Best Western Hotel Sapporo Nakajima Koen

The Best Western Hotel Sapporo Nakajima Koen in Sapporo is very close to Nakajima Koen subway station on the Namboku Line and the attractions in Nakajima Park such as the Hoheikan, the Sapporo Astronomical Observatory and the Hassoan teahouse.

The 278 guest rooms at the Best Western Hotel Sapporo Nakajima Koen offer excellent, modern facilities and the hotel has a restaurant, bar, Internet access and cable TV.

The Best Western Hotel Sapporo Nakajima Koen in Sapporo was built in 2010 and is a short walk from Nakajima Koen and close to Sapporo city center by subway.

The Best Western Hotel Sapporo Nakajima Koen
10-10 Nishi 3-chome
Minami 8-jo
Chuo-ku
Sapporo
064-0808
Tel: 011-530-4055
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Premium Alcohol Free Beer

プレミアムアルコールフリー

Another non-alcohol beer on the Japanese market is Premium Alcohol Free from Sapporo.

It's low on calories only 22 and also on price, costing only 138 yen at my local convenience store.

Actually, this was probably the best of the zero alcohol beers I have been trying recently in terms of color, aroma and taste. The rather chemical aftertaste associated with other zeros on the market only came right at the end of the can and not as strongly as I had experienced before. I am not going to be dashing out and buying a six-pack of this anytime soon, but if you need a non-alcohol "beer" - this could be it.

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Sapporo Snow Festival 2012

さっぽろ雪まつり

The Sapporo Snow Festival started on Monday and will run until 12th February this year. This is the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival.



The main places to see the ice and snow sculptures are: Odori Park, Tsudome Community Dome and Susukino - the main entertainment area of Sapporo, south of Sapporo Station. This year's sculptures include a vast Taj Mahal, an ice National Palace Museum from Taiwan and Tsuruga Castle from Fukushima prefecture.



As well as the amazing ice sculptures, other entertainments include an "Ice Queen" contest (held in Susukino, of course), snow slides and mazes and lots of great Hokkaido food and drink such as hot potatoes, seafood and ramen.

Sapporo Snow Festival 2012
Tel: 011 211 2376



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Sapporo Kaitakushi Beer Premium

サッポロ 札幌開拓使麦酒

One of the better classic Japanese beer re-releases for the winter season is Sapporo's Kaitakushi Beer Premium, supposedly a return to the taste of the first beers produced at the Sapporo brewery way back in the late 19th century.

The limited release beer is available in convenience stores and is one of the best pale ale type beers we have sampled in Japan. With an ABV of 5.5%, Sapporo Kaitakushi Beer Premium has more of a kick than common or garden Japanese lagers and it's fairly tasty and with a nice color and aroma to boot.

For recent updates on new Japanese beer releases check out the informative japanbeer.wordpress.com

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