HOKKAIDO Trip 北海道之旅

First stop:SAPPORO（札幌）

Odori is a natural park located in the city center, also a favorite resting place of people. A large number of stone carving(石雕), fountain（喷泉）, lilac（紫丁香）, ocean Ash（洋槐树）… more than 70 kinds of flowers. About 1.5 km in the park is planted very charming. Every winter the famous Sapporo（札幌） Snow Festival will be held here. In summer the park is also open courtyard-style（庭院式） beer café（啤酒茶座） for visitors to summer holidays. Odori Park for the year also provide a venue for holding various sports competitions.

There r some pictures about Odori PARK! Here’s the Lavender(薰衣草)!

Sapporo（札幌） TV Tower stands in the east of Odori Park. It’s 147 Sapporo（札幌） TV Tower stands in the east of Odori Park .It’s 147.2 meters high.The tower is the eye-catching signs of Odori Park. Sapporo TV Tower was built in 1957. U can enjoy 360-degree panoramic(全景） view of Sapporo city, The tower also has restaurants, property hall, dining shopping. At night, Sapporo TV Tower in the lantern is beautiful under irradiation（照射）. During the winter festival the park is visited by people all over the world.

Sapporo（札幌） Art Forest is the largest integrated cultural forest（综合文化森林）, located in the Southern District of Sapporo city wide green hills, is a nature museum. In the beautiful lawns（草坪） and birch（白桦） woods, there r 74 art sculptures patchwork. In the indoor museum also displays a large number of paintngs and exhibition held regularly. There r DIY glass crafts（DIY玻璃手工艺品）Workshops, very interesting! There is also a famous Japanese writer：TakeoArisima（岛武郎）‘s old mansion（旧公馆） etc.. Come here to experience the perfect combination of nature and art！！！！！！！

DIY glass craft!!!

TakeoArisima（岛武郎）‘s old mansion（旧公馆）

NEXT STOP:OTARU（小樽）

Otaru Canal 小樽运河

A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. This is a moving spectacle（场面）, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

LAST STOP:Hakodate (函館)

Hakodate (函馆) is full of fun in the northern port（港口） city, the brink of the Strait（濒临海峡）, known as the southern gate of Hokkaido（北海道）, is the metropolis（大都会）. As a trading（贸易） port of Hakkaido，It was the first city influenced by Western cultural. Hakodate‘s a lot of historical buildings, the city is full of Japanese culture and foreign culture, blending of the exotic(混合得奇异). As a fishing port, Hakodate’s water industry developed.

Hakodate Mountain（函馆山） is the only mountain in Hakodate , 334 meters above sea level.Hakodateyama tenbodai（函馆山展望台） is located in Mt Peak, is the best location overlooking the Hakodate night. From here to look at the night view of Hakodate, and the scenery of the Straits has become an indispensable tourist. Up the hill to take in relation to vehicles, from the foot of the mountain to the Peak of the station just 3 minutes. Observatory also features restaurants and gift shops.

Everbright

Japanese firework

Welcome to Hokkaido

B Y E