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Beautiful, huh? Here is the wikipedia article on Sapporo. (h/t scape_san)
Also: Chimpanzee ‘Mega-Culture’ Discovered In Remote Congo Forest Might Be Africa’s Largest (h/t @BigBoi)
Update: The Nolan Chart has made it to Iran (h/t @SiamakAhadi)
I got to know a visiting scholar from Sapporo during my first year as a phd student. Although I’ve been to Japan twice I’ve never visited. I’m regretting that yet again, it looks gorgeous