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Sapporo 4hr Private Tour with Government Licensed Guide
2 Adults x $220.69
$441.38
Approx Total
$441.38
Pickup included
Inclusions / Exclusions
Mobile ticket
Offered in: Japanese, English
Meet up with guide on foot within designated area of Sapporo.
Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
Customizable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from 'What to expect' list
Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
Private Vehicle
You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
Overview
Enjoy an efficient, half-day walking tour of Sapporo accompanied by a government-licensed, experienced English-speaking guide! Your guide will help you explore Sapporo while introducing both modern and traditional sides of this dynamic, ancient city.
Sapporo City, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, may be more famous for its winter activities, but your private guide will tell you that it is a destination that can be enjoyed year-round.
Our tours feature a morning pickup at your hotel in Sapporo, then a visit to any number of possible sites. Let us know what you would like to experience and we will customize a four-hour, half-day tour that's best for you!
Note*1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary.
This is a walking tour. You cannot combine tour groups or multiple reservations. Only 10 max per tour.
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ANA Crowne Plaza Sapporo, an IHG hotel1-2-9 Nishi, Kita 3-jo, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 060-0003
ANA Holiday Inn Sapporo Susukino, an IHG hotel3-7 Nishi, 5 Jo Minami, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 064-0805
APA Hotel & Resort Sapporo2 Kawazoe 4 Jo, Minami-Ku, , Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 005-0804
APA Hotel Sapporo Hosui Susukino Ekimae1-11-2 Minami 6-Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, , Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 064-0806
APA Hotel Sapporo Odori Ekimae Nishi9-15-1 Minami Ichi-Jo Nishi, Chuo-Ku, , Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 060-0061
APA Hotel Sapporo Odori Ekimaeminami7-10-1, Minami 2 Jonishi, Chuo-Ku, , Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 060-0062
APA Hotel Sapporo Susukino Ekimae2-2-5 Minami 4-Jo Nishi, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 064-0804
APA Hotel Sapporo Susukino Ekinishi7-1-1 Minami 4-Jo Nishi, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 064-0804
APA Hotel TKP Sapporo Ekimae2-19 Kita 2-Jo Nishi, Chuo-Ku, TKP Sapporo Building, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 060-0002
APA Hotel TKP Sapporo-Eki Kitaguchi EXCELLENT3-7 Kita 10-Jo Nishi, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, JP, 001-0010
This private tour is a walking day tour. A private vehicle is not included. Public transportation or local taxis maybe used to transfer between sites. Exact transportation costs can be discussed with the guide after a reservation is finalized. Please have Japanese Yen on hand for your transportation costs. If ...
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Itinerary
Sapporo Snow Festival
The Sapporo Snow Festival (ćć£ć½ćéŖć¾ć¤ć, Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is held during one week every February in Hokkaido's capital Sapporo. It is one of Japan's most popular winter events.
The Sapporo Snow Festival was started in 1950, when high school students built a few snow statues in Odori Park. It has since developed into a large, commercialized event, featuring spectacular snow and ice sculptures and attracting more than two million visitors from Japan and across the world.
The snow festival is staged on three sites: the Odori Site, Susukino Site and Tsu Dome Site.
30 minutes
Moerenuma Park
Moerenuma Park (ć¢ćØć¬ę²¼å ¬å, Moerenuma KÅen) is a large park in the outskirts of Sapporo. Surrounded by a marsh, the park has a circumference of about four kilometers. The grounds are covered in attractive green space and there are massive, dramatic features that make the park a very unique public space.
The park owes its bold design to the renowned Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Born in the United States, Noguchi spent a considerable part of his professional life in Japan and maintained a workshop in Takamatsu. In 1988 the city of Sapporo entrusted Noguchi with the creation of a park on the spacious grounds of a landfill. Shortly after the plans were completed, Noguchi passed away, but his designs were carried out and the park was opened to the public in 2005.
Shiroi Koibito Park (ē½ćęäŗŗćć¼ćÆ) is a theme park by Ishiya, a local chocolate company. The company's flagship product is the Shiroi Koibito cookie, which consists of two thin butter cookies and a layer of white chocolate in between. It is one of the most famous souvenirs from Hokkaido.
The park consists of a free area with a shop, cafe and restaurant and a paid area with various chocolate-related exhibits and, most interestingly, a few large windows through which visitors can observe the cookie production process in the factory. It is also possible to create your own cookies in hands-on workshops. Another part of the Shiroi Koibito Park is a soccer field that serves as the practice ground for Consadole Sapporo, the local professional soccer team.
Odori Park (大éå ¬å, ÅdÅri KÅen) is the broad median of Odori ("large street") in the center of Sapporo, separating the city into north and south. The park stretches about a kilometer and a half over twelve city blocks and offers pleasant green space during the warmer months. In early February, the park serves as the main site of the Sapporo Snow Festival.
At the eastern end of Odori Park stands the Sapporo TV Tower, which has an observation deck with nice views of the park and the surrounding city. The tower is just under 150 meters tall, and the observation deck is at an elevation of 90 meters. During the evening the tower is illuminated, making it an attractive landmark.
30 minutes
Susukino
Susukino (ćććć®) is Japan's largest entertainment district north of Tokyo. It is packed with stores, bars, restaurants, karaoke shops, pachinko parlors and red light establishments. Of special interest to noodle lovers is the Ramen Yokocho, a narrow lane lined with shops serving Sapporo's famous ramen.
In February, Susukino serves as a site of the Snow Festival, hosting an ice sculpture competition.
30 minutes
Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium
The 90 meter ski jump competitions of the Winter Olympics 1972 were held in the Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium (大åå±±ćøć£ć³ćē«¶ęå “, Åkurayama Janppu KyÅgijÅ). Nowadays, when the stadium is not being used for world cup or other ski jump events, the Okurayama Observatory at the top of the hill can be accessed via a chair lift for spectacular views of Sapporo.
At the foot of the jump hill stands the Sapporo Winter Sports Museum with exhibits about the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics and winter sports in general, including ski jump, bobsled and biathlon. The museum has a variety of fun sport simulation games that cover events like ski jump, speed skating and hockey. The games can be played without any additional costs beyond the museum's entrance fee.
30 minutes
Sapporo Factory
Sapporo Factory is a large shopping and entertainment complex that was opened in 1993 in central Sapporo. There are about 160 establishments that include clothing stores, souvenir shops, restaurants, cafes and a multi-screen movie theater. The shops are concentrated around a five story atrium that provides visitors a refreshing and spacious atmosphere.
Sapporo Factory was constructed on the former site of Japan's first beer brewery, and the complex includes a red brick Akarenga building that is reminiscent of Hokkaido's early development in the late 1800s. A small, functioning brewery can be observed within the building, and the beer itself can be enjoyed afterwards at the Akarenga's beer hall or at a tasting bar.
Nijo Market (äŗę”åøå “, NijÅ Ichiba) is a public market in central Sapporo that occupies about one city block. Both locals and tourists visit the market to shop for fresh local produce and seafood such as crabs, salmon eggs, sea urchin and various fresh and prepared fish.
The market is open from around 7:00 to around 18:00 on all days of the week, with individual shops maintaining their own opening hours and closing days. Several restaurants can be found among the shops, including a collection of small drinking places and restaurants along a narrow corridor called Noren Yokocho.
A recommended way of enjoying a visit is by having a fresh seafood breakfast at one of the market's restaurants. Among the most popular menu items for starting the day is the uni ikura donburi, sea urchin and salmon eggs on rice.
30 minutes
Clock Tower (Tokei-dai)
The Clock Tower (ęčØå°, Tokeidai) is a symbol of Sapporo. The building was constructed during the early period of Sapporo's development in 1878 as a drill hall of the Sapporo Agricultural College. In 1881 a clock purchased from Boston was installed.
Today, the Clock Tower serves as a museum with displays about the building's history and Sapporo on the first floor. On the second floor are displays about the clock and a spacious ceremony hall that calls to mind the simple buildings of the colonial American Midwest.
30 minutes
Hokkaido Shrine Ton-gu
Built in 1871, the HokkaidŠShrine (HokkaidŠJingū) is one of the country's most important (and visited) Shinto religious sites. Adjacent to Maruyama Park, the shrine became even more popular after it was dedicated to the soul of much revered Emperor Meiji in 1964. The site is massive, and in addition to the huge temple building, it consists of a large garden replete with cherry blossoms, a big draw when they are in bloom each spring. Another favorite time to visit is New Year's, when special celebrations and festivities are conducted, or during the annual Sapporo Festival every June, when long parades of traditionally dressed revelers visit the HokkaidŠShrine and pay homage to their ancestors and the spirits of the country's most revered religious leaders.
30 minutes
Maruyama Park
On the west side of Sapporo is Maruyama-koen Park, a multipurpose natural area popular with visitors year-round. In spring, the park's 226-meter-high hill comes alive with the stunningly beautiful blooms of its more than 1,700 wild cherry trees, while in autumn, it's the turn of the many maple trees to show off as their leaves change into a cavalcade of reds and golds (it's also popular among bird-watchers). Winter, too, is not without its own beauty, when heavy snowfalls carpet the park, turning it into a playground for winter sports enthusiasts. At this time of year, the focal point here is the nearby Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium, built for the 1972 Winter Olympics and still regularly used to host ski competitions, as well as the Åkurayama Crystal House with its shopping and restaurant, and the Winter Sports Museum, an interesting museum about the Winter Olympics and related sports. The park also boasts a small zoo, the Maruyama Zoo, with a variety of native and exotic animals.
30 minutes
Sapporo TV Tower
Built in 1957, the 147-meter-tall Sapporo TV Tower (Sapporo Terebi-tÅ) remains one of the city's most visited landmarks. Easily accessible from Odori Park, the tower offers superb views over Sapporo from its observation deck, as well as from its restaurant. In addition to on-site stores, the tower also houses an interesting exhibit on the ground floor relating to the structure's history, along with access to a large underground shopping precinct. A highlight of the tower's exterior are the large digital clocks installed in 1961, and at night, it's certainly pleasant enjoying a meal at one of the many traditional food outlets close by as you admire the tower's illuminations.
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A great place to visit for those traveling with children is the Sapporo Science Center. This modern facility includes more than 200 displays and exhibits (many of them hands-on and interactive), covering the natural and man-made worlds. Highlights include a virtual universe, displays related to weather, and a huge globe with the northern hemisphere projected onto it. A must-do is visit the refurbished planetarium, which walks you through a fascinating 4D depiction of the stars and planets surrounding us. Also worth a visit is the nearby Sunpiazza Aquarium, which offers an up-close look at local saltwater fish, as well as displays of seals, penguins, and a fun touch pool.
30 minutes
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Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This is a walking tour. Pick up is on foot.
Free Cancellation
February 05100% refund
February 06No refund
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This experience requires good weather. If itās canceled due to poor weather, youāll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Published on Oct, 2024
Roy was super nice and fun! He was very knowledgeable and friendly. He took us to the prominent landmarks and told us about the history of the places. Would recommend!
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Excellent! Knowledgeable of content and super interpersonal skills. Tour Guide is exceptionally competent and fair-minded with touring.
Great experience
Published on Oct, 2024
It was a lovely experience to visit Sapporo with Michiko San. To visit the city with a very experienced guide, gave us the opportunity to use our day very well. I highly recommend
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Friendly knowledgeable guide kept us out of the rain!
Published on Oct, 2024
Great tour by Roy, taking into consideration the rainy, foggy day. He adjusted our itinerary to suit and keep us out of the worst of the wet weather. His English is excellent and he continues to learn and fine tune his language skills and also his historical and factual knowledge base as well. He very kindly helped us search out stamps for postcards I wanted to send home and also gave us a crash course on taking trains and subways in Sapporo. We made it back to our hotel in Otaru tired but happy to have made our train connection. Great tour Roy and thank you again!! Highly recommend this tour.
Good intro to Sapporo
Published on Aug, 2024
Our guide was very knowledgeable about the history and customs of Sapporo and made sure we saw a wide variety of things. We especially liked Hokkaido Shrine and Odori Park.
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