Up Japan 2009 » 5-Sapporo Slideshow

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Sapporo Garden Park, a beer garden at the old brewery.
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Not the best beer garden weather.
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But this place also features the Sapporo Beer Museum.
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Export beer from German city Erlangen brewed in Sapporo.
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Little snow men show the process of brewing beer.
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Different labels of the Sapporo brewery.
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This is the original brewery, today it's part of a shopping center.
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Sapporo TV tower.
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The Kaitaku shrine in Maruyama park.
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Typical shrine architecture, but I can't see enough of them.
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And the large Hokkaido shrine which is also in Maruyama park.
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The priest is waiting for a boy to celebrate the Shi-chi-go-san fest.
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This view features more details of the roof construction.
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The first small ski jumps come into view.
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And more ski jumps to choose from on the sign.
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So here we are at the 90m ski jump.
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Nothing happens here though we have snow.
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Typical 1960's style, this could just as well be a building in Garmisch Partenkirchen.
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Sapporo has applied for the Olympic games three times before finally being accepted.
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And the huge 120m Okurayama ski jump.
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An impressive view from the bottom.
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There is a nice winter sports museum with a lot of original displays from the 1972 games.
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This is the main landing area - pretty steep slope.
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Fractions of a second decide here about the success of each jump.
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I envy the folks who run down this ski jump voluntarily.
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View on the city of Sapporo with Odori park.
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The first snow in the area creates impressive scenes.
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This restaurant will cope with any size appetite.
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Former building of the local government.
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Night impressions at the summit of Moiwa Yama.
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The light reflections in the clouds add to the atmosphere of this photo.
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A simple parking lot can look so beautiful.
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We're only 531m high but already have a lot of snow.
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A sea of lights of the city of Sapporo.
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Colored lights illuminate the trees at the mountain station.
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Mountain station view on Sapporo.
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Illuminated TV tower.
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Sapporo JR station at night.
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Not quite as nice in bright daylight.
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Impressive JR Tower building.

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