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Utashinai Sunagawa Tel: +81-11-241-0100 Urausu Kamifurano grown to become Japan’s 5th largest Garden In Odori Park in the center of the Atsuta (Sapporo Reservation Center) Naie Nakafurano metropolis, with a population of over 1.9 ④ Soup curry brimming with Hokkaido city, autumn delicacies such as grilled Shakotan Tsukigata Bibai Furano Furubira Reception hours: 8:00 to 20:00 million. This modern city, with its vegetables and boiled corn-on-the-cob can be Ishikari Otaru Tobetsu Mikasa https://toyotarentacar.net/english/ skyscrapers and contemporary ⑤ Hokkaido sweets such as Shiroikoibito enjoyed while sitting around the Kamoenai Yoichi Iwamizawa Minamifurano architecture, also boasts an abundance of or LeTAO cheesecake fountains.