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	Sapporo, Hokkaido - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Sapporo was declared a city on August 1, 1922 and was designated on April 1, 1972 by government ordinance, and is served by New Chitose Airport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sapporo,_Hokkaido (197 words)

	Sapporo, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sapporo, a city of 1.7 million, is located on the island of Hokkaido, the northernmost of the four main islands of Japan.
		Sapporo is Japan's third largest city in area and fifth largest in population after Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, and Nagoya.
		Sapporo is an Ainu word meaning "large dry land" or "important river flowing through a marsh." It was originally inhabited by the Ainu, the aborigines of Hokkaido.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/sapporo (127 words)

	Football Stadiums in Japan: Sapporo Dome
		Sapporo has played host to the 1972 Winter Olympic Games, and is a popular winter sports mecca for tourists from the big cities, who are looking for an excape from the hustle and bustle.
		Sapporo Stadium is a truly magnificent feat of engineering, and as the pictures below should indicate, it is also a very beautiful venue for the World Cup.
		Sapporo Dome is located on the Sapporo city subway line, about a 10 minute walk from Fukuju station (the last stop on the "East" line).
	www.wldcup.com /Asia/stadia/sapporo.html (564 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 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)

	AllRefer.com - Sapporo, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		It is one of Japan's most rapidly growing urban centers.
		Sapporo is also a tourist and winter-sports center.
		Hokkaido Univ. and Sapporo Agricultural School are in the city.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sapporo.html (167 words)

	Japan Reference - Hokkaido Guide : Sapporo　札幌ガイド
		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 (727 words)

	Sapporo : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		The area of Sapporo (the name comes from the Ainu word meaning "big, dry river") was chosen as the site for the new capital, and in 1871, construction of the city began.
		Sapporo was laid out in a grid pattern of uniform blocks similar to that of an American city.
		The Sapporo of today, capital of Hokkaido Prefecture, has grown to 1.8 million residents, making it the largest city north of Tokyo (and the 5th largest in Japan).
	www.frommers.com /destinations/sapporo/2955010001.html (337 words)

	SAPPORO UNIVERSITY
		The campus of Sapporo University is on the South of the city.
		The university is located in Sapporo, the capital of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, which developed out of a small Ainu village only 130 years ago.
		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)

	Sapporo -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The capital and largest city of Hokkaido Prefecture, Sapporo is situated in southwestern Hokkaido in the valley of the Ishikari River.
		Sapporo's outskirts are fringed with hills that become good ski slopes in winter.
		Japan abounds in natural scenic beauty, offers a charming combination of traditional and modern facilities, and has a great variety of cultural attractions.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article?tocId=9276906&query=ainu (695 words)

	Book Sapporo Hotels with Local Support and Rates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		JR tower hotel nikko sapporo is connected with JR Sapporo station directly.
		Renaissance Hotel Sapporo perfectly combines the traditional elements of Hokkaido's rich and vibrant culture with the latest in hotel accommodation facilities.
		Situated in downtown Sapporo, it is easy access to business and sightseeing and 10 minitues on foot from the JR Sapporo station, 5 min on foot from Odori station of subway line and 60 min.
	www.stayxs.com /new/booking/hotel_list.asp?wsid=618&hhm_id=3517&LANG=en&cityid=645 (810 words)

	kiat.net: Winter Olympic Games Sapporo 1972
		The eleventh edition of the Olympics was held in Sapporo, Japan.
		Sapporo originally was scheduled to be the site of the 1940 Winter Games, but Japan resigned as the Games' host nation after its 1937 invasion of China.
		Organizers of the Sapporo Winter Olympics turned a tidy profit for the Games, largely as a result of their take of the record $8.47 million for the broadcast rights.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/history/winter/w11sapporo.html (359 words)

	1972 — Sapporo, Japan - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage
		Sapporo had been awarded the 1940 Winter Olympics; however, two years before the scheduled start, Japan was at war with China and was forced to withdraw.
		Japan, which had also hosted the Summer Olympics in Tokyo just eight years previously, takes advantage of the Games and its worldwide spotlight once again.
		Japan wows the local crowd by finishing 1-2-3 in the small-hill ski jumping event.
	deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,8,00.html (383 words)

	Sapporo hotels and accommodation, hotel reservations in Hokkaido, by All-Hotels(tm)
		Minami 8 Jo Nishi 5 Chome, Sapporo, Japan, 064-0808
		Sapporo capital city of Hokkaidos a young northern metropolis that successfully blends concentrated sophisticated urban amenities...
		The Sapporo Korajuan Hotel, located in the heart of Sapporo, the cultural and commercial centre of Japan?s Northern Island, is an...
	www.all-hotels.com /east_asia/japan/hokkaido/sapporo_e1.htm (476 words)

	Sapporo Japan Jobs
		In many ways, Sapporo is an atypical Japanese city; its streets are wide and straight, and its location in "wild" Hokkaido gives it easy access to fairly unspoiled nature.
		Sapporo is also a cosmopolitan city for its size, and boasts the largest entertainment district north of Tokyo.
		Sapporo's best-known attraction is its Yuki Matsuri, or Snow Festival, every February in Odori-Koen Park.
	www.jobmonkey.com /teaching/asia/html/sapporo.html (185 words)

	Panda Travel : Japan Packages : Sapporo
		Sapporo is located on the island of Hokkaido in the North and is the fifth largest city in Japan and the island's business and commercial center.
		Sapporo, host of the l972 Winter Olympics, is a very modern, cosmopolitan city with many things to do and see.
		Hokkaido is famous for their seafood and Sapporo restaurants take advantage of this, specializing in a seafood stew called Ishikari-nabe and their famous Genghis Kahn, a lamb barbeque.
	www.pandaonline.com /vacations/japan/sapporo.php (809 words)

	Sapporo, Japan - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		SAPPORO (Kyodo) A former posts and telecommunications minister is suing the government to stop the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq, claiming it...
		Sapporo is the fifth biggest city in Japan, with a population of nearly two million.
		SAPPORO (Kyodo) Masayuki Nagare, the sculptor of a stone carving that was demolished in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist...
	www.4newz.net /world/nz/Sapporo.html (9462 words)

	BootsnAll.com - Sapporo, Japan
		Located in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of the Japanese archipelago, Sapporo is not only the prefectural capital but also the centre of administration, economy and culture in northern Japan.
		Sapporo, which is Japan's third largest city in area and fifth largest in population after Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, and Nagoya is the centre of political and economic life of the island of Hokkaido.
		Sapporo is also home to the oldest brewery in Japan and today the brewery offers free tours each day.
	www.bootsnall.com /asiatravelguides/tokyo/oct99sapporo.shtml (2193 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Asia > Japan > SAPPORO Subway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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)

	Sapporo -- Japan's northern vacation wonderland
		But to the Japanese, the city of Sapporo -- located on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido -- is one of their favorite tourist destinations for lots of reasons, but especially because of its mix of big city excitement and natural charm.
		Downtown Sapporo, for example, is laid out in a logical grid, with most of the streets labeled in a very pragmatic fashion.
		There are several beer gardens in Sapporo, one from each of the major breweries, but the original and most famous is the old Sapporo brewery itself.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/788/49976 (493 words)

	Sapporo, the City of Choices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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)

	Cheap hotels in Sapporo, Japan: 2 star hotel deals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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)

	Japan Hotel - Sapporo Grand Hotel Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sapporo Grand Hotel opened in 1934 as a guesthouse for government officials and businessmen and as a place for social interaction among citizens, under a proposal of the late Imperial Prince Chichibu.
		The tradition of Sapporo Grand Hotel is evident in the Main Wing guest rooms.
		The East Wing faces the main street in front of Sapporo Station and the rows of trees that run along it.
	www.seastour.com /asia/japan/sapporograndhotel (537 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.
		September, rather than being the beginning of the school year in Japan, is the month when many schools begin the second semester after the short summer holiday of only a month or so.
		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)

	Cheap hotels in Sapporo, Japan: 4 star hotel deals
		Today it is the center of transportation in Hokkaido, and has several attractions such as the Sapporo Brewery and the Botanical　Gardens.
		Access from JR Sapporo station can be made quite easy by subway.
		It is located in Sapporo, the well -known capital of cultural and social activities within Hokkaido.
	www.cheapaccommodation.com /Sapporo/4-star-hotel (414 words)

	Sapporo, Japan, 1972 (from Olympic Games) -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		After two unsuccessful attempts to secure the Olympics, Sapporo was finally awarded the 11th Winter Games.
		More results on "Sapporo, Japan, 1972 (from Olympic Games)" when you join.
		It rose rapidly from a crushing military defeat in World War II to achieve the fastest-growing economy of any major country in the postwar period.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=214328 (903 words)

	Sapporo University Exchange Program, Sapporo Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The first goal is to strengthen relations between Sapporo University in Japan and Saint Mary's University in Canada.
		The major goal of this project, which has been achieved, is to develop a one-year (two semesters) undergraduate exchange activity within two years from the implementation of the project.
		Sapporo University, 3-1-3-jo, 7-chome Nishioka Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062, Japan
	www.stmarys.ca /administration/international/international_learning/institutional_agreements/sapporo_university_print.html (93 words)

	U.S. Consulate General - Sapporo, Japan
		The Foundation's mission is to improve ties among peoples of the world, and contribute to the cultural and economic development of the Sapporo region, through the promotion of conventions, conferences and exchange events.
		Consul Hugues Ogier expressed his gratitude for the Executive Directorfs thoughtful letter of condolence conveying his most profound sympathy for all the victims of the disaster.
		Tanoshiro urged concertgoers from the concert stage, to meditate on Hurricane Katrina and its disastrous effects on New Orleans and to contribute to its disaster relief.
	usembassy.state.gov /sapporo (484 words)

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