association and Asahi Shimbun.
The course extends around the Nishioka Olympic distance course,the starting point is around a Sapporo dome and the finish point is by the side of a Sapporo Dome.
Entries must be sent to the Secretariat by the end of January 2005.
www.sspc.or.jp /ski/eng_top.html   (291 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Welcome to Sapporo U.S.A. I'm Mike Yazawa, President and I'm here to guide you on a journey through our homepage.
So look for the unique silver can with the star, and find out why Sapporo Draft is the most popular Japanese beer in the United States.
(Sapporo Draft is a true Japanese import -- in fact, Sapporo is the only Japanese beer company which guarantees that 100% of its product offering is actually brewed in Japan !)
hero.com /sapporo/home.html   (185 words)

  
 Welcome To Sapporo USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
You must be 21 years of age or older to enter this site.
Sapporo asks those of legal drinking age to drink responsibly.
If you have not reached the legal drinking age,
www.sapporobeer.com   (40 words)

  
 Current local time in Sapporo - Japan
When can I call/have a meeting with someone in Sapporo?
4 pm in Sapporo, what time is it elsewhere?
Compare Sapporo time to time in other time zones
www.timeanddate.com /worldclock/city.html?n=622   (170 words)

  
 Re: Sapporo Black in the U.S.?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Drinks > Beer Misc > Re: Sapporo Bla...
>If you can't find that one, may I suggest New Belgium 1554 Brussels Style >Black Ale?< Not exactly the same thing, as the 1554 is not a Schwarzbier which the Sapporo claims to be.
I remember getting the big cans of Sap Black at Trader Joes for a ridiculously cheap price a few years ago and have too wondered why it is no longer available.
www.talkaboutdrinks.com /group/alt.beer/messages/192969.html   (109 words)

  
 Sapporo Information Page for Foreigners in Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Live in Sapporo, Do Research in Sapporo, Party in Sapporo
Hello, I'm very glad that you made it this far.
more about Sapporo or daily life in Japan.
www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Ginza/3846/gaiintro.html   (98 words)

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