Mapachi Street houses most fashionable shops, restaurants and shopping stores. There are in between, art galleries, museums, amusement parks and in the heart of the University of Hokkaido, the Japanese garden with over 4,000 plant species spread over an area of more than 14 hectares. The Ainu Museum of tickets may know the traditions and culture of the Ainu.
Among the famous restaurant of the place, their noodles are the Susukino (Japanese pampas grass) is always full of tourists and visitors, very good food.
A singularity of Hokkaido, is as already mentioned earlier, his exuberant nature, which is not in the big cities of Japan, forget that one thing that attracts attention and is justified by the high prices in Japan, is that people large cities, the grocery shopping done considering the portion “fair” deal for your menu that day, exact purchase a lemon, a tomato, an egg, no excesses, as Latinos become accustomed, that despite high inflation we are experiencing, we are doing the weekly shopping in abundance, in addition for us is allowed to have the number of children they give us the win, which is also restricted in Japan due to the overpopulation of cities, leading to a progressive aging of its inhabitants, in addition, women have become increasingly sophisticated and want to develop their career rather than primarily to family.
The clubs are separate point, the Japanese have entertainment centers very similar to those Western countries, were it not for the freedoms have been so suspended until a few years ago there would be far safer than they are in front reels the other hemisphere.
Among the culinary specialties of Hokkaido you can not lose, are the raw fish sashimi, sushi or cooked with vegetables, steamed vegetables and salmon in soy and butter, there’s the grilled meat with sauce. Hokkaido wines are remarkable, highlighting Ikeda, Furano and Otaru, in its capital, Sapporo, paradise or ramen shops, you can taste each of them. In stores, there are handicrafts made of glass, wood, bamboo, delicate paintings, postcards and souvenirs, some traditional replicas of the Ainu race.
Another striking industry developed in Hokkaido, is the milk, which appropriated the entire value chain produces Western-style cakes of dough, butter, milk and fresh cream, very popular. They also make cakes Japanese azuki beans and fresh milk.
In Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, it is easy to navigate through the four subway lines and trams. The spotlight is based mainly in Susukino, with numerous restaurants, clubs and pubs. The specialty is the capital of Genghis Khan, lamb and grilled vegetables prepared in a cast iron skillet.
Saporo is named after a famous local beer, whose entire process is exhibited in the museum Sapporo-Beer-en (Garden of the Museum and Sapporo Beer.) Saporo in 1972, host the Winter Olympic games, it’s good to go and experience its sights including the Odori Koen (Odori Park) located in the center of the city-kan Hakubutsu minzoku Ainu (Ainu Museum and Botanical Garden) open every day, Moiwa-yama Ropeway (Cable Car Monte Mirador and Moiwa) usually runs until 19:00.
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