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Sapporo

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Sapporo City

札幌市

Sapporo City's location in Hokkaidō prefecture, Japan.

Location

Country Japan

Region Hokkaidō

Prefecture Hokkaidō prefecture

Physical characteristics

Area 1,121.12 km²

Population (as of December, 2005)

Total 1,882,424

Density 1668/km²

Location 43°3′56″N, 141°21′27″E

Symbols

Tree Lilac

Flower Lily of the valley

Bird Common cuckoo

Symbol of Sapporo City

Sapporo City Hall

Mayor Fumio Ueda

Address 〒060-8611

Sapporo-shi,

Chūō-ku, Kita-1,Nishi-2

Phone number 011-211-2111

Official website: Sapporo City

Coordinates: 43°3′56″N, 141°21′27″E

"Sapporo" redirects here. For the beer and brewery, see Sapporo Breweries Limited.

Sapporo (札幌市, Sapporo-shi?) listen (help·info) is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population and the third-largest by geographic area. It is the capital of Hokkaidō Prefecture.

Sapporo is primarily known outside Japan as the host city for the 1972 Winter Olympics, and for the annual Snow Festival, known as yuki matsuri, which draws more than 2 million tourists from around the world. The city is also home to the eponymous Sapporo Breweries.

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1 Early history

2 Wards

3 Buildings

4 Demographics

5 Sports

5.1 Professional

5.2 Sports clubs

6 Sister cities

7 See also

7.1 Gallery

8 External links

Early history

Prior to its establishment, the area occupied by Sapporo (known as the Ishikari Plain) was home to a number of indigenous Ainu settlements. In 1866 at the end of the Edo Period construction began on a canal through the area, encouraging a number of early settlers to establish Sapporo village. The settlement's name was taken from the Ainu language, and can be translated as "large river running through a plain".

In 1868 (the officially recognised year celebrated as the 'birth' of Sapporo), the new Meiji government concluded that the existing administrative center of Hokkaidō, which at the time was the port of Hakodate was in an unsuitable location for the defense and further development of the island. As a result it was determined that a new capital on the Ishikari Plain should be established. The plain itself provided an unusually large expanse of flat, well drained land which is relatively uncommon in the otherwise mountainous geography of Hokkaidō.

During 1870-71, Kiyotaka Kuroda, vice-chairman of the Hokkaidō Development Commission (kaitakushi) approached the American government for assistance in developing the land resulting in Horace Capron, Secretary of Agriculture under President Ulysses S. Grant being appointed as a special advisor to the commission. Construction began around a park, Odori Koen, which still remains as a green ribbon of recreational land splitting the central area of the city into two halves. The city closely followed the American-style grid plan with streets at right-angles to form city blocks; highly unusual in Japan even today.

The continuing expansion of the Japanese into Hokkaidō continued, mainly due to migration from the main island of Honshū immediately to the south, and the prosperity of Hokkaidō and particularly its capital grew to the point that the Development Commission was deemed unnecessary and was abolished in 1882.

Wards

Sapporo has ten wards (ku):

Atsubetsu-ku (厚別区, Atsubetsu-ku?)

Chūō-ku (中央区, Chūō-ku?)

Higashi-ku (東区, Higashi-ku?)

Kita-ku (北区, Kita-ku?)

Kiyota-ku (清田区, Kiyota-ku?)

Minami-ku (南区, Minami-ku?)

Nishi-ku (西区, Nishi-ku?)

Shiroishi-ku (白石区, Shiroishi-ku?)

Teine-ku (手稲区, Teine-ku?)

Toyohira-ku (豊平区, Toyohira-ku?)

Buildings

Sapporo TV Tower (札幌テレビ塔, Sapporo Terebi Tō?)

Sapporo Clock Tower (札幌時計台, Sapporo Tokeidai?)

Demographics

Sapporo City Hall (Aug. 1, 2005)

A view of the northeastern part of Sapporo cityThe city has an estimated population of 1,882,424 as of 2005 and the density of 1668 persons per km² (644 persons per mi²). The total area is 1,121.12 km² (696.63 mi²).

Sports

The Sapporo Dome is host to the Nippon Ham Fighters.

In 1972, Sapporo hosted the XI Winter Olympics. Some of structures built for Olympic events remain in use today.

In 2002, Sapporo hosted a few matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup at the Sapporo Dome.

In 2006, Sapporo hosted some games of the Basketball World Championship 2006.

In 2007, Sapporo will be the host of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.

Professional

J. League (J・リーグ, Jei Riigu?)

Consadole Sapporo (コンサドーレ札幌, Konsadōre Sapporo?)

Professional Baseball (日本プロ野球, Nippon Puro Yakyū?)

Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters (北海道日本ハムファイターズ, Hokkaidō Nippon Hamu Faitāzu?) in Pacific League

Sapporo Ambitious (札幌アンビシャス, Sapporo Ambishasu?) in Masters League

Sports clubs

Ice Hockey

Sapporo Polaris

Sister cities

Novosibirsk, Russia, since 1990

Munich, Germany, since 1972

Portland, Oregon, United States, since 1959

Shenyang, China, since 1980

See also

Sapporo Breweries Limited

Gallery

Sapporo scene

An internally illuminated ice building in the Sapporo Snow Festival.

Sapporo White Illumination

A shopping arcade

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Category:SapporoSapporo travel guide from Wikitravel

(Japanese) Sapporo City Official Webpage

(English) Sapporo City Official Webpage

v • d • eWinter Olympic Games host cities

1924: Chamonix • 1928: St. Moritz • 1932: Lake Placid • 1936: Garmisch-Partenkirchen • 1940 & 1944: No games due to World War II • 1948: St. Moritz • 1952: Oslo • 1956: Cortina d'Ampezzo • 1960: Squaw Valley • 1964: Innsbruck • 1968: Grenoble • 1972: Sapporo • 1976: Innsbruck • 1980: Lake Placid • 1984: Sarajevo • 1988: Calgary • 1992: Albertville • 1994: Lillehammer • 1998: Nagano • 2002: Salt Lake City • 2006: Turin • 2010: Vancouver

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v • d • e Regions and administrative divisions of Japan

Regions

Hokkaidō • Tōhoku • Kantō • Chūbu (Hokuriku • Kōshinetsu • Tōkai • Chūkyō) • Kansai • Chūgoku • Shikoku • Kyūshū • Ryūkyū

Prefectures

Aichi • Akita • Aomori • Chiba • Ehime • Fukui • Fukuoka • Fukushima • Gifu • Gunma • Hiroshima • Hokkaidō • Hyōgo • Ibaraki • Ishikawa • Iwate • Kagawa • Kagoshima • Kanagawa • Kōchi • Kumamoto • Kyoto • Mie • Miyagi • Miyazaki • Nagano • Nagasaki • Nara • Niigata • Ōita • Okayama • Okinawa • Osaka • Saga • Saitama • Shiga • Shimane • Shizuoka • Tochigi • Tokushima • Tokyo • Tottori • Toyama • Wakayama • Yamagata • Yamaguchi • Yamanashi

Designated cities

Special wards of Tokyo • Chiba • Fukuoka • Hiroshima • Kawasaki • Kitakyushu • Kobe • Kyoto • Nagoya • Osaka • Saitama • Sakai • Sapporo • Sendai • Shizuoka • Yokohama

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