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Continental Airlines Hospitals http://www.staralliance.com/en/ Sapporo City General Hospital ●Mombetsu http://www.city.sapporo.jp/city/english/index.html AUTUMN Cathay Pacific Airways ●Abashiri http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_JP/homepage Asahikawa ● Hokkaido University Hospital Otaru China Southern Airlines http://www.huhp.hokudai.ac.jp/english/med01.html 2012 ● http://www.cs-air.jp/ Sapporo Medical University Hospital Niseko ● ●Sapporo Sakhalin Airlines http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/byoin/ Chitose ● ●Kushiro Okushiri Obihiro ● http://www.satairlines.ru/index.php ● Library Eva Air http://www.evaair.com/html/b2c/english/ Sapporo Chuo Library Hakodate ● http://www.city.sapporo.jp/toshokan/english/english.html Jin Air http://www.jinair.com/Language/ENG/ Foreign Currency Exchange Information Eastar Air North Pacific Bank http://www.eastarjet.com/book/index.htm?lang=en http://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ Police International Airport Hokkaido Bank 110 http://www.hokkaidobank.co.jp/service/foreigncash/ index.html Emergency http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/ Post Office 119 Trains Sapporo Central Post Office Tourist Information JR Hokkaido http://www.japanpost.jp/ http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html Sapporo International Telephone http://www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp/english/access/ JR Information Desk information.html JR West Exit (8:30 – 19:00) http://hokkaido.jp.currentlocaltimes.com/dialingcode.html New Chitose Airport Station (8:30 – 19:00) Hokkaido International Community http://en.visit-hokkaido.jp/ Buses Sapporo International Communication Plaza JNTO Hokkaido Chuo Bus http://www.plaza-sapporo.or.jp/english/index_e.html http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/hokkaido/ http://www.chuo-bus.co.jp/sightseeing.en/ Emergency Hospital Ferries Sapporo City General Hospital Shin Ferry Consulates General http://www.city.sapporo.jp/foreign/index.html http://www.snf.jp/pdf/english.pdf Hokkaido University Hospital Taiheiyo Ferry Consulate-General of the United States of http://www.huhp.hokudai.ac.jp/english/med01.html http://www.taiheiyo-ferry.co.jp/english/index.html America Kita 1-jo Nishi 28-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0821 Domestic Airlines MOL Ferry Japan http://www.sunflower.co.jp/english/index.shtml Tel: +81-11-641-1115 Fax: +81-11-643-1283 Japan Airlines (JAL) http://sapporo.usconsulate.gov/ http://www.jal.co.jp/ Car Rentals Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea All Nippon Airways (ANA) JR Kita 2-jo Nishi 12-chome 1-4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo https://www.ana.co.jp/ http://www2.tocoo.jp/?file=rentcar_inbound/branch&id= 060-0002 Japan 82008&prefecture=1 Tel: +81-11-218-0288 Fax: +81-11-218-8158 Hokkaido International Airlines (AIR DO) http://jpn-sapporo.mofat.go.kr/languages/as/ http://www.airdo.jp/ap/index.html Nippon Rent-A-Car jpn-sapporo/main/index.jsp http://www2.tocoo.jp/?file=rentcar_inbound/branch&id= Skymark Airlines (SKYMARK) 23019&prefecture=1 http://www.skymark.co.jp/ja/ Consulate-General of the Russian Federation TOYOTA Minami 14-jo Nishi 12-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo Peach Aviation http://www.toyotarentacar.net/english/ 064-0914 Japan http://www.flypeach.com/home.aspx Tel: +81-11-561-3171 Fax: +81-11-561-8897 Art Galleries and Museums http://www1.odn.ne.jp/ruscons_sapporo/ Jetstar Airways http://www.jetstar.com/us/en/home Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of http://www.aurora-net.or.jp/art/dokinbi/ China Air Asia Minami 13-jo Nishi 23-chome 5-1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo http://www.airasia-japan.com/ Historical Museum of Hokkaido 064-0913 Japan http://www.hmh.pref.hokkaido.jp/ Tel: +81-11-563-5563 Fax: +81-11-563-1818 International Airlines http://sapporo.china-consulate.org/jpn/ (Japanese) Historical Village of Hokkaido Air China international http://www.kaitaku.or.jp/info/info.htm Australian Consulate http://www.airchina.jp/en/index.html Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido Sapporo Center Bldg. 17F, Kita 5-jo Nishi 6-chome, Korean Air http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/hk/mkb/ Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0005 Japan http://www.koreanair.com/?rgn=jp&lang=jpn Tel: +81-11-242-4381 Fax: +81-11-242-4383 Asahikawa Museum of Art http://www.australia.or.jp/en/consular/sapporo/ http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.jp/hk-asamu/

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Oct. 6 to 8 Mombetsu Gourmet Festival Oct. 6 to Nov. 4 Autumn Festa in Tokachigawa Oct. 7 Sobetsu Apple Festival AUTUMN Oct. 7 Ikeda Wine Festival 2012 September – the month in which autumn arrives Oct. 7 Tsukiura Wine Festival Oct. 8 Hakucho Ohashi Half Marathon CONTENTS in Hokkaido Oct. 14 Date Agriculture and Fisheries Festival Oct. 20 to Nov. 4 Chrysanthemum Festival Salmon return up the Toyohira River and spawn in Oct. 21 Star Watching in Ashibetsu What’s On the center of the metropolis, and the appetite for Oct. 28 to Nov. 4 Obihiro Chrysanthemum Festival (Otaru, Sapporo & Jozankei, Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 Sapporo Chrysanthemum Festival delicious autumn food increases among the people Publisher Translation Niseko) ...... 2, 3 Late Oct. Hokkaido Large Kite Festival in Samani Event Convention Pro Inc. Toshiyuki Yamaguchi of the city. The taste of autumn in Hokkaido Nov. 3 Nobechi Salmon Festival in Kaori Yamada Walk Talk comprises blessings from nature in the form of Nov. 10 to Dec. 9 Sapporo Art Stage 2012 Editor in Chief (Lake Shikotsu, Lake Toya, delicacies of the sea and land. How about some Nov. 11 to Dec. 25 Otaru Long X’mas Shinichi Hisamatsu Webmaster Noboribetsu)...... 4 Nov. 22 to Feb. 11 Sapporo White Illumination Noriko Kodaira delicious -nabe, sanpei-jiru, chanchan-yaki Nov. 26 to Dec. 24 German Christmas Market in Sapporo Contributing Editor Special Feature or butter-sautéed salmon at one of the bustling David Barnett Design (Sorachi Wine Road) ..... 5 – 7 Teruya Fujioka salmon-fishing ports, or Pacific saury and What is HOKKAIDO Walk-a-pedia? Information ...... 8 fine-tasting salmon roe that melts in the mouth? Contact Hokkaido’s specialty, potatoes steamed and topped HOKKAIDO Walk-a-pedia is a periodical web magazine, whose title is based on c/o Event Convention Pro Inc. shiokara the meaning of a “walking encyclopedia of Hokkaido.” This tourism information Kitaguchi Yoshiya Bldg. 7F, Kita 7-jo Nishi 4-chome 8-3, Kita-ku, with or butter, or corn on the cob – grilled booklet introduces the abundant nature, excellent environment, safe food and Sapporo 060-0807 Japan FREE or boiled. It’s also the season for fruit picking, with fresh juicy grapes, apples and pears. And of charming citizens of Hokkaido, an Asian resort area for high-end travelers from Tel: +81-11-299-5910 Fax: +81-11-299-5911 around the world. The tourism-related information is collected and released by http://www.ec-pro.co.jp/hokkaido-pedia/ course, September brings Japan’s first autumn leaves to the Mountains, heralding the members of Hokkaido’s international community. arrival of one of the most delicious and beautiful seasons here in Hokkaido.