Sapporo City Walk

Our final day in Sapporo was going to be quite a busy one with us checking out of the hotel, visiting the last park of the trip, flying back to Tokyo and then heading out to the other side of the city ready to fly home the next day. The original itinerary was less stressed but due to a last minute reworking after I'd realised we wouldn't have made our flight home (not a good place to be) I had to rework it. Some of the pressure was taken off by having done Matsuyama Zoo a few days earlier as this was also planned for today.

This is the hotel that we were staying in. The Grand Hotel. Definitely a good choice of hotel and the place I'd recommend to friends. It's a 5 minutes walk from the centre of town and the main station and it has a Starbucks downstairs to keep Jeppe happy :D

Before heading out to the park I chose to have a short walk around a public park again close to the hotel.

This is the Akarenga "Red Brick" building that used to be the Government Office before they relocated. Now, like the clock tower, it's a western style building that is a tourist attraction.

The grounds are nice though.

The first time I've come across a turtle in the wild.

This piece of art is inscribed with lots of peace messages from various dignitaries and world leaders.

With the morning jaunt over it was time to head over to the train station and a trip to the final park.

Now where have I seen this before?