■ Pacific Music Festival (PMF) 2011
The Pacific Music Festival (PMF), founded in 1990 by the 20th century premier
conductor, composer and educator Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), is an international
educational music festival.
Date (2011)
July 9 - August 4
Main locations
・Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara (15, Nakajima Koen 1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo)
・Sapporo Art Park (75, Geijutsu-no-mori 2, Minami-ku, Sapporo)
・Moerenuma Park, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, and other places in Sapporo,
Tomakomai, Hakodate, Asahika, Chitose, Naie, Tokyo, Osaka
Access
・Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara
Taxi: 10 min. from JR Sapporo Station (approx. \1,000)
Subway: 7 min. walk from Nakajima Koen Station or Horohirabashi Station (Nanboku Line)
・Sapporo Art Park
From Makomanai Subway Station (Nanboku Line), take Chuo Bus from platform
2 to Geijutsu-no-mori iriguchi bus stop or Geijutsu-no-mori center bus
stop.
Ticket (Sapporo's events)
Lawson Tickets, Ticket Pia, Kitara ticket center, Daimaru Play Guide, Hokkaido Shinbun Play Guide, JR Hokkaido Ticket Offices・Twinkle
Plaza, etc.
Information
PMF Organizing Committee TEL 011-242-2211
■ Affiliated articles
 Nakajima Park
Sapporo Art Park
■ Official web sites
PMF
Sapporo Art Park |
Sapporo Art Park outdoor stage.
Credit: PMF Organizing Committee
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■ Sapporo Summer Festival
One million visitors come every year. Beside the Beer Garden of Odori
Park, festivals will be held in Tanukikouji shopping arcades, in Susukino,
etc.
Date (2011)
July 21 - August 20
*dates depend on the different events
Locations
Odori Park (West 4-12, Chuo-ku, Sapporo), Tanukikouji shopping arcades,
etc.
Access (Odori Park)
Taxi: 3 min. from JR Sapporo Station (approx. \600)
Subway: Odori Station (all the lines)
Information
Sapporo Summer Festival Promotion Committee TEL 011-211-3341
・Odori Summer Beer Garden co-sponsored by Fukushi
July 21 - August 15
Odori West 5 - 11
・Sapporo Bazaar
August 18 - 20
Odori West 5-6
・Hokkaido Bon dance
August 14 - 20
Odori West 2 18:30-21:30
*Costume contest: August 20
・58th Tanuki Festival
July 21 - August 20
Sapporo Tanuki Kouji Arcades
*Portable shrine: August 6
・47th Susukino Festival
August 4 - 6
*Oiran's show: August 4 20:00-21:30
■ Affiliated article
Odori Park
■ Official web site
Sapporo Summer Festival (Japanese only)
● The 47th Susukino Festival
The center of Susukino (South 4 to 7) becomes a pedestrian paradise. Portable
shrines and oiran (ancient Japanese courtesans) are displayed. The bars
and restaurants of Susukino open street stalls.
Date
August 4 - 6
*Oiran's show: August 4 20:00-21:30
Location
Susukino area
Access
Taxi: 5 min. from JR Sapporo Station (approx. \800)
Subway: Susukino station (Nanboku Line)
Information
Susukino Tourist Association TEL 011-518-2005
■ Official web site
Susukino Tourist Association (Japanese only)
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Odori Park Beer Garden
Susukino cross and its glaring neon
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■ Sapporo City Jazz
Sapporo City Jazz will be held in Odori Park, Sapporo Art Park and other places around the city.
Date (2011)
July 13 - August 23
Location
Odori Park, Sapporo Art Park, etc.
■ Affiliated article
Sapporo Art Park
■ Official web sites
Sapporo City Jazz
Sapporo Art Park |
(C)SCJ／R.KAWAJIRI
Committee
(C)SCJ／R.KAWAJIRI
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■ Summer Ski-Jump Competition
The summer ski-jump competition will be held on the Sapporo Ski-Jump Ground.
We will provide you later further information.
●Sapporo Mayor’s Cup Mt. Arai Junior Summer Ski Jump Competition
Date August 2
Location Mt. Arai Ski-Jump Ground (Small Hill, Medium Hill )
● Sapporo Mayor’s Cup Miyanomori Summer Ski-Jump Competition
Date August 20
Location Miyanomori Ski-Jump Stadium (Normal Hill)
● Sapporo Mayor’s Cup Mt. Okura Summer Ski-Jump Competition
Date August 21
Location Mt. Okura Ski-Jump Stadium(Large Hill)
Access
Taxi: 20 min. from JR Sapporo Station (approx. \2,000)
Temporary Bus: JR Hokkaido Bus from Maruyama Subway Station (Tozai Line) to the entrance of Okurayama Ski-Jump Stadium. Adult \200, child \100 (you can use transfer tickets, With-you-cards and daily tickets)
Information
Ski Association of Sapporo Tel 011-221-1661
Mt. Okura Ski-Jump stadium Tel
011-641-1972
Miyanomori Ski-Jump stadium Tel 011-642-1972
■ Affiliated Articles
Mt. Okura Ski Jump Stadium
Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium
■ Official web site
Mt. Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium
Business hour, information about chair-lift. |
Mt. Arai Ski-Jump Ground
Mt. Okura Ski-Jump stadium (Large Hill)
At the foot of Ski-Jump ground lies the Winter Sports Museum where you
can learn the history of winter sports in Sapporo. There is also an exhibition
about the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in Sapporo. There’re also various kinds
of "assimilation winter sport games" including ski jump.
You can go to the top of the Ski-Jump ground by chair lift. You will enjoy
there a panoramic view of the city. Especially over the week-ends, ski-jumpers
come here to practice ski-jumping. It’s so exciting to see human beings
flying like birds.
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■ RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2011 in EZO
Outdoor concerts organized during two days in Ishikari Bay New Port.
The distance between the artists and the public is very short. Lots of
beverage and food shops.
Date (2011)
・August 12 (Friday) 11:00 (open) 15:00 (start) （live end midnight）
・August 13 (Saturday) 12:30 (start) AM5:30 (end) (schedule is subject to
change)
※Concert on the 12th will be held all night. Concerts will not be cancelled
in case of rain.
Location
Tarukawa Wharf of Ishikari Bay New Port (Zenibako 5, Otaru, Hokkaido)
Access
・By car: 40 min. from JR Sapporo Station.
・Shuttle bus: from Asabu subway station (Nanboku Line) to the concerts'
location (about 30 min.).
Information
WESS TEL 011-614-9999 (week days 11:00 - 18:00).
■ Official web site
RISING
SUN ROCK FESTIVAL
WESS (Japanese only)
A list of accommodations in Sapporo-city |
Rising Sun Rock Festival
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