Sapporo is a modern city with enough history and culture to keep you satisfied. The city is famous for its annual snow festival in February, its Sapporo Beer and Hokkaido seafood. In addition to seafood, Sapporo is known for its ramens and curries, chocolate and soft serve ice cream. If you don’t have time for a stopover, a few hours in the airport will be enough to try some of their delicacies.
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Sapporo Accommodation
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things to do
While Sapporo isn't as well known as some other cities there are still some good things to do if spending a day or two here. Here are some of our top recommendations.
Featured Sapporo Articles
Grasshopper’s 2024-2025 Japan Snow Season Outlook – Potential La Niña Could Deliver the Goods
Drew Jolowizc, deep turns in the Nozawa during the La Nina winter in January 2023. Photo; Dylan Robinson Mountainwatch | The Grasshopper With the Australian snow season not as memorable as we might’ve hoped we now turn our gaz [...]
Tohoku – Exploring Honshu’s Northern Region
Drew Jolowizc deep in the trees at Ani, one of the Tohoku’s powder-filled resorts. Photo: Dylan Robinson Sponsored content Mountainwatch | Jimmy Williams Tohoku is the northern most region of Japan’s main island, Honshu, con [...]
2023-2024 Japanese Snow Season Outlook – Grasshopper’s December Update
Bluebird pow day in Niseko last winter. Will we see similar days this season? Photo: Niseko United Mountainwatch | The Grasshopper The past month has been an unsettled one in Japan, where an anomalous southwest flow has brought [...]
Mountainwatch Guide to Myoko – Japan’s Powder Capital and Second Stop on The Golden Snowmads Tour
Myoko is regarded as the powder capital of Japan for good reason – 15 metres average annual snowfall means there are a lot days like this. Photo: Grant Gunderson Mountainwatch | Joe Stanco After visiting Minakami and Tenjinda [...]
First Snow Has Fallen and Resorts are Open!
As the mountains across the Northern Hemisphere are starting to disappear under a blanket of snow, ski enthusiasts around the world are starting to dust off their gear, in preparation for those first powder turns! In Japan, Niseko [...]
2023-2024 Japanese Snow Season Outlook – Grasshopper’s November Update
Niseko and Mt Yotei after this week’s snowfalls cleared. Photo: 360niseko Mountainwatch | The Grasshopper First North America, then Europe, and now Japan is on the map after the first proper snowstorm of the season came through [...]
