Our hotel main entrance is right on an arcade - it's festive here year round.
Some preliminary sights for the day...
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Almost a saint, so close, at least she's now besties with the marshmallow fellow, that's gotta be worth something.
We're now on the bus heading to the historical Sapporo brewery - here we pass one of their other historical locations, now re-molded into a shopping complex.
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Now at the official historical presentation facility of Sapporo brewing:
We take a brief self-guided tour, headed towards the tasting room.
Seeing a collection of old promotional posters along the path...
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We made it to the tasters, some are available at this location only - a couple from recipes of their yesteryear.
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 |  After the Sapporo brewery tour, we headed to the long central park - Odori Park - where the landscaping and people watching is expected to be a sight to behold. However we found something unexpected..... |
"A Summertime Treat for Both Locals and Tourists -- July 21 – August 16, 2023
The Sapporo Summer Festival attracts more than a million visitors to its extensive beer garden stretching 6-blocks of Odori Park. The event goes back almost 70 years."
The Sapporo Summer Festival attracts more than a million visitors to its extensive beer garden stretching 6-blocks of Odori Park. The event goes back almost 70 years."
Sapporo brewing had the largest venue, of course...
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...we then hit Asahi, Suntory, and finally Kirin.
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The Krewe of Cats even joined in on the festivities.
The look of "I've had enough beer for today, domo arie gato (thank you very much)".
And to cap the day, Tim found "Speedracer's Mach One" car, and couldn't resist throwing down 7 bucks for it.
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