■ 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
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Sapporo Art Park outdoor stage.
Credit: PMF Organizing Committee
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■ Toyohira River Rafting Festival
You can flow down the Toyohira River by using your own made raft or a
rubber tube. Participants have to register before June 26.
Date (2011)
July 17 8:00-16:00
Location Toyohira River (From Horohira Bashi, left bank, to South 1 Obashi, leftbank
2.5km)
Access
Taxi: 10 min. from JR Sapporo Station (approx. \1,000)
Subway: 10 min. walk from Odori Station (all lines) or Horohira Bashi Station
Information
Toyohira River Rafting Promotion Committee TEL 011-231-2400
■ Official web site
Toyohira River Rafting Festival (Japanese only) |
Hand-made raft flowing down the Toyohira
Credit: Chuo Ward Office
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■ Culture Night 2011
During this summer night, 100 cultural and private facilities will be open
to public, for the pleasure of children and their parents.
Dat (2011)
July 15 17:30-22:00
Location
Kita Ichijo Street (Chuo-ku), Sapporo Ekimae Street. etc.
*for more information, ask the committee described below.
Information
Culture Night Promotion Committee Office TEL 011-261-8633
■ Official web site
Culture Night (Japanese only)
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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 1-11, 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
■ Affiliated article
Odori Park
■ Official web site
Sapporo Summer Festival (Japanese only)
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Odori Park Beer Garden
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■ Toyohira River Firework Display
Thousands of fireworks will be displayed on two consecutive Fridays, near
the Minami Bridge over the Toyohira River (South 9).
Dates and information (2011)
・Doshin, UHB firework display
July 29 19:40-20:45
Information: Hokkaido Shinbun Office TEL 011-210-5732
Location
Near the Minami Bridge over the Toyohira River
Access
Taxi: 8 min. from JR Sapporo Station (approx. \800)
Subway: 5 min. walk from Nakajima Koen Station, Horohira Station or Nakanoshima
Station (Nanboku Line)
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Toyohira River Firework Display
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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 |
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