Hi all, new here.

Just wanted to say hi. Good to find this place. Used to live in Kyushu but changed that all around now and am in Sapporo. Great city.

If anyone is ever up here give me a shout!

Haro


Good city. I will be there.

Great place.

I love Kyushu - where bouts were you?

Sapporo is great too! Some delish Ramen, just like Hakata! Maybe youre a ramen connoisseur?

Sapporo is nice.

Yeah, Sapporo is nice, for a Japanese city. Good food, ski hills that you can take public transportation to, and...



KING XMU!!!!

Everyone seems to like Sapporo.
Can't say that about many Japanese cities.

Tokyo is not bad either, if you like big cities that is.
Fukuoka rocks!

for Kobe too

ger has never been to Kobe, dont listen to him

I prefer Asahikawa...

Is that still open? Haven't really been near that part of Susukino in a while...

How do you pronounce that?!

I went to Sapporo once. Nice city.

Sapporo is ace. Friendly people, great bars, virtually flat for cycling, and a festival around every corner. You've just missed the beer festival featuring the attack of the six-litre Kirin beer towers (marketing genius), but you're right on time for the 'Sapporo Autumn Fest - since 2008'!

http://www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp/english/event/september.html#autumnfest

Enjoy...

You lucky, lucky person. With great food (crab, ghengis khan, and ramen), friendly people, a comfortable climate, mountains nearby - and municipal ski resorts within the city limits...! - what more can you possibly need from a city, I ask you?

I hope that your heater works OK... that's all.

・West 5
Hokkaido gourmet and ramen noodle festival 2008.
15 popular ramen shops will be open. There will also be gourmets like "Okhotsk Kitami salt yakisoba", "Nihon Sea Shrimp and octopus gyoza", "Furano Omelet-curry".


・West 6
Odori Bazaar Amigo!
An open cafe during daytime, and a special bar at night, will be open with the collaboration of 6 restaurants of Odori area and "Sapporo Tapas". You can discover every day the "food" and "culture" of Sapporo downtown. Music and performances are to be held on stage.

・West 7
Hokkaido sake and appetizers.
Presentation of appetizers and food made from Hokkaido sake and ingredients, especially in the Odori Park 7-chome Bar where you can try good sake. There is also a concierge corner where food writers will present their suggestion of Sapporo restaurants.

・West 8
Sapporo Odori Furusato Market
Formerly named “Linkage up Festival”, it is held every weekend. More than 100 cities, towns, and villages will sell their freshest fishes, seafood, vegetables, beers and juices.


West 7

I'm not joking, folks here in Sapporo seem to start getting edgy if there hasn't been a festival for a day or two. I recently thought I'd made it through a day's riding around without riding into the middle of festival, and then I turned a corner and rolled straight into what appeared to be a fire services festival. It had extendo-ladder rides for the kids, 'see if you can hold on to this high-pressure hose' challenges, 'try and light these flame-retardant babies clothes' opportunities, and a jazz band smack in the middle of it. The winner for me was the smoke alarm demo tent. I was ushered into a tent filled with dry-ice smoke, screeching smoke alarms and an unknown number of other people. Visibility was zero so I was encouraged on my way in to clap my hands so that I didn't bump into other distressed fire victims. I would have gladly obliged had I not been pissing my pants laughing...

Around the next corner was four closed-off streets worth of street-drinking and eating - a rehearsal for the real Susukino Festival, apparently. Sapporo, as I said, is ace.

I like Sapporo very much, even without the festivals. The atmosphere and the food and drink really is ace.

It's a great place - even without the festivals.

I hear many times of Sapporo being great.
What exactly makes it so?