Sapporo, important river flowing through a plain in Ainu language, is Hokkaido’s
capital and Japan's fifth largest city.
Sapporo is also one of the nation's youngest mainr cities.in the whole country.
At the beginning of the Meiji Period, when the development of Hokkaido was started
on a large scale, Sapporo was chosen as the island's administrative centre and
enlarged according to the advice of foreign specialists. As a consequence, Sapporo
was built accordino to a North American style rectangular street system.
Sapporo go tinto fame in 1972 following to the Olympic Winter Games there hold.
Today, the city is notorious for its, beer, and the annual snow festival in
February.
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