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[[Image:Sapporo city.jpg|right|200px|Downtown Area]]

 

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'''Sapporo''', in the island of [[Hokkaido]], is [[Japan]]'s fifth largest city. It became famous in 1972 when the [[Olympic Winter Games]] were held there. Maruyama Zoo, near Sapporo was established in 1951, as the first zoo in Hokkaido.

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|kanji=札幌市

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'''Sapporo''', in the island of [[Hokkaido]], is [[Japan]]'s fifth largest city (population: 1,900,000). It became famous in 1972 when the [[Olympic Winter Games]] were held there. Maruyama Zoo, near Sapporo was established in 1951, as the first zoo in Hokkaido.

::: ''In the beginning of the Meiji Period, when the development of Hokkaido was started on a large scale, Sapporo was chosen as the island's administrative center.'' [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2163.html]

::: ''In the beginning of the Meiji Period, when the development of Hokkaido was started on a large scale, Sapporo was chosen as the island's administrative center.'' [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2163.html]

*[http://www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp/english/ski/sapporo.html SAPPORO-TEINE (Olympic zone)]

*[http://www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp/english/ski/sapporo.html SAPPORO-TEINE (Olympic zone)]

*[http://www.city.sapporo.jp/city/english/ City of Sapporo]

*[http://www.city.sapporo.jp/city/english/ City of Sapporo]

 

[[Category:Japanese Cities and Towns]]

[[Category:Japanese Cities and Towns]]