The Coldest City in Japan - Sapporo, Hokkaido

street scenes of one of the coldest cities in Japan (largest coldest city in Japan) - Please watch the advertisement as it will help fund future trips and filming in Sapporo wasn’t easy at all because it constantly snowed and in some case quite heavily (as you will see in the video) - Sapporo (札幌市 Sapporo-shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan by population, and the largest city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Located in Ishikari Subprefecture, it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture, and an ordinance-designated city of Japan. Sapporo is known outside Japan for having hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first ever held in Asia, and for the city’s annual Yuki Matsuri, internationally referred to as the Sapporo Snow Festival, which draws more than 2 million tourists from around the world. The city is also home to Sapporo Brewery and the famous white chocolate biscuits called shiroi koibito (“white sweetheart“).