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[Photo from welcome.city.sapporo.jp]

[Photo from welcome.city.sapporo.jp]

A Summertime Treat for Both Locals and Tourists

The Sapporo Summer Festival attracts more than a million visitors to its cavernous beer garden stretching from 5-chome to 11-chome in Odori Park operating for about a month; a Hokkai Bon Odori dance; the Sapporo Bazaar antique fair, the Tanuki Festival along the Tanukikoji shopping street; the Susukino Festival, and numerous other events held in conjunction with it. When it began in 1954, the main site was Nakajima Park and featured a boat festival, bon odori dancing, fireworks display, firefly hunting, and the Tanabata star festival. The venue moved to Odori Park in 1957, and the beer garden first appeared at 6-chome in 1959.

Place: Odori Park, Sapporo Tanukikoji Shopping District, Susukino District

Telephone: 011-281-6400 (Sapporo Summer Festival Executive Committee)

Website: www.sapporo-natsu.com