Sapporo Clock Tower

Sapporo Clock Tower is a wooden structure and tourist attraction, situated at North 1 West 2, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, the biggest city on the island of Hokkaido, northern Japan. The building is of American outline and is one of only a handful few surviving Western-style structures in Sapporo, a city created in the 1870s with help from the American government. It is referred to by numerous as the image of the city and is a fundamental component of all residential and universal voyages through Sapporo. The clock after which it is named keeps on running and keep time, and the rings can be heard each hour.

The tower was worked in 1878, and is all that remaining parts of the penetrate lobby of the previous Sapporo Agricultural College. The building was one of the soonest to be worked in this city. The city itself was picked as the regulatory focal point of Hokkaido in 1868, which is the date at present perceived as the official birth of the city. The clock tower presently houses a gallery presenting the historical backdrop of the Agricultural College and the advancement of Sapporo. It is available to guests year round, yet is shut on Sundays and over the New Year time frame. Affirmation is 200 yen for grown-ups and free for kids, with rebates for gatherings. Review and shooting the building is exceptionally prominent among guests to Sapporo, and going to it shapes a piece of numerous voyages through the city.