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(Sept 9) Many of the more entertaining shops in Sapporo can be found in the Tanukikoji, a covered shopping arcade that extends for 8 blocks in the southeast quarter of the city.
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\n\"Tanukikoji<\/p>\n

\"Tanukikoji<\/p>\n

A monk chants. Most people ignore him.<\/p>\n

\"Arcade<\/p>\n

The “Little Spoon” sells somewhat overpriced ice cream.<\/p>\n

\"Little<\/p>\n

The shopkeepers would have you believe that this is what a tanuki<\/a> looks like, but we know better, don’t we<\/a>?<\/p>\n

\"Store<\/p>\n

Japan has a lot of “100 Yen stores”, which are equivalent to American “dollar stores”. But there are also a lot of stores like this.<\/p>\n

\"1050<\/p>\n

I’m a little puzzled. Why 1050 Yen? Wouldn’t a round number like 1000 Yen be more appealing?<\/p>\n

The name of this hotel is the “Hotel Dormy Inn.” This is the kind of thing that can happen if you mix languages.<\/p>\n

\"Hotel<\/p>\n

Animated manikins try to lure customers into a curry shop.<\/p>\n

\"Curry<\/p>\n

It is common for inexpensive noodle shops to require you to place your order by purchasing tickets from a vending machine.<\/p>\n

\"Noodle<\/p>\n

The local baseball team is called the “Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.” They are very popular and you can buy all sorts of memorabilia, including hand towels, purses and marimokkori<\/em> figures.<\/p>\n

\"Fighters<\/p>\n

\"Fighters<\/p>\n

\"Fighters<\/p>\n

All sorts of noisy singing toys are for sale, some of them sound-activated.<\/p>\n

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Buy something or we’ll bite you!<\/p>\n

\"Shop<\/p>\n

A number of shops sell used American clothing.<\/p>\n

\"Real<\/p>\n

\"Nudie<\/p>\n

You thought that used clothing went to the poor, didn’t you? However some of it goes to Japan where it is sold at a substantial markup to trendy teenagers.<\/p>\n

Presumably new<\/em> American clothing would be even better, but that is hard to find and extremely expensive.<\/p>\n

There are also several underground malls, which extend from the major subway stations and run on seemingly forever.<\/p>\n

\"Underground<\/p>\n

I didn’t take many pictures of the underground malls because they are full of typical high-end stores that aren’t all that visually interesting.<\/p>\n

Here’s a display of expensive handbags, sitting out in the open in the middle of a mall, apparently unguarded. You wouldn’t see that in New York!<\/p>\n

\"Handbags\"<\/p>\n

As in Tokyo, a typical department store will have an upscale food court in the basement.<\/p>\n

\"Expensive<\/p>\n

The prices aren’t as high as in Tokyo, but still aren’t cheap.<\/p>\n

\"Expensive<\/p>\n

Colorful Odori Park forms a long strip through the center of the city, with the landmark TV Tower at one end.<\/p>\n

\"Odori<\/p>\n

All posts from this trip.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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