Sapporo, capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, is famous for its beer, skiing and annual Sapporo Snow Festival featuring enormous ice sculptures. Sapporo lies in the southwest of Hokkaido, within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, which is a tributary stream of the Ishikari. It is considered the cultural, economic, and political center of Hokkaido (Wikipedia).
As with most of Hokkaido, the Sapporo area was settled by the indigenous Ainu people, beginning over 15,000 years ago. Starting in the late 19th century, Sapporo saw increasing settlement by Japanese migrants. Sapporo hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics ever held in Asia, and the second Olympic games held in Japan after the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Sapporo Dome hosted three games during the 2002 FIFA World Cup and two games during the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Additionally, Sapporo has hosted the Asian Winter Games three times, in 1986, 1990, and 2017 (Wikipedia).
The annual Sapporo Snow Festival draws more than 2 million tourists from abroad. Other notable sites include the Sapporo Beer Museum, which is the only beer museum in Japan, and the Sapporo TV Tower located in Odori Park. It is home to Hokkaido University, just north of Sapporo Station. The city is served by Okadama Airport and New Chitose Airport in nearby Chitose (Wikipedia).
This is January winter in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. However during this winter, global warming has impacted a lot. Less snow this winter and minimum temperature experienced is -7 °C.
If anyone wants to visit, during this time make sure you have comfortable cloths and snow shoes.
During my trip, I have taken some notes on costing. May be your guys would want to use as a reference.
Prices are in Japanese Yen 💴
Train ride from New Chittose Airport to Sapporo – 1680
Capsule Inn Sapporo – 3600 for two nights
Dinner in a restaurant in the city (Shabu Shabu) – 2368 for one
Pork Katsu Curry Rice outside the city – 935 for one
Coke cola – 130
Sapporo TV Tower- 720 for one
General store Sushi roll (take away) – 120
Coffee float ice cream – 550 for one
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