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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Sister cities of Sapporo — sistercity.info</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/assets/css/stylesheet.css?f" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico?f" /> <script async="async" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/assets/js/common.js?f"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/leaflet.css?v=0.6.4" /> <!--[if lte IE 8]> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/leaflet.ie.css?v=0.6.4"/> <![endif]--> <script src="/assets/js/leaflet.js?v=0.6.4"></script> </head> <body> <div class="header-wrapper"> <div class="header"> <a href="/">Sister Cities of the World</a> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper"> <div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Home</a> <span class="unicode-arrow">▶</span> <a href="/countries/">Countries</a> <span class="unicode-arrow">▶</span> <a href="/countries/jp.html">Japan</a> <span class="unicode-arrow">▶</span> Sapporo</div> <div class="ad ad-top"> <script> <!-- injectTopAd(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); --> </script> </div> <div class="content"> <h1>Sister cities of Sapporo</h1> <ul class="sister-cities"> <li class="flag-list-elem"> <div class="flag flag-de"></div> <div class="label"><a href="Munich.html">Munich</a> <span title="Reciprocal link">⇄</span></div> </li> <li class="flag-list-elem"> <div class="flag flag-ru"></div> <div class="label"><a href="Novosibirsk.html">Novosibirsk</a> <span title="Reciprocal link">⇄</span></div> </li> <li class="flag-list-elem"> <div class="flag flag-id"></div> <div class="label"><a href="Palembang.html">Palembang</a> <span title="Inbound link">←</span></div> </li> <li class="flag-list-elem"> <div class="flag flag-us"></div> <div class="label"><a href="Portland%2C%20Oregon.html">Portland, Oregon</a> <span title="Reciprocal link">⇄</span></div> </li> <li class="flag-list-elem"> <div class="flag flag-cn"></div> <div class="label"><a href="Shenyang.html">Shenyang</a> <span title="Outbound link">→</span></div> </li> </ul> <div id="map" class="map"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- (function() { L.Icon.Default.imagePath = '/assets/images/leaflet'; var map = L.map('map').setView([43.067, 141.350], 4); map.attributionControl.setPrefix(false); L.tileLayer('http://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', { attribution: 'Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors', maxZoom: 18, subdomains: 'ab' }).addTo(map); L.marker([43.067, 141.350]).addTo(map); })(); --> </script> <div class="city-article"> <p><b>Sapporo</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">札幌市</span><span class="t_nihongo_comma" style="display:none">,</span> <i>Sapporo-shi</i>)</span> listen is the fourth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Located in Ishikari Subprefecture, it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan. </p> <p>Sapporo is known outside Japan for having hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first ever held in Asia, and for the city's annual <i>Yuki Matsuri</i>, internationally referred to as the Sapporo Snow Festival, which draws more than 2 million tourists from around the world. The city is also home to Sapporo Brewery and the famous white chocolate biscuits called <i>shiroi koibito</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja" xml:lang="ja">白い恋人</span>, "white sweetheart")</span>. </p> </div> <p class="license">Content on this page is licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">CC-BY-SA</a> from the authors of the following Wikipedia pages: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20twin%20towns%20and%20sister%20cities%20in%20Japan" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">List of twin towns and sister cities in Japan</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapporo" onclick="window.open(this.href); return false">Sapporo</a>. Note that the data on Wikipedia is highly unreliable. In many cases, sister cities are missing or wrongly listed. Some cities also have different levels of partnership. If you find an error, please make a correction on the relevant Wikipedia pages and cite your sources.</p> </div> <div class="ad ad-bottom"> <script> <!-- injectBottomAd(); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); --> </script> </div> <div class="footer"> <a href="/privacy-policy.html">Privacy Policy</a> <span class="sep">•</span> <a href="/contact.html">Contact</a> </div> </div> </body> </html>