冬天的北海道鋪上一層棉花糖似的白雪，有著“樸素而莫能與之爭美”的意境，札幌的雪祭、函館的夜景、小樽的浪漫運(yùn)河，獨(dú)特的美食與溫泉，這些美好的體驗(yàn)，只有到了北海道才能更加深刻地領(lǐng)悟到其中的精髓。選擇乘坐JR列車旅行是游覽北海道最理想的方式，隨著列車的前進(jìn)，窗外的美景如動(dòng)畫般浮動(dòng)，列車內(nèi)琳瑯滿目的美味便當(dāng)、貼心的服務(wù)以及車站建筑的藝術(shù)等都是愛上鐵道旅行的理由。

Covered by a layer of snow-like cotton candy， the winter Hokkaido has an artistic conception of “simple and incomparable beauty”. Sapporo Snow Festival， Hakodates night scene， Otarus romantic canal， special food and hot springs， you can have a more profound understanding to the essence of them only when you are in Hokkaido. The most ideal way to visit Hokkaido is to take JR train， as you can enjoy the beautiful scenery like animation outside the window with the advance of the train. The various bentos on the train， the considerate services and the arts of railway station are all the reason to love train travel.

Explore the Snowflakesdancing Kingdom of Fairy Tales

The plane slowly lands in Hokkaido New Chitose Airport， with snowflakes slightly dancing in the light blue dusk out of the window. In JR foreign passenger service of New Chitose Airport， there are English， Korean， Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional services， which are very convenient for independent travelers. We buy Hokkaido railway package tickets and take JR airport express line to Sapporo. The one-way ticket price is 1070 yen per person， about 40 minutes to reach our destination， with an interval of every 15 minutes. The WiFi is free to use all the way. In Sapporo Station， there is also considerate foreign guest service.

Head to the Largest City in Hokkaido

We first head to Sapporo JR Tower， which gathers comprehensive facilities from shopping center to restaurants. And we enjoy Sapporo city in all angles from the top view room. Here also has “TCAFE”， which is a coffee shop in the day and a bar at night， and many original souvenir shops“TSHOP". Then we go to Sapporo Clock Tower， which is a local landmark with a history of 120 years， and it can be said the last clock tower in Japan. When in whole point， you can hear the sound of the clock tower reverberates in every corner of Sapporo.

Swim Freely in Shopping Paradise of Sapporo

Sapporo chikagai is a must for shopaholics， starting from Odori Park subway station， crossing Odori Park， television tower and Tanuki Koji， to Susukino Station. The underground mall has more than 150 fashion boutiques， restaurants and specialties. Besides， there are Parco and APIA， where you can fully enjoy the fun of shopping. Taking north-south line and getting off from Susukino Station or Sapporo station， it takes about 25 minutes walk to arrive at Tanuki Koji with history of hundreds of years， which is also the longest street in Hokkaido. Form east to west， the commercial street stretches over one of is the Sapporo business centers—Susukino. As long as 900 meters， more than 200 stores in the street include food， cosmeceuticals， clothing， entertainment， etc. it is must-go place of Sapporo shopping. At 10 pm， Tanuki Koji Commercial Street is still brightly lit， with people coming and going. Many shops have Chinese description， many open 24 hours a day in order to meet the needs of tourists shopping.