FAMOUS CITIES IN JAPAN Made by: Ellen Jin-joo さっぽろ (Sapporo) • Snow Festival • Hokkaido Museum さっぽろ雪まつり (Snow Festival) One of the most famous festival around the world is the Sapporo’s Snow Festival. This Festival about making sculptures with snow. Annually, about 50,000 people go to this Festival to enjoy time with their family and friends. ほっかいどう(Hokkaido Museum) The Hokkaido which is also known as Kaitaku no mura is a open-air museum. It includes about 60 different buildings from 1868 to 1926. Has three different villages which are fishing village, mountain village, and farm village. おおさか (Osaka) • • Osaka Castle Umeda Sky Building おおさかのしろ (Osaka Castle) Osaka is very famous for many things such as it’s culture. Osaka Castle was built in 1583 with purpose of defending the people. Later in 1615, it was all broken down and burnt in to ashes. In 1931, the model of the Osaka Castle had been rebuilt. It is loved by many people around the world. 梅田スカイビル(Umeda sky building) Umeda sky building is the seventh tallest building in the world. It is mainly owned by Toshiba. In the east of the building, there is an office for Mazda also. There is Floating Garden Observatory. とうきょう (Tokyo) • • • Tokyo Tower Shibuya Shinjuku とうきょうタワー(Tokyo Tower) The Tokyo tower, used as communications and observation tower, is tallest self- supporting steel structure in the world. It is also one of the tallest artificial tower in Japan. Another purpose of building this tower was to attract tourists to Tokyo. New Old しぶや(Shibuya) Shibuya has a population of around 208,000 people. Shibuya is a central city for business. It also has one of the busiest railway station in Tokyo. Fashions in Shibuya is one of the famous in Japan especially for teenagers. しんじゅく(Shinjuku) Similar to Shibuya, Shinjuku is also known for busy train station, but this time it is the busiest in the world. It has Metropolitan Government building of Tokyo. しゅうりょうありがとう (The End) (Thank you)