Sapporo
A self-guided audio walking tour of Sapporo.
Sapporo has a different feeling from Japan's older cities, something broader and more open, the grid of wide streets and the park at its centre giving everything a little more breathing room. It is a city built in a hurry in the nineteenth century and it wears that confident energy still, especially in winter when snow fills the park and the city turns its attention to warmth and good food. Walk the covered arcades in the evening and you begin to understand why people here are so fond of where they live. In the app, 40 stops in Sapporo are narrated aloud, about 1h 8m of listening across 5 walking routes, in 13 languages, offline once downloaded. Choose a route or build your own, then walk while a calm voice tells you the story of each stop. The app also maps 61 Instagram photo spots, social media photo locations with directions to where you stand for the shot.
