Sapporo, Japan

Sapporo, Japan, Sapporo listen is the fourth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the island of Hokkaido. It is the capital of Hokkaid?? Prefecture, located in Ishikari Subprefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan.

Sapporo is known outside Japan for hosting the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first ever held in Asia, and for the city’s annual Yuki Matsuri, 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 shiroi koibito ( “lovers in white”), exclusively sold in Hokkaido.