The cities of Hokkaido unlike most of Japan have been build on a grid system. It kinda of doesn't look or feel like Japan at all. However the station signs are fairly similar and JR is one step ahead of Tokyo. In Tokyo only the subway stations are numbered to help the 外人 bewildered tourists.
Despite being on a parallel with northern France Hokkaido has way more snow than my home city of Brighton in England. It snowed everyday we were there. They know how to handle it though; the traffic was flowing smoothly where in Tokyo a little snow can bring everything to a stop very quickly.
They have heated pads for the pavement (sidewalks) so even the pedestrians have no problem getting around. Subways are a little more expensive though with the first stop coming in at 200 yen
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trains are still cheaper than translink here!
Tamara thinks the heated pads are a good idea. Canada shoud take a hint or two
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