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Overnight express train ends service

Edit The Japan News 22 Mar 2016
Jiji Press SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — Arriving at Sapporo Station, the Hamanasu overnight express train ended 28 years of operations on the morning of Tuesday, four days before the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line. At the station in Sapporo, about 700 fans gathered to see the train connecting Sapporo and Aomori Station ......

Express train retires before Hokkaido Shinkansen opening

Edit Kyodo 22 Mar 2016
SAPPORO - Rail fans observe the retiring Hamanasu express train's arrival at JR Sapporo Station on March 22, 2... ....

Railways unveil plans for luxury sleepers / High-end cars aimed partly at wealthy foreign visitors

Edit The Japan News 29 Feb 2016
The Yomiuri ShimbunEast Japan Railway Co ... The overnight sleeper train Cassiopeia, which runs between Ueno and Sapporo stations, will cease operations in March of this year ... Twilight Express, another sleeper train that operated between Osaka and Sapporo, was discontinued in March last year. Cypress bathtub — JR East ... The deluxe train will depart from Ueno Station, with three courses ranging from one to three nights aboard the train ... + - ... ....

Sold out in 25 seconds: Japan’s shinkansen fans brave cold for for first Hokkaido-Tokyo line tickets

Edit South China Morning Post 26 Feb 2016
Some fans stayed overnight at Sapporo and Hakodate stations to purchase the first train tickets ... After spending the night in a sleeping bag at Sapporo Station, Naoto Okabe, 32, got ......

People queue up for Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train tickets

Edit Kyodo 26 Feb 2016
SAPPORO, Japan - People line up outside JR Sapporo Station in Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, at around 2.20 a.m... ....

Sapporo festival puts spotlight on ice and snow

Edit Stars and Stripes 04 Feb 2016
Sapporo, the largest city in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido and fifth-largest in the country, is famous for two things ...   Sapporo Snow Festival ... From Sapporo Station, take either the Namboku or Toho subway line for one stop to Odori Station ... From Sapporo Station, take the Toho subway line six stops to Sakaemachi Station ... From Sapporo Station, take the Namboku subway line two stops to Susukino Station....

I Heart My City: Kaley’s Sapporo

Edit National Geographic News 30 Dec 2015
So when the company she worked for asked her to move to Sapporo, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, she jumped at the chance ... Sapporo Is My City ... Odori Park is home to the Sapporo TV Tower (back right) ... To escape the crowds, I stay away from Sapporo Station and Tanuki Koji on the weekends ... If you have kids (or are a kid at heart), you won’t want to miss the Esta shopping arcade in Sapporo Station....

Sapporo News counts down to 8th AWG 2017 (OCA - Olympic Council of Asia)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Dec 2015
Sapporo News counts down to 8th AWG 2017 ... Sapporo, Japan, December 11, 2015. The 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organising Committee (SAWGOC) has published the seventh volume of its official newsletter - AWG Sapporo News ... The front page is dominated by the unveiling of the countdown monument at JR Sapporo Station South Exit Square on October 8 - exactly 500 days until the start of the 8th AWG....

300 couples have matchmaker to thank

Edit The Japan News 08 Dec 2015
By Takashi Kuroda / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterSAPPORO — “There just doesn’t seem to be anyone suitable for my child,” said one participant in a gathering for parents of unmarried children, according to Michiko Saito, 71, manager of Sapporo-based matchmaking agency Office Ann Co ... She arranged for them to meet in Osaka, midway between their Tokyo and Fukuoka homes ... 3 ... Saito set up an office in a building near JR Sapporo Station ... + - ... ....

Learning Japanese from the news / Saying one last good-bye to the Blue Train

Edit The Japan News 16 Sep 2015
Stay abreast of current events and learn Japanese at the same time through articles originally printed in The Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun. ＝＝＝＝＝ ... It departed Sapporo Station in Hokkaido on Aug. 22 and arrived at Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug ... At Tokyo Station, where there was a long line of people hoping to get tickets, it is said no one could purchase a ticket. At stations and along the tracks, many train buffs bid farewell to the last train ... ....

Japan's last 'blue train' wraps up final run after nearly 60 years of service

Edit Topix 24 Aug 2015
An era came to an end Sunday when the nation's last "blue train" long-distance sleeper service completed its final run nearly 60 years after debuting in 1958. The Hokutosei express left Sapporo Station in Hokkaido at 4.12 p.m. Saturday, arriving at Ueno Station in Tokyo on schedule at 9.25 a.m. Sunday to the cheers of some 2,500 train enthusiasts and onlookers.... ....

Walking holidays in Japan: the best mountain hikes to tackle

Edit The Guardian 06 Aug 2015
All large train stations have a tourist information centre and can often help with transport and accommodation ... Getting there From Sapporo station, take a JR Limited Express train for Asahikawa (about £26), and from there take a bus bound for Asahi-dake Onsen and get off at the last stop ... Getting there There is an extremely limited bus service (reservation only, +81 184 43 6608) from Kisakata station to Hakodate....

transcosmos Expands “MCM Center Sapporo Kitaguchi”, a Contact Center in Japan (transcosmos Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jul 2015
transcosmos Inc) transcosmos Expands "MCM Center Sapporo Kitaguchi", a Contact Center in Japan ... Overview of MCM Center Sapporo Kitaguchi ... MCM Center Sapporo Kitaguchi, in the JR Sapporo station area where business facilities and commercial facilities are concentrated. It is located 3 minutes away by foot from the JR Sapporo station, where is extremely attractive from the viewpoint of recruitment and commuting....
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