Tokyo is already pretty well on the map. Conversely, Nagano hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, but it really isn't. Sapporo is somewhere between the two: pre-CO

Tokyo is already pretty well on the map. Conversely, Nagano hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics, but it really isn't. Sapporo is somewhere between the two: pre-COVID, it was really taking off as arguably Asia's premier ski destination, but it's hard to credit the 1972 Winter Olympics almost 50 years ago for too much of this.