Sapporo
Sapporo (札幌) is the capital and largest city of the northern island of Hokkaido. One of Japan's newest and most orderly cities, it has little in the way of traditional architecture. Wikivoyage
Population 1,959,313 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Sapporo Clock Tower Museum · 150 m -
Sapporo TV Tower Attraction · 170 m -
NHK Sapporo Attraction · 930 m - 日本の道100選の碑 Memorial · 220 m
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Hokkaido University Botanical Garden Museum · 870 m -
Old Sapporo Methodist Church Attraction · 320 m - Sapporo Odori 500-m Underground Walkway Gallery Museum · 270 m
- ギャラリー大通美術館 Museum · 360 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Sapporo Snow Festival
February
The Sapporo Snow Festival (札幌雪祭り, Sapporo Yuki-matsuri) is a festival held annually in Sapporo, Japan, over seven days in February. Odori Park, Susukino, and Tsudome are the main sites of the festival.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
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Getting around
- Odori 220 m
- Hokkaido Chuo Bus Sapporo Terminal 260 m
- Bus Center 290 m
- Nishi yon chome 340 m
- Tanukikōji 500 m
- Sapporo 860 m
More train stations: Naebo 1.8 km, Sōen 2.1 km, Hachiken 4.0 km, Kotoni 4.4 km, Shinkawa 4.8 km, Shiroishi 4.9 km, Hassamu-Chūō 5.8 km, Shin-Kotoni 5.9 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.