Food, Window-Shopping and Shopping, the Places You Must go in Sapporo

Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, the landmark building of Sapporo, is kindly called as "red brick house" by people. It is an American style architecture. It was the office building built for the envoy for expending Hokkaido in 1999. The building now is free for the tourist. There is historical exhibition of Hokkaido in the inside. Tourist Information Room is set on the second floor. Hhere, the tourists will get some information, maps and the discount coupons of entrance tickets.

Hokkaido Jingu, the place for protecting the god of Hokkaido Exploitation. In the Jingu, there are four gods - Okunitama no kami, Onamuchi no kami, Sukunabikona no kami and Emperor Meiji. The sakura season is beautiful. Local people like to go to here for blessing in the new year day. Tourists can also draw lots and pray here.

Sapporo Beer Museum, a red brick building with the original appearance in Expansion Era. The museum uses various exhibitions and videos to introduce the historical changes from brewing cerevisiae in 9th year of Meiji to brewing beer.

The beer factory makes four types of bears of draft beer, classic taste, expand taste and alcohol-free beer. The price of the beer in the factory is JPY 200 per cup, and the price is cheaper than the beers in the vending machine.

Hokkaido University is a famous state-owned university in Japan, and it is also one of the seven imperial universities in the history of Japan. The university preserves the building in Meiji period. And the university likes a big garden whose sceneries are beautiful in four seasons.

There is a comprehensive museum set in Hokkaido University. There are the exhibition halls of the history of the school, Nobel laureates and the research achievements obtained in the past 120 years since the establishment of the school. The excellent specimen preparation process will glut your eyes.

Tanukikoji Shopping Street, a famous shopping street in the Central District, Sapporo. There are more than 200 stores. And this street is also a good place for Japanese good and shopping.

The TV tower which is located in the most eastern end of Odori Park was firstly built in 1957. You can overlook Sapporo standing on the observation platform. It is interesting that, the men's room of the observation platform uses fully transparent design, so that there will be a feeling of "peeing to the sky". Men are suggested to have a try.

Most of the people going to Hokkaido take Shiroi Koibito chocolate biscuit as the gift. Shiroi Koibito located in the suburb of Sapporo is a place you have to go. In the fairytale chocolate factory, you can see the whole process of manufacturing whole chocolate and you can also taste sweetmeats. Even, you are allowed to register for having the lessons of how to make Shiroi Koibito chocolate biscuit by hand.

Sapporo is famous for Winter Snow Festival, however, Summer Festival is also excellent. There are the excellent ceremonial events of "Sapporo Odori Beer Garden", "Hokkaido Ullambana Ball" and "Sapporo flea market", etc. which are full of summer style.

Wherein, Sapporo Odori Beer Garden is the most popular with the common people of Japan, and it is also the open-air beer festival with the largest scale in Japan: Large Odori Park gathers the famous beer manufacturers in Japan and all over the world. Having beers and snacks, listing to jazz, you can enjoy the summer time of northern Japan as much as you like.

The famous noodles shops in Hokkaido gather together in the theme park where you can taste the noodles of the shops. The theme park takes Sapporo, Asahigawa, Hakodate and Kushiro which are four noodles of Hokkaido as the center, and it consists of eight famous stores.

Sapporo Teine Ski Resort is the ski resort which is the nearest to Sapporo. It used to be a competition terrain of Olympic Winter Games. From ski track for the beginners to the ski track with superior difficulty, everything needed is ready here. The ticket package for one-day tour which is provided in winter is the most suitable for the beginners.

There is a place of the European pasture style near to the urban area of Sapporo, which is Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill. Here, you can see the pasture flavor where the flocks of sheeps eat grass, and you can overlook the panorama of Sapporo.

In summer, it is the secret area to appreciate lavender in summer, while in autumn and winter, there will be snow activities, such as skiing and making snowmen. This place is suitable for the people with sufficient time to having fun in Sapporo.

Jozan-kei Valley is the hot spring which is the nearest to Sapporo, and in the season of red leaves, there are too many beautiful things here. Jozan-kei Valley is the most perfect short-haul hot spring for the tourists taking off from Sapporo. It will be extremely joyful for you, no matter experiencing free hot spring for foot bath or checking in an open-air hotel, and then enjoying the red leaves at the same time of enjoying the hot spring.

It will take about 1 hour to drive to Jozan-kei Valley from Sapporo. It has been rated as the most popular hot spring in Japan. The town is very quiet, and the quantity of hot spring hotels is large. Jozan-kei Valley is a good place for relaxation indeed. There is no extremely large scenic spot here; going on holiday and taking baths in hot spring are the principal things. All the area of the town can be toured by walking.