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Sapporo

Sapporo, Japan, hosted the 1972 Winter Olympic Games, the first winter games ever held in Asia. Many of us know the Sapporo brand of beer, which comes from the city of Sapporo, but how did the city get its name? Sapporo is in a Ishikari Plain, a wide flat plain in an otherwise mountainous region. […]

Posted byJohnFebruary 27, 2010Posted inCities & Towns, PlacesTags: japan, olympic cities, sapporo, snow festival, snow sculpture, winter olympic citiesLeave a comment on Sapporo

Nagano

Host of the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano, Japan has a name that’s tough to track down. According to both Placenames Of The World and namelab it is derived from the Japanese words naga meaning “long” and no meaning “field.” I haven’t been to Nagano, but a quick Google Image Search reveals that the city itself […]

Posted byJohnFebruary 18, 2010Posted inCities & Towns, PlacesTags: japan, manhole, nagano, olympic cities, winter olympic citiesLeave a comment on Nagano

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