Japan Trip 2016
Mt. Moira and Sapporo
Sapporo is a modern city with tall buildings but is also a very clean city as is all of Japan.
Photos from Damian Schumacher
Some of our group viewing the city of Sapporo from Mt. Moira
Warren Alpaugh, Yuri Sakurai and Roy Gettz enjoying lunch at Mt. Moira
Louise Cooper in the gift shop at Mt. Moira
We stopped at Hokkaido Jingu (Hokkaido Shrine) on our way to Sapporo.
Cleansing ceremony at Hokkaido Jingu
Yoshiko Yurikami, Mototsugu Minoura, and Kenichiro Fujiki our very helpful guides on our trip.
Kumi and John Kaye, Harry Garcia, Allan Cooper and Cynthia Patterson.
Cynthia Patterson, Kumi Kaye, Yoshiko Yurikami, and Harry Garcia leaving the Sake Museum in Sapporo.
Sapporo Clock Tower in Sapporo designed by an American. The oldest building in Sapporo.
Modern Sapporo
With all it's modern architecture the Odori Park still remains in the center of the city.
Cynthia Patterson posing in Odori Park in front of the Sapporo TV Tower
A view of the city of Sapporo.
Some of the modern buildings in Sapporo
The city with parks running down through the center.
The city of Sapporo, Odori Park and the mountains in the background.
The city with it's skyscrapers. No longer confined to 8 stories like it was back in the 60s.
Construction is present all around the city of Sapporo.
The teenagers have become westernised and hit McDonalds after school.
The Sapporo Train Station. Beneath it is the entrance to the subway and underground shopping center.
You can now walk from the train station to the TV Tower and Odori Park underground and shop along the way.
They are well prepared for winter.
There is now a high speed toll road to take you from Sapporo to Chitose as well as many other cities in the area.
