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Sapporo Clock Tower is a wooden structure and tourist attraction located at North 1 West 2, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, the largest city on the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. As of 2021, this tower is the oldest clock tower in Japan.
The Sapporo TV Tower , built in 1957, is a 147.2-metre-high (483 ft) TV tower with an observation deck at a height of 90.38 metres. Located on the ground of Odori Park, in the northern city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, the tower is open to tourists. Tourists can view Sapporo and Odori Park.
Odori Park is a park located in the heart of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Ōdōri (大通) means "large street" in Japanese. It stretches east to west through Nishi 1 chōme, Ōdōri to Nishi 12 chōme, Ōdōri, and divides the city into north and south sections. Odori Park spans about 1.5 km and covers 78,901 m². During the urban planning of Sapporo, it was originally designated as the main street but it eventually became a park. Throughout the year, many events and ceremonies such as the Sapporo Lilac Festival and the Sapporo Snow Festival are held in the park, and local landmarks including the Sapporo TV Tower and the Sapporo City Archive Museum are located within its boundaries.
Maruyama is a mountain with an altitude of 225 m located in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. The name of the place where it is located is also the same name. Facing the Ishikari Plain, it is located near the west of the center of Sapporo City, and is a place of recreation for Sapporo citizens. Most of the mountain is protected as the Maruyama Pristine Forest, but since it has been touched by humans in the past, it is not a primeval forest in the strict sense, but a natural forest.
5. Nakajima Park
Nakajima Park is a city park in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The park has a lake, two streams, a museum, a concert hall, an observatory, a historical building housing a tea shop, and several lawns and forests. At the south end, there are two shrines.
6. 日本の道100選の碑
The 100 Best Roads in Japan are 104 outstanding roads with Japan characteristics, established by the Ministry of Construction and the "Road Day" Executive Committee in 1986 and 1987 to commemorate the establishment of Road Day.
7. 札幌市交通資料館
The Sapporo City Transportation Museum is a railway preservation and exhibition facility operated by the Sapporo City Transportation Business Promotion Corporation (an affiliated organization of the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau) located in Minami-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. It is located under the elevated railway on the south side of the Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku Line Self-Defense Force Mae Station.
8. Hokkaidoritu Bungakukan
Hokkaido Museum of Literature is a literary museum located in Nakajima Park, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. It is managed and operated by the Hokkaido Museum of Literature as the designated administrator. In this article, we will also touch on the predecessor of the main building, the former "Hokkaido Literature Museum" (Sapporo City Museum), and the "Hokkaido Literature Museum", which is the parent organization of the museum.
9. Sapporo City Museum
The Sapporo City Museum is a museum owned by the city of Sapporo located in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. In addition to the "Criminal Court Exhibition Room" that reconstructs the criminal courtroom from the end of the Taisho era to the prewar Showa period, there are exhibitions and introductions about the history and culture of the city of Sapporo, and exhibitions and presentations of cultural activities by citizens using a mini-gallery. The building was built during the former Sapporo Court of Appeals and has been designated as an important cultural property of Japan.
10. Sapporo Art Museum
The Sapporo Art Museum is a Japan art museum located in the Sapporo Art Forest, a cultural complex located in the southern part of Sapporo City, Hokkaido. With the works of artists related to Hokkaido and Sapporo as well as modern and contemporary art from Japan and abroad at the core of its collection, it holds five to seven special exhibitions a year with a wide variety of contents, and conducts research activities related to art. In addition, there is an open-air art museum with a permanent exhibition of 74 sculptures, and a Sato Tadayoshi Memorial Children's Atelier, and workshops and other projects that take advantage of the park's rich natural environment and connections with surrounding educational and research institutions.
11. Kanamoto Hall
Sapporo Civic Hall is a cultural facility located in Chuo-ku, Sapporo City. Naming rights have been introduced, and the nickname is "Kanamoto Hall". This item also describes the Sapporo Civic Hall (Sapporo Civic Hall) that used to be in the same place.
12. Sapporo Beer Museum
The Sapporo Beer Museum is a museum located in the Sapporo Garden Park in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Registered as one of the Hokkaidō Heritage sites in 2004, the museum is the only beer museum in Japan. The red-brick building was erected originally as a factory of the Sapporo Sugar Company in 1890, and later opened as a museum in July 1987. The building also houses the Sapporo Beer Garden in the south wing.
13. 教願寺
Kyōganji Temple is a temple of the Shin Buddhist Otani sect located at 21 Kamishinoji, Shinoji-cho, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. The main temple is Higashi Honganji Temple in Kyoto (Shinshu Honji = commonly known as Oto). It is a historic temple at the end of the Shinshu Otani sect in Sapporo City. At the time of the development of Hokkaido, the current Nyojo stood in this area and founded it at the request of the construction of a temple in this area. At that time, the Shinshu Oya school built Hokoku-ji Temple in Naeho Village in the east, Joon-ji Temple in Kotoni Village in the west, Keirin-ji Temple in Toyohira Village in the south, and Kyogan-ji Temple in Shinoji Village in the north.
14. 豊平峡ダム
Hōheikyō Dam is a concrete Arch dam in Sapporo, Hokkaidō; Japan. It dams the Toyohira River. It is situated in Toya National Park. The dam was created for Irrigation as well as Flood control. The road leading to the dam has been closed off for regular car use, instead Hybrid electric buses are operated so the natural environment is protected. The dam's lake is known as Jozan Lake (定山湖),
15. エドウィン・ダン記念館
The Edwin Dunn Memorial Hall is a facility that commemorates and introduces Edwin Dunn, a foreigner employed in the Meiji era, and is located in the Edwin Dunn Memorial Park in Makomanai Izumi-cho, Minami-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. It shows Dan's achievements and the history of the development of Sapporo. The building of the memorial hall is a relocation of the Makomanai Breeding Farm Office built in 1887 (Meiji 20), and is made of wood, whitewashed, and has a green roof.
16. 札幌村郷土記念館
Sapporo Village Folk Memorial Museum is a museum located in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was opened for the purpose of passing on the local history, focusing on Otomo Kametaro, the pioneer of Sapporo, and onions, which were actively cultivated at the time. In addition to monuments and statues, there are many historical materials on display in the museum. In addition, it houses many tangible cultural properties designated by Sapporo City, and the ruins of Otomo Kametaro's official residence, which is the land of the entire memorial hall, is one of the historic sites designated by Sapporo City.
17. 琴似神社
Kotoni Shrine is a shrine located at 1-7-1-30 Kotoni, Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. The former company name is Gosha. One of the shrines dedicated to the feudal ancestors that was popular from the late Edo period to the early Meiji period.
18. Sapporo Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill
Hitsujigaoka Observation Hill is a famous scenic spot located in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The bronze statue of Dr. William S. Clark, which stands on the hill, is well known as the symbol of frontier spirit of Hokkaidō.
19. Houheikan
The Hōheikan is a historical building and a wedding venue, located in Nakajima Park, Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The building has previously been a hotel, guest house, event venue, and military camp. Currently, the Hōheikan is registered as one of the National Important Cultural Properties, and is used as a wedding venue, restaurant and meeting facility. The building is run by the Sapporo city.
20. Catholic Kita ichi jo church
The Guardian Angels Cathedral also called Kitaiciho Church is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapporo in the city of Sapporo, Japan. The church follows the Roman or Latin rite and serves as the seat of the Diocese, which was raised to its current status by Pope Pius XII with the Bull "Iis Christi" in 1952.
21. Hokkaido University Botanical Garden
The Miyabe Kingo Memorial Museum is a museum located in Chuo Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, that exhibits the belongings of Kingo Miyabe, the first director of the Hokkaido University Botanical Garden. In addition to materials related to the establishment of the Hokkaido University Botanical Garden, it displays notebooks and plant collection records used by Kingo Miyabe during his student days, as well as his beloved microscope. The museum opened to the public in September 1992 and in April 2000, the building was registered as a national tangible cultural property.
22. Sapporo Satoland
Sapporo Satoland is an amusement park located in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Sapporo Satoland, which has an agricultural theme, was opened in 1995. Its official name is Sapporo Facility of Agricultural Experience and Interchange .
23. Historical Village of Hokkaido
Historical Village of Hokkaido is an open-air museum in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It opened in the Nopporo Shinrin Kōen Prefectural Natural Park in 1983. It includes fifty-two historical structures from the "frontier days" of the Meiji period to the Shōwa period that have been relocated and reconstructed or recreated, divided into four zones: town, fishing village, farming village, and mountain village. The museum is notable for having a rare 2 ft 6 in narrow gauge horse-drawn tramway.
24. Sapporo City Observatory
Sapporo City Astronomical Observatory is a public astronomical observatory located in Chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. It is managed by the Sapporo City Youth Science Museum and is located in Nakajima Park. It is located at 1-17 Nakajima Park, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido.
25. 石山神社
Ishiyama Shrine is a shrine located in Minami-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido, under the umbrella of the Shrine Headquarters (under the jurisdiction of the Sapporo Branch of the Hokkaido Shrine Agency), and is the only shrine in Minami-ku where a Shinto priest resides.
26. 春香山
Mt. Haruka is a mountain located in Jozankei, Minami-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. 906.7 meters above sea level. It is located at the northern end of Sapporo City, facing Mt. Wausujiri on the Otaru City side across the boundary line.
27. Asahiyama Kinen Park
Asahiyama Memorial Park is a park located in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. The park's peak, at 137.5 metres (451 ft) above sea level, offers a great panoramic view of Sapporo, and the Sea of Japan beyond.
28. 妙覚寺
Myokakuji is a Nichiren sect temple located in Maruyama Nishicho, Chuo Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. The former head temple is Hōkekyō-ji in Ichikawa City, and it is affiliated with the Konishi school. It enshrines a statue of the founder of the Shishō succession.
29. ペニーレーン24
Penny Lane 24 (ペニーレーン・トゥエンティフォー) is a 500-capacity live music venue located in Sapporo, Japan. It opened in 1990 and has hosted artists such as Uriah Heep, Bad Religion, Impellitteri and Foo Fighters.
30. Sapporo Art Park
Sapporo Art Park is an open-air complex of sites in Minami-ku, Sapporo, dedicated to visual and performing art exhibits and facilities. Constructed in 1986, the park was established "to cultivate unique new culture in Sapporo and create an environment in which the city, the arts, and culture exist in harmony with Sapporo’s natural beauty." The park is situated in the forests on the outskirts of Sapporo, close to Sapporo City University. In addition to art and sculpture displays, the park also rents out workshops, studios, and other spaces for creative arts.
31. NHK Sapporo
The NHK Sapporo Broadcasting Station is a unit of the NHK that oversees terrestrial broadcasting in the area around Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture. It is one of eight core regional stations operated by the NHK and the seat of one of the seven regional stations in its jurisdiction. It is located in Chuo Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido.
32. 厚別神社
Atsubetsu Shrine (Atsubetsu Shrine, Atsubetsu Shrine) is a shrine located at 2-1-3-1 Hiraoka, Kiyota-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. The former company status is the former unqualified company. It is not a shrine in Atsubetsu Ward in the same city, and the name is not "Atsubetsu".
33. Nishino Shrine
Nishino Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was established in 1885, and enshrines the kami Toyotama-hime (豊玉姫命), Ugayafukiaezu no mikoto (鵜草葺不合命), and Emperor Ōjin as Hondawake no mikoto (譽田別命). The shrine is constructed in the Shinmei-zukuri architectural style.
34. Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1977. The collection includes works by Jules Pascin and the École de Paris as well as by modern Japanese artists, in particular those with a connection to Hokkaidō.
35. Mount Tengu
Tengu Peak is a mountain located in Jozankei, Minami-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. Altitude 1144.5 meters. It has been selected as one of the 100 famous mountains of Hokkaido, the 100 famous mountains of Hokkaido, and the 50 peaks of Sapporo.
36. 清華亭
The Tsinghua Pavilion or more commonly known as Seikatei is a residence that is composed of a blend of Japanese and Western architecture built in the Meiji-era located in North 7th street, West 7th street, North District, Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was built in 1880 by the Hokkaidō Development Commission, and turned into the resting place for the Meiji emperor in 1881. Now it is designated as a Tangible Cultural Property of Sapporo City.
37. 漁岳
Mount Izari is a volcano with an altitude of 1,318 m at the junction of Eniwa, Chitose and Sapporo, Ishikari Subprefecture, Hokkaido. It has been selected as one of the 100 famous mountains in Hokkaido. A second-class triangulation station "Izaridake" is set up on the mountaintop.
38. Mount Moiwa
Mount Moiwa is a mountain located about 5 km (3 mi) southwest of the center of Sapporo, Hokkaido and 6 km (4 mi) southwest of Sapporo Station. A ropeway and a motorway pass through Mt. Moiwa, and an observatory and a ski resort in winter make it a resort for Sapporo citizens and tourists.
39. Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center
Sapporo Buried Cultural Property Center opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1991. Its aim is to research, collect, provide expertise on the preservation of, and display the city's buried cultural properties. The collection includes Jōmon artefacts as well as those of the Satsumon culture excavated from the Sapporo City K-446 Site that have been designated a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.
40. Shinoro Gnohe no mori green space
Shinoji Gonoto no Mori Ryokuchi is a green space located in Shinoji 3-jo 10-chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. "Gonohe" is an old name that refers to the northern part of the Kamishinoji district, and it is said that the origin is "because the first settlers were 5 houses" or "because they settled from Gonohe Town in Aomori Prefecture".
41. Hokkaido University General Museum
The Hokkaido University Museum opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1999. The collection comprises some four million materials, including thirteen thousand type specimens, amassed by Hokkaido University in the hundred and fifty years since the foundation in of its predecessor, the Sapporo Agricultural College, in 1876.
42. Daigakumura no mori
Daigakumura no Mori is a green space located in Kita 28-jo Higashi 4-chome, Higashi-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido. It is a small forest left in a residential area, where alder and Japanese elm grow, and a walking path paved with rubber chips is surrounded.
43. Mount Asari
Asari-dake is a mountain where the boundary between Jozan-kei, Otaru City and Akaigawa-mura, Minami Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido is crossed. Height above sea level: 1280.6 meters. It is called 'Yoichi Sanzan' (three major temples in Yoichi) along with Mt. Yoichi and Mt. Shirai.
44. Ainu Culture Promotion Center
The Sapporo Ainu Culture Promotion Center , also known as Sapporo Pirka Kotan (サッポロピㇼカコタン) or "Beautiful Village", opened in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, in 2003. Dedicated to the Ainu people, their history, culture, and way of life, the museum has some three hundred artefacts on display and there is also a traditional-style cise (dwelling).
Wikipedia: Sapporo Ainu Culture Promotion Center (EN), Website
45. Botanical Garden of Hokkaido University
The Hokkaido University Botanical Garden is a university botanical garden and university museum operated by Hokkaido University. It opened in 1886 when he was a student at Sapporo Agricultural College. It was established for the purpose of botany education and research, and while working on the conservation of endangered plants, it is also open to the general public.
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