Category: Sapporo

Most streets in central Sapporo are laid out in a grid pattern. It is a functional and rational urban design that makes the entire city look like one giant …

In addition to cars that retain a retro atmosphere, Sapporo City Trams run the latest models introduced after 2014. These cars …

I walked through the backstreets of Sapporo’s city center before dawn. The surface of the road was completely frozen due to the cold wave that …

Sapporo is the only major city in the world with a population of more than one million that has an annual snowfall of more than 5 meters. I have visited …

The temperature began to drop rapidly in the early evening, and the light rain that had been sprinkling in the afternoon turned to snow before I knew …

During an evening stroll through Nakajima Park, an urban green space rich in nature, I happened to come to the entrance of Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara. It must …

Hokudai Konyousai is a late autumn festival that lights up the golden-leafed ginkgo trees on the Hokkaido University campus. People know that when these …

The Sapporo Astronomical Observatory is located on a small hill at the western end of Nakajima Park. Inside the small dome is a refracting telescope with …

In the late afternoon in central Sapporo, a little bit of rain fell. It was a brief shower that heralded the beginning of autumn in the region, but after …

The entrance to the free event at the Sapporo Dome was deserted. Thanks to the information staff standing at the entrance with nothing to do …

I had the opportunity to enter the Sapporo Dome at night. Seeing the empty stands reminded me of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games …

Penguins and jellyfish have appeared near the ceiling of the Tanuki Koji arcade. They are a part of the PR display for the aquarium Aoao Sapporo, which opened …