with a population of just under 2
million people saparua is Japan's fifth
largest city situated on the northern
island of Hokkaido over the years I've
always found people speak very highly of
Sapporo
whether it's the vibrant neon-lit
nightlife for the local cuisine or the
laid-back culture of the city and so I
was keen to go and pay a visit meanwhile
my good friend ASCII never set foot on
the island of Hokkaido despite living
just a few hours away and so we both
decided to finally go and explore it
firsthand and see what we could do on a
two-day trip to the city
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along the way we'll be checking out the
food the nightlife and a crazy
confectionary filled Wonderland our
first stop is or doggie Park in the
heart of the city home to the infamous
Apple or Snow Festival in February and -
the city's iconic TV tower just like
meaning to Tokyo Tower we need to take
your tower but its convenience where
it's got a big clip on it because cross
the one thing take a tower doesn't have
a giant Panasonic cloth when I arrived
in a new city the first thing I like to
do is go up a tower get kind of 360 view
of the city bit like Assassin's Creed
except unlike Assassin's Creed I'm not
going to jump off into a pile of hay
after this is one of the best views I've
had in a Japanese city so far mainly
because the way orderid Park stretches
out before you there stomach its power
right past but powerful Japanese say
always say power spots Paulo spots
turmeric rubbing mmm this spots it's
more power natural power natural power
not a man-made Tower mysterious multi
and sun's light sunset sunset and temple
the shrine wasn't the only thing we
found ups a poor TV tower though we also
came face to face with one of her chi
days most adorable mascots
jinke drinking tonight oh my god
it's melon bear
Dental human data keep its swing human
teeth teeth at what point did somebody
think that was like an appropriate
mascot the absolute personification of
the child's nightmare brought to life
and made into a Sephora mascot
surprisingly despite staring at melon
bears nightmarish face we were still
hungry and so we headed off to try
supper all's most famous dish
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Genghis Khan or dingus Karl as it's
known in Japanese is a mutton barbecue
dish grilled on an iron plate over a
charcoal fire as the fat drips out of
the sizzling mutton it runs down the
iron plate and marinades the vegetables
below typically onions which help
sweeten the taste of the meat the dish
became popular in Hokkaido in the mid
20th century as it's traditionally one
of the few places in Japan that sheep
were raised and as for the name Genghis
Khan well everybody just assumed mutton
was popular in Mongolia and Genghis Khan
from there in it that's that's genuinely
how they thought the name up
still with about 30 customers crammed
into the second floor restaurant the
constant sound of sizzling and an
atmosphere comprised of 90% smoke not
everyone leaves the intense dining
experience with a smile on their face no
noisy and a busy and quickly no no no
you're angry because you could smoke
that's the real reason yeah it's llama
shop star a quickly quickly creepy get
in creepy quitting get out get out get
out get out but the meat was good right
good quality air quality and the taste
quality is nice very nice knowing good
good me
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there are three cities in Japan where
I've had my blade runner on earth moment
Osaka
Dalton lorry crossing Tokyo we should be
a crossing and now here ciske nor in
Sapporo we've walked around support all
day today and sapper all station the
area is quite quiet this is where the
action is kind of like the entertainment
district full of bars restaurants shops
people lights this is where we're
staying this is where our hotel is and
if you come here to stay in sorrow this
is the place I recommend even the
McDonald's food school look at the neon
lights on that
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perhaps the best view of Siskin or
crossing is from flair bar one of the
only bars in Safarov
with cocktail magic or whatever it's
called when you get thirsty throw
bottles around in the air with a
complete disregard for health and safety
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overlooking 16 a crossing I'm gonna play
a traditional game of zapper oh yeah
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I don't think nasty knows how to play
Jenga we decided to kick off our second
day in support with a bowl of ramen to
see if Hokkaido's traditionally Miss
obeys ramen lived up to his reputation
so it's 11:15 the ramen shop doesn't
open for another 15 minutes and already
there is a queue around the block
standard Japanese ramen place that's got
a good reputation always a good sign
though so these are our toppings for
garment
he's got his corn everything everything
is on the court I've got butter Hokkaido
is really well known for dairy foods so
I got some butter as a top thing to put
on my ramen which makes an already
fairly unhealthy dish just a little bit
more healthy then again when it comes to
ramen it's best not to best not to
calorie count
you love your chili there's fantastic
the soup is there probably the highlight
of this hitch kind of tastes like thick
gravy with a hint of butter because I
just stopped those about today
yeah it tastes a bit like gravy one step
no.9
a really hot boiling Asahi super drive
might be Japan's biggest beer brand
today but it's not the oldest that crown
goes to SAP raw which was founded in
1876 and today the striking redbrick
brewery still remains where beer lovers
from around the world make the
pilgrimage to enjoy beer learn how it's
brewed and of course take selfies
awkwardly in front of the building
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maybe good smell
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Nabby Smith Robert Smith pretty be
for charity for torture it is quite
honestly a children that does not drink
you can get drunk
besides if you can't get drunk at a very
great marketing campaign slogan DVD five
star ddddd five star just high up and
it's a five star this beer is exclusive
to the factory and it's like normal
suffer all but a little bit lighter in
flavor viscosity well I find most people
seem to like us are hey dunno why it
tastes like carbonated water if you're
gonna drink one beer in Japan suck all
beer that's why one avocado is best
known sweets are shenoy koibito cookies
and the ECS sweet company that bakes
them and the smart idea returning their
factory into a thriving theme park that
feels like a cross between Disneyland
Willy Wonka's chocolate factory and some
kind of bizarre European village and
surprisingly it works
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come on in my house so hard life living
in a tiny house I'll leave you to thanks
for letting us into your house that was
pretty good max good kind of like
Sapporo's answer to Disneyland if
Disneyland and a cookie factory combined
this is what it would look like also a
little bit creepy will there
animatronic chefs dancing around hello
it's Gary other than that I love it now
we just gotta go and try some cookies
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and that's a it's a rather slick
operation never seen so many biscuits
for my life Wow
have you seen the cookies rolling off
the assembly line I was desperate to get
hold of a box myself but rather than
simply buying a standard box of cookies
Netsky had other ideas
so that gives this did we get some
biscuits with our face on the box which
is like some sort of really awful kind
of merchandise but the biscuits
themselves are the ones that are made in
the awesome Factory the koibito Factory
and they are regarded as sap world's
most popular on the argue there's number
one kind of souvenir they're really good
actually
oh I'll show you them it's basically
just two biscuits with some chocolate
sandwich between it you know when you
bake cookies and it comes out the oven
that's kind of nicely soft and fresh
it's kind of like that that's the same
kind of texture it's not crunchy hard
biscuits and I saw four I've just got an
ASCII standing here with a camera
filming me eating biscuits Oh what
premium lifestyle is [ __ ] it out don't
over the floor Oh daddy four ways now
we had a great time in sacral but what
did we miss out if you visited the city
let us know where you recommend for our
next trip as it's somewhere I definitely
plan to go back to for more than just 48
hours this video was made in
collaboration with Japan national
tourism office in UK if you're visiting
Japan and looking for things to do
around the country or in Hokkaido you
can check out their glamorous websites
for ideas and inspiration in the
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but for now guys as always many thanks
for watching and we'll see you next
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