Sapporo

SO! Now that I am back online, here is the continuation of my Japan journey!

Next I stayed in Sapporo for 2 weeks! I loved it! As of right then, it was the largest city I had ever seen. I have been to Chicago many times but somehow it seemed so small in comparison, and Sapporo is actually smaller when looking at numbers. It was incredible to see that many buildings as far as I could see with only one side interrupted by mountains.

I did so much in Sapporo. So much, that I will have to split these blogs into three parts! Part 1 will be just photos of the city and places I went. Part 2 will be the food I ate there. Part three will be all of the Matsuri and Hanabi (festivals and fireworks) I went to! A good chunk of my exploring was documented with video so look forward to seeing that up on my Youtube channel!

First of all, the Sapporo Station is SO HUGE, and SO CONFUSING. I got lost so many times and I still don’t think I could find my way. It really is a beautiful station, I recommend spending a day in the 3 or 4 malls attached to it!

The Old Hokkaido Government Building was very stately and western looking. It was also incredibly hot. It made up for it by having some really cool artifacts.

I promised some people I would make it to the Sapporo Beer Museum, and boy am I glad I did! I even had a friend take me on the tour 😀 Definitely one of the coolest things I saw.

I had to throw in a photo of the first place I had Soup Curry, a.k.a. the best Japanese food ever. Ouchi is my favourite place for soup curry hands down! It was located right outside of the end of the Tanukikoji Shopping arcade.

The Tanukikoji is the coolest place I have ever gone shopping. It is about 1km long with almost 200 shops! Food is everywhere and it smells amazing. There is even a green grocer and some stall food. Roasted corn is a popular stand to have in many locations of the city. (The Japanese have a huge obsession with corn)

Finally my favorite stop in Sapporo was the TV Tower. It overlooks a huge park called Odori. Famous for the largest beer gardens in the world! The TV Tower has a 360 degree viewing platform 295 feet from the ground and that is were I took some of the best photos of my whole trip! The tower had a cute shrine with the cartoon version of the tower next to it 🙂

I hope I didn’t forget anything!

See you next time in the episode titled Sapporo – FOOD!!!

Click here for City photos, here for food photos, and here for matsuri photos!

For the youtube video footage click here!!!