History of Sapporo

Interactive reading is a special technique of memorizing information based on interval repetition.
Dates of important events are missing in the text, and you will need to add them.
If you specify a right date - you move forward, and if youre wrong - start over.
This is a very effective way of learning of new material (as opposed to usual reading).
In such a manner youll actually remember what you read!

Sapporo listen is the fourth largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Located in Ishikari Subprefecture, it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan. Sapporo is known outside Japan for having hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first ever held in Asia, and for the citys annual Yuki Matsuri, internationally referred to as the Sapporo Snow Festival, which draws more than 2 million tourists from around the world. The city is also home to Sapporo Brewery and the white chocolate biscuits called shiroi koibito (白い恋人, "white sweetheart")....