Sapporo

Sapporo is the capital city of the northern island of Hokkaido.

There’s no shinkansen going to Sapporo yet so you need to get a slower train from Hakodate to Sapporo to complete the journey.

In winter there’s a snow festival, while in summer it can get blisteringly warm.

Soup curry is a speciality of the city and well worth trying.

Mercure Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan

For my stay in Sapporo I’d chosen the Mercure in the Susukino area. Mercure is a mid range hotel from the Accor stable.

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Lavi, Sapporo, Japan

On my last morning in Sapporo I walked upto the Sapporo TV Tower to look at the view. Afterwards it was lunchtime and decided I wanted to try another soup curry.

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Misogin, Sapporo, Japan

I’d headed back to the Susukino area looking for lunch and did a walk through of Ramen Alley. Ramen Alley has about 20 or so ramen restaurants and really comes to life in the evening.

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Sapporo Beer Museum, Sapporo, Japan

What can be better that mixing a museum visit with having a beer? I headed off to the Sapporo Beer Museum to find out.

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Yuuhi Ultimate Salt-Aged Genghis Khan, Sapporo, Japan

One of the specialities of Sapporo is Genghis Khan which is barbecued lamb so I knew I had to try this while I was in Sapporo.

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BEIFUTEI, Sapporo, Japan

It was a mid afternoon on a Friday and I was looking for a drink close to my hotel. Whipping out my trusty phone I searched for somewhere that was open and locked in on a place about a block and a half away.

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Akarenga Ramen, Sapporo, Japan

My morning in Sapporo was occupied by jumping on the tram and taking it for a full circle to see the city and its suburbs. The tram got back to Susikino around lunchtime so I was peckish and looked for somewhere to eat.

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SHO-RIN Susukino, Sapporo, Japan

The next stop on my Japan trip was Sapporo and I’d read that soup curry was a speciality of the area. Once I’d dropped my luggage of at my hotel I opened up my maps app and searched for soup curry. Luckily there were two well rated restaurants about a block away so I headed … Continue reading SHO-RIN Susukino, Sapporo, Japan

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