Photo: Nryate, CC BY-SA 4.0Japan
Sapporo
札幌
Wide streets, serious ramen and beer, and proper winter. The base for the rest of Hokkaido.
Best over 3 days££ cost levelWalkability 4/5
Good for
- Food
- Nature
- Adventure
- Nightlife
When to go
Usually at its best in January, February, June, July, August, September.
How we plan it
We pull real places from open map data for Sapporo, rank them against what you’ve told us you enjoy, then order the day so the route makes sense and everything is actually open when you’d arrive. Change any of it afterwards and the rest adapts around what you keep.