Hakutyo-ohashi (The swan bridge)

The swan bridge is a long and big suspension bridge in Muroran. The span of a bridge is 1380m. The bridge of height is about 140m. The bridge built in 1998. You need not pay a toll to cross the bridge. The illuminated bridge is very beautiful. It seems as if it is a swan with its wings extended. There are two big windmills producing electricity near the bridge. Two windmills are illuminated at night too. You can go to Mitara, which is a memorial museum of the bridge, Yataimura which has a lot of stands including ramen, octopus flitters, buckwheat noodles and ice-cream cone, and the aquarium near the bridge. There is a festival in summer. You can see a firework display. Many people go to see it every year. You can enjoy the bridge all through year.

Sapporo Station

Sapporo station is a landmark of Sapporo city. There are more than two million people around this city and they come to Sapporo city to go to school, work, go shopping and etc. People who use public transport always come to this station. That is to say, a lot of people gather in Sapporo station. If you want to go shopping, I will recommend you to go to JR tower, Stellar Place and Daimaru. There are a lot of stores there. The upper layer of the building, there are many restaurants. You may worry which kind of food you choose. There is also a cinema at the top of this building. If you have a lot of free time to wait JR line, you should go to cinema. Until now, I explained about functions of this station, however there are another good spot of this station. You can enjoy watching designs. A clock which is middle of this station is very beautiful. It was designed by famous designer. Then, this clock is moving with the solar system. . Inside of this station, there are strange objets. There are still another highlight that you should see in this station. What do you say to going with no reasons to this station?


How to get there: This station is center of this city, therefore you can come with any transport. If you want to use subway, you can use Nanboku line and Toho line. You can not use Tozai line because this subway does not run to Sapporo station. In JR line and bus, this is the last station. You can not miss it absolutely.

When to go: If you want to go shopping in Sapporo station, stores open until 11p.m. If you want to use transport, you can use it until 0a.m.

Sapporo Station

It is the most important gateway of Hokkaido. You can go to anywhere part of Hokkaido by train. For example, Hakodate, Asahikawa, Kushiro and so on. Bus terminal also next to the station. You can go other part of Hokkaido where there isn’t a railway. You can also go to anywhere of Sapporo city by bus and subway from here. There are many kinds shops inside there. For instance, foods, clothing, accessories and so on. You won’t be bored when you stay at there. There is also a lot of entertainment there. You can also enjoy eating there. There are many kinds of restaurants. Of course, you can eat many fresh marine products of Hokkaido. You can also eat many kinds of food such as Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Western dish, Mexican and so on. You won’t miss food from your country. In the middle of June, Yosakoi festival takes place many place of Sapporo. You can see imposing figure of dancers at the south gate square of Sapporo station, but Odori park is bigger and enjoyer than here.How to get there: to go to Sapporo station, take the Airport rapid train from New Chitose Airport. It takes 36 minutes. The train costs about \1,040. And you can also get there by Airport bus and taxi.When to go: Sapporo welcomes your visiting anytime. There are many festivals. Especially, Snow festival(February) and Yosakoi festival(June) are famous.

Maruyama

My favorite place is Maruyama . This area is quite close to the city center of Sapporo. Maruyama park is famous park in Sapporo. There are stadium, a baseball ground and a tennis court in the park, so you can enjoy playing sports. This park is also famous cherry blossom viewing place, so many people come here in early May. Some people enjoy eating mutton barbecue.
Maruyama zoo is crowded with children and their parents on weekends. You can see a variety of animals close to. There are many chances for you to experience exciting time with animals. For example, you can try feeding squirrel monkeys or touching rabbits. Next to the zoo is an amusement park. Children can spend a nice time.
How to get there: to get to Maruyama park, take the subway Tozai line to Maruyama park station, and walk for five minutes from there.

Date

Date is near to the Sapporo. It takes an hour half by limited express. You get off the Datemonbetsu station. Also it takes two hours by a car.
There is no fog and it is warm all year around. Persimmon trees have delicious fruit, so it is said that “Date is Warm place of north.” The city has about 38000 people. People can live very comfortably.
There is a covered shopping arcade. This arcade has a Sendai flavor. There is a Kitakogane kitchen midden in Date. At the place, you can experience to dig up and see the ancient dwelling. I think that you will be impressed and surprised.
Moreover, Date Musha festival takes place in summer. Many people and floats dance to music.There are booths. You can see the Yosakoi as you eat grilled chicken, a shaved ice, oden, chocolate banana and so on. There is Usu mountain too. The mountain is active volcano and exploded in 2000. You can see close to the mountain. There are many tourist attractions in Date. Come and see Date if you want to travel.

Sapporo Sato Land.

Sapporo Sato Land is a big park!
It is well known as place where people can have contact with animals and nature. We can see and touch cows, pony, goats and sheep, and we can also horse riding. We can eat Soft cream made from fresh milk.

In spring, we can see many beautiful flowers. If you apply in aduance, you can also experience of milk from cows and make cheese. It is popular among children.
It is so large. Sometimes, people hold a flea market that sells vegetable. You can buy fresh vegetables from that local farmer’s house, and you can have a barbecue there.
On the weekend, families go there. Let’s come and enjoy with nature in there!

When to go : every season is OK!How to go : Sapporo sato Lando is in the East ward.
You can get there by take a bus from the near by subway station.
It takes about one hour from Odori.

Piashiri

There are three kinds of ski jump run in Nayoro. A big competition of ski jump is held every year there. A famous player comes for the meeting, and a lot of spectators come. When there is a competition, it is crowded with many people. The ski jump run can be used not only winter but also in summer. I think it is very good for players. The ski jump run surrounded by forest. Various animals inhabit the forest, including bears, foxes, raccoon dogs, rabbits, squirrels, many birds, and the great spotted woodpeckers which is a symbol of Nayoro. There is a ski run, a cross-country course, a curling place and a skating place near the ski jump run, so we can play most of winter sports around there. Therefore it is used as a training camp well.