Sapporo: Underground

In Sapporo, if you walk down this main street, next to Odori park

you will see this small white sign on the side of a building

and when you get closer you will notice

that it is an entrance to the subway system.

Yet it is much more than that.

Because Sapporo is a northern island it receives a lot of winter snowfall, and so the city planners built in a lot of underground space.

A lot!

Subways, shopping, etc.

Go down these stairs and

walk along this corridor

and you will find a busy underground world (but remember to walk on the opposite side):