Anano River

Sapporo City University (札幌市立大学, Sapporo shiritsu daigaku) is a public university with campuses in Chuo-ku and Minami-ku, Sapporo, Japan. The predecessor of the school named the Sapporo School of the Arts, was established in 1991, and it was chartered as a university in 2006 when it merged with a nursing school.

Minami-ku (南区) is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Minami-ku is directly translated as "south ward". Having the area of 657.48 km² in total, Minami-ku occupies 60 percent of the area of Sapporo.

The Makomanai Sekisui Heim Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sapporo, Japan. During the 1972 Winter Olympics, it hosted the opening ceremonies and the speed skating events. Located inside the Makomanai Park, the stadium holds 17,324 people. Currently the stadium holds the speed skating Winter Annual National Competition, and until 2011 the Toyota Big Air snowboarding contest. During summer it is used as tennis courts (up to 8 at the same time) or futsal fields (up to 2 at the same time). As of 2021, the Olympic cauldron is still seemingly mounted on the original 1972 plinth, just within the stadium's south east perimeter.

Makomanai Station (真駒内駅) is a rapid transit station in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The station number is N16. It is the south terminus of the Namboku Line. The Makomanai Park is about 10 minutes by bus, or 20 minutes walking distance from the station.

Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena (真駒内セキスイハイム アイスアリーナ) is an indoor ice skating arena in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Japan. It was built in December, 1970, holds 11,500 people (10,024 seats, fixed plus temporary, and 1,476 standing places), and has an area of 10,133 m² in total.The figure skating and some of the ice hockey games and the closing ceremonies from the 1972 Winter Olympics were held at this arena.

Koen Gakuen Women's College (光塩学園女子短期大学, Kōen gakuen joshi tanki daigaku) is a private junior women's college in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, established in 1967.

Makomanai River (真駒内川, Makomanai-gawa) is a tributary of the Toyohira River in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It has a length of 21 kilometres (13 mi) and has a watershed of 37 square kilometres (14 sq mi). Flowing from Bankei Pond (万計沼, Bankei Numa) in the mountains, the Makomanai River's upper course is called Bankei River (万計沢川, Bankeisawa-gawa), too. Its middle course flows through a narrow valley about 200 metres (660 ft) wide in the Tokiwa (常盤) area. Running north, it merges with the Toyohira River at Makomanai area. The Toyohira River flows through the Sapporo city's center. Makomanai means rear river in the Ainu language.Edwin Dun, an Oyatoi gaikokujin, began development of Makomanai in the 1870s with a pioneer stock farm. The valley of Tokiwa remained undeveloped for a long time. Flood control projects were begun in the later half of 20th century; straightening the river course in the 1960s. Now a residential zone exists along the northern half of Tokiwa along National Route 453. Houses cover the surrounding hilltops around Makomanai. At the confluence with the Toyohira River is Makomanai Park. Cherry salmon migrate to and spawn in the park every year.

Jieitai-Mae Station (自衛隊前駅) is a rapid transit station in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The station number is N15. It is one of the four Sapporo Municipal Subway stations located above-ground (all of which are on the southernmost section of the Namboku Line).

The Hill of the Buddha (Japanese: 頭大仏, Hepburn: Atama Daibutsu, "Large Buddha's Head") is a Buddhist shrine at Makomanai Takino Cemetery (Japanese: 真駒内滝野霊園) in Sapporo, Japan, designed by Japanese modernist architect Tadao Ando. The shrine features a 13.5 m (44 ft) tall statue of the Buddha encircled by an artificial hill rotunda planted with 150,000 lavender plants.The design incorporated the pre-existing Buddha statue, which was sculpted circa 2000 and stood solitary. On approaching the statue, only the head sticks out from the hill, and the shrine is entered through a tunnel for a full view of the statue inside of the open rotunda. The building opened in December 2015.

Sumikawa Station (澄川駅) is a rapid transit station in Minami-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The station number is N14. It is one of the four Sapporo Municipal Subway stations located above-ground (all of them are at the south terminus of the Namboku Line).