Possible Clues:

• Japanese site of the '72 Winter Olympics
• Japanese city that hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics
• City in Japan, on Hokkaido
• Japanese city with a beer museum
• City of northern Japan — apropos (anag)
• Japanese winter sports center
• Japanese city with a namesake brewery
• Winter Olympics host between Grenoble and Innsbruck
• Japanese Winter Olympics city of 1972
• Japanese city