Sapporo, Japan’s oldest beer company, offers specialty brews, food, beer garden in Hokkaido

All over the world, even entry-level beer lovers will recognize Sapporo Breweries’ distinctive star emblem on its cans and bottles.

In order to sample the company’s best brews, however, you’ll have to travel to Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, where Sapporo began producing its famous eponymous beer in 1876.