MSs of highrise building under construction in downtown Sapporo, Japan. Cut to group of children walking on sidewalk, PAN to construction site. MSs of car traffic on boulevard, MS PAN of stores. MSs PAN of closed-down stores at ground level of building under construction. Sequence showing footbridges over busy boulevards, pedestrians and vehicular traffic, Sapporo's aerial and covered subway. Interior shots of subway tracks as train moves and stops at stations. Ground level shots of subway train arriving, stopping and leaving. Cut to people entering subway ticket gates, waiting and entering subway train. Shots of people inside moving train. Exterior MS of thermal power station. Sequence at Sapporo's Odori Park showing gardener taking care of flowers by large fountain, citizens passing by, people sitting on benches around fountain, feeding corn to pigeons, women selling hot corn in the ear at stand. (00/10/1973)