Hokkaido, Japan's capital. Population of 152 8 million (1986). Business flourished. Industrial food, printing and metal products dominated. Hokkaido transport hub city built a subway. High-speed railway is connected with Tokyo. Resort, every year in February held a grand festival of snow.
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Travel
Best time to travel Sapporo: Sapporo is located in the north frigid zone, but because the currents cause larger temperature difference between summer and winter. August is the height of summer, the temperature as high as 30 degrees; January is the winter, temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees. Cold wind blowing in late November each year to the second year after the end of April are the harsh winter. Sapporo four seasons, where you can watch the seasonal natural beauty, enjoy the taste of different views. Especially in the winter, Sapporo Snow Festival attracts many visitors. Folk Festivals Sapporo: Sapporo there are many festivals. If it is winter here, they can watch Shikotsu Lake Ice and Snow Festival, Sapporo Snow Festival and the royal family, snow skiing the General Assembly, to experience the North's style. Sapporo Lilac Festival in May, 7,8 Sapporo Summer Festival in January and August Noboribetsu Hell Festival is also well worth a visit. November, Sapporo there are white lighting section, continued coming year in February. Sapporo Food: Food is an important tourism programs Sapporo, Hokkaido's rich seafood and agricultural products, food more with scallops, crabs and other seafood as raw materials. Here, visitors can enjoy a unique flavor Sapporo salmon dishes - "Ishikari pot." Sapporo, squid meal, cod fish soup, Sapporo ramen in Japan is also one of the most popular foods. Its dairy products in ice cream, butter and cheese known. Sweet corn is delicious autumn Sapporo. Sapporo weather in particular for roast lamb, like rows of helmets, braved pot smoke, that is, to eat roast lamb is delicious exception. In addition, to Sapporo, do not forget the taste of fresh crab Oh. Shopping Sapporo: Sapporo to play, do not forget to bring some of the family specialty of Sapporo. Sapporo glass crafts beautiful, Tsugaru koginsasi, Tsugaru lacquerware Japanese style exudes rich, more of a local horse Hachiman atmosphere. Sapporo Transport: the Sapporo travel is very convenient. There are two airports in Sapporo - Chitose Airport and Zhuhai Airport Qiu, respectively, the flights from all over Japan, Chitose airport, more flights to and from major cities in the world. Narita Airport from Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, only need to fly more than an hour to fly from Fukuoka, Sapporo need more than two hours. Sapporo East-West Line and North-South subway line through the city, as well as tram and bus transport is very convenient. Sapporo Hotel: Sapporo there are many festivals. If it is winter here, they can watch Shikotsu Lake Ice and Snow Festival, Sapporo Snow Festival and the royal family, snow skiing the General Assembly, to experience the North's style. Sapporo Lilac Festival in May, 7,8 Sapporo Summer Festival in January and August Noboribetsu Hell Festival is also well worth a visit. November, Sapporo there are white lighting section, continued coming year in February. Sapporo Entertainment: In Sapporo, there are a wide variety of recreational activities. Skiing is the most popular, the Sapporo snow winter ski mountain is a natural paradise. Skiing is second only to ice skating, more and more popular the sport of children and women. In addition, the gliding parachute, hang glider, four-wheel cart, snow scooters are also very popular. Visitors can also rode Mercedes-Benz in the grasslands, to experience heroic spirit. Canoe play with water phase, so that visitors can fully physical and mental rest. Snow Festival in Sapporo during the ice hall with stage and theater performances by the singer singing and dancing add to the fun. The city also organized fashion, photography, music and local theater performances with one of the lively festive atmosphere. Sapporo is also unique in the hot springs of entertainment. In the bathroom filled with steam, hot weather damasked attached to the skin. Who entered the spa, the whole body all the pores open, joyous and breathed the hot air, water vapor, drowsy, I do not know where you are. There are cold water bath pool, indulge in the spa can wake up in the tourists.
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Fast Facts
Sapporo Pinyin: zhá huǎng Roman transliteration: Sapporo Hiragana: ぽ ろ っ さ - し. Is located in the central region of Japan are Hokkaido city, for the whole population of the fifth number of cities in Japan, is one of Japan's ordinance-designated city. Hokkaido Sapporo is the government (Provincial Office) and the Office of the Ishikari branch office location, it has also become the administrative center of Hokkaido. "Sapporo" one from the Ainu language, which means "big river."
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Introduction
Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Ishikari Plain in the southwestern part of Japan's metropolitan area population of more than a million in the most northern one. In addition, since Japan is an island, most of the major coastal cities, Sapporo became rare in inland cities, is the largest inland population of a city. In addition to the administrative centers of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Hokkaido is also the industrial and commercial center, was held in 1972, the 11th Winter Olympic Games; located in the center strip of the park is also the annual Sapporo Snow Festival Odori Park, the venue, it is also a Sapporo internationally known tourist city. Origin of names Names as the origin of most of Hokkaido, "Sapporo" This place name is derived from the indigenous Ainu Hokkaido Ainu language, after, and of the after the show in Japanese. About Sapporo name of the origin of two kinds of argument, one said that the Sapporo (さ っ ぽ ろ) originated in the Ainu language in the "サ ッ ポ ロ", means "dry, open land"; one that is believed to have originated in the Ainu language in the "pe サ リ ポ ロ ッ", meaning is completely reversed with the former, "there are large areas of wetlands." City Emblem Sapporo City, Sapporo City Arms is an emblem of the appearance of hexagonal ice crystals on behalf of (snow) the shape of the symbol of Hokkaido. Round the inside of the hexagon is the Chinese character "Sapporo" variant of the word, and the entire round can be seen as Japanese Katakana letter "ロ" deformation of the word is written Sapporo Japanese Katakana "サ ロ ッ ポ" in part. Pentagram emblem representative of the central city of the Big Dipper, symbol of the north, on the other hand pentagram shape and with the Japanese Katakana letter "ホ" approximation, is the Japanese "North" or "Hokkaido," the phonetic word first. Flower: lily of the valley City Tree: Clove City Bird: cuckoo
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History
1869 (Meiji 2), the Ainu of Japan will be renamed as Hokkaido, and _set_ to open up to be responsible for the development of Hokkaido, Sapporo, and began construction. Volunteer, then a judge of the island's hills in the east called Maruyama planning a new town streets, and cited the concept of modern urban planning, forming a neat street blocks today, the city of Sapporo. 1875 (Meiji 8 years), the initial development of Mita soldiers into the ranks of Sapporo, the laying of the railway industry and business are starting to begin. Road, the old red-brick office buildings and Office 1882 to open up Japan to abolish, mutatis mutandis, in other parts of Japan's administrative division, _set_ up in Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, Sapporo and Nemuro County County a total of three counties; in 1884, originally under the county's Sapporo Sapporo Change the Sapporo District county, and in the downtown area is also known as a separate sub-Sapporo District and District Administrative Office (District Office). However, the history of the county located in Hokkaido is very short, Hokkaido in 1886, three counties and is canceled, the official will be "Road" to upgrade the level of administrative regions in Japan, _set_ up the Office of Hokkaido, and Sapporo is also a Provincial Office (Road Government) the location of today known as the "Office of the old red-brick office buildings and Hokkaido," the historic building, is completed when in 1888. 1922 (Taisho 11 years) started in Japan known as the "city system" in the new system of local administrative divisions, formally Sapporo City, Sapporo City, one after another several times after this expansion of the scope of the surrounding villages into the town, the population has continued to increased. In 1947, Japan implemented the Local Autonomy Law, the mayor of Sapporo for the first time elected; held the first of the 1950 Sapporo Snow Festival. Sapporo population exceeds 1970 million, from the founding of the city is only 102 years, two years later in 1972, was upgraded to Sapporo city government designated, under the division of District 7, and Sapporo Olympic Games held in the same year (the 11th Winter Olympic Games) .
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Administrative Division
Sapporo, a city in the beginning had only been _set_ up under the seven areas, but in the gradual growth of population and city size, the gradual division _set_ a new area, there are 10 "area" level administrative divisions: administrative division of Sapporo 1. The central zone 2. District 3. Eastern 4. Whitehead zone 5. Atsubetsu District 6. Feng Ping District 7. Kiyota Ward 8. Southern District 9. West 10. Hand rice
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Economy
As the economic center of Hokkaido, service-oriented, but the main branch of Japan-based national company, the real local enterprises is relatively small. Industrial Park Chills Iron Works area (located in the West, Japanese original name: Departure to cold Fate works Tuan) Chills the second industrial zone (in the West, Japanese original name: the second industrial Tuan 発 cold ground) Woodworking area (located in the West, Japanese original name: Tuan in woodworking) New River Industrial Park (located in the North, Japanese original name: New River Industrial Tuan ground) Logistics business area (located in the Whitehead area, Japanese original name: Tuan distribution business to) Teine Industrial Park (located in the hand of rice, Japanese original name: Tuan hand 稲 industrial land) Teine Yamaguchi Light District (located in the hand of rice, Japanese formerly: Industrial Tuan Zhi hand 稲 Yamaguchi prefecture) Sapporo Science and Technology Park (located in the thick in other areas, Japanese original name: Sapporo Te ク ノ パ ー ク) Zhenrong Hi-Tech Park (in the clear field area, the Japanese original name: ハ イ ル Te ク ヒ really Sakae)
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Traffic
As political and economic center of Hokkaido, Sapporo has a very comprehensive transport building, including in this intersection of two highways, three rail lines under the JR system, with two airports. Transport in the city, Sapporo City Transportation Bureau operated three underground railway line, three electric streetcar Sapporo route, coupled with the urban bus supporting multi-line, constitutes a complete public transport network. New Chitose Airport Airport Qiu Zhu Airport: official name "Sapporo flying field", is a bit small airports in urban areas, only some regional routes in operation, the airport is actually part of Japan's defense ministry, it is a combined military and civilian airport. New Chitose Airport: Also often called the Sapporo airport, although the main airport of Sapporo, but the actual location is in the neighboring city of Chitose and Tomakomai City, the territory is even in the snow season can take off and land during the large wide-bodied aircraft large airport. Although the main airport in Sapporo, Sapporo and Japan as among other major cities of the domestic traffic purposes, but also actively building new facilities in recent years, attracting foreign direct route _set_tings to enhance the development of tourism in Hokkaido. Currently, including Seoul, Guam, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shenyang, Shanghai and other cities in Cairns, Australia, have regular or charter flights to New Chitose direct. JR Hokkaido railway station in Sapporo and routes Sapporo is Hokkaido Railway (JR Hokkaido) operating range, the company has a total of three routes through the bottom of Sapporo. Downtown station for the Sapporo Station Hakodate Line: Star View Station - Star home station - rice station - Teine Station - Park Station rice product - chills station - chills Central Station - piano like the station - Mulberry Station - Sapporo Station - Tony Fringe Station - Whitehead Station - Atsubetsu Station - Forest Park Station Sapporo marsh line (Gakuen Toshi Line): Mulberry stations - eight Hin Station - New River Station - the new piano like the station - Pacific Station - Lily of the original station - Xiao Road Station - Extension North Station - Station Education on love - love Park Station Chitose Line: Ueno Station Sapporo - Shin-Sapporo Station - Peaceful Le Point Station - Whitehead Station Sapporo City Subway sign of public transport Sapporo City Transportation Bureau of Transportation by the Sapporo City operated its line of business include: Subway North-South Line Tozai line Toho line Sapporo City, call (streetcar) Sapporo power 1 line Electric Mountain nasal line Sapporo West Sapporo electric nose Highway There are two within Hokkaido Expressway (Expressway) through Sapporo, Japan Road as both the level of toll roads. Road Central Auto Drive Sapporo bottles Automatic Drive
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Well-known tourist attractions, products and activities
Attractions Odori Park Sapporo TV Tower, Odori Park, Sapporo TV Tower Sapporo TV Tower Sapporo Clock Tower Former Hokkaido Government Office Building brick JR Tower (JR タ ワ ー) Side streets of Sapporo Ramen Susukino not night sky Hokkaido University Village of Hokkaido (Hokkaido の Village) New Sapporo Fukutoshin Sheep Hill Observatory (observatory hill sheep ヶ) Dr. Clark, like (ク ラ ー ク like) Sapporo Dome Okurayama Jump Arena Palace of the Forest Jump Arena Products Sapporo Ramen White chocolate lovers Sapporo Beer Fruit books】 【sapporo seeds Livingbook: agricultural provinces in Japan and the Japanese Organic Agriculture Research Council to jointly promote, the fruits book came into being. Fruit books, popular talk, it is a kind of "books to grow plants and flowers, melons, fruits and fruit organic book." Fruit book, in essence, is a combination of the advanced industrial design concepts and proven technology horticultural cultivation techniques to create a great sense of innovation and industrial products. Inside the book containing the expanding agent fruits, high nutrient media, and mini-seed. In Japan, shopping malls and bookstores around the "fruit book" sale, such as "Tomato Book", "cucumber book", "eggplant book" and so on everything. The outer surface of the product looks like a book packaging with waterproof paper, the inner plug of stone wool, man-made fertilizers and seeds. People purchase comes after the planting in accordance with its instructions, as long as the daily watering, the fingers will be able to grow cucumber thickness, projectile-like tomato, cucumber and other large fist; general, a "Tomato Book" by 150-200 training mini fruit can grow, a "cucumber book" can bear 50-70 Article pocket melon. This stylish new creative product was sold in Japan as the most innovative technology products. Activities Sapporo Snow Festival (February) Sapporo Snow Festival Sapporo Lilac Festival (May)
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Education
Higher Education in Sapporo City in any of the following units: National and Public Universities Hokkaido University Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo Campus Sapporo Medical University Private North Gakuen University Sapporo University North Star Gakuen University Hokkaido University Hokkaido Medical University Angel University Vine Women's University Hokkaido Tokai University Sapporo International University Junior College North Star Gakuen University Junior College Hokkaido Musashi Women's Junior College Sapporo Otani Junior College Light salt Gakuen Women's Junior College Sapporo University Women's Junior College Junior College Sapporo International University Hokkaido University Short-term automatic car Hokkaido Bunkyo University Junior College
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Sister Cities
Portland (Oregon): concluded in 1959 Munich (Bavaria, Germany): concluded in 1972 Shenyang (Liaoning Province, China): concluded in 1980 Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk): concluded in 1990
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Encyclopedia
Zhahuang Sapporo Sapporo The capital of Hokkaido, Japan, economic and cultural center. Hokkaido, Ishikari River in the western tributaries of the rich alluvial plain. Area of 1118 square km, population 1,529,000 (1986). Urban East, northern Ishikari plain, low and flat open, west, south of the mountains. Feng Hirakawa flow east from the city. Climate was cool and moist. Annual average temperature of 8 ℃, 8 月 21.3 ℃, 1 月 -4.9 ℃, annual precipitation 1136 mm. Winter snow depth 1 to 2 meters. 1869 _set_ to open up to, a city in 1922. After World War II, developed into a multi-functional integrated city. In addition to administrative center, the commercial functions of the prominent wholesale goods accounted for more than half of Hokkaido. Population of the tertiary industry accounted for 70% of total employment. To the food industry, publishing and printing, metal processing, paper pulp, steel and furniture, together accounting for 81% of industrial output value of Hokkaido, 20 small factories with less than 80% of the total number of manufacturing plants. More developed peri-urban agriculture. Hokkaido transportation hub, a number of railways, highways, air routes leading to Hokkaido in the country. Otaru, 35 km northwest of its outport. Chitose airport near the modern airport. With Hokkaido University and other universities, research units more than. Gradual expansion of urban areas, streets were chessboard, points east, west, south, north, Feng Ping, Whitehead, Central 7 district. North of downtown where the government and financial institutions, south of downtown, Tanukikoji the famous business center, underground shopping street. The city easily accessible, has a subway. And the southwestern outskirts of Wonsan Moiwa forests and Jozankei hot springs. Winter has skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympic Games held here. 2 annual snow festival held in the country renowned. Central Hokkaido in 1963 as a new industrial city, including 9 as the center of Sapporo City, 9-cho, Hokkaido, in the heart of a developer. (Fang)