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Sapporo is the famouswinter sports place in the world, it had hosted the winter Olympic Games in 1972,which is the first chance to Asia to hold this important game. And now are actively bidding for the 2026 winter Olympics. In addition, Sapporo is attracting much attention as city of tourism with attractions such as the “Sapporo Snow Festival” which began in 1950, the “YOSOKOI Soran Festival” which began in1992 and the “Sapporo International Art Festival” which began in2014. Odori Park is called a park, but it’s really a street. Odori Park, which is usually a very calm and relaxed space, is also used for many of Hokkaido’s best-known seasonal events, such as the Snow Festival in the winter, Lilac Festival in the spring, YOSAKOI Soran Festival and beer garden in the summer, and Autumn Festival, which brings together various Hokkaido cuisines, in the fall. “Sapporo Snow Festival” is the big day In every early February each year, in that period, you can appreciateart of ice engraving in Odori Park’s 1.5 kilometers artistic road, there’s more than 200million tourists get here to enjoy this happy time. Clock Tower.The clock tower was built in 1878, about 130 years ago. This structure was built as a drill hall for Sapporo agricultutal college (now Hokkaido University).The ringing of its bell is a comforting sound to those who call Sapporo their hometown.