Where to stay in Sapporo

Main station: Sapporo Station. You can pick Sapporo as the city you stay in on this site.

Areas to stay

• Sapporo Station
  Hotels near Sapporo Station (Google Maps)
• Odori
  Hotels near Odori (Google Maps)
• Susukino
  Hotels near Susukino (Google Maps)

Day trips from Sapporo

• Otaru CanalHokkaido · 20–60 kmA 1920s canal lined with stone warehouses. Gas lamps light up along the water at dusk.
• Odori Park (Sapporo)Hokkaido · within 20 kmA 1.5 km strip of green through central Sapporo, home to the Snow Festival in winter and the lilac festival in early summer.
• Hokkaido University (Ginkgo Avenue)Hokkaido · within 20 kmA leafy campus near Sapporo Station. About 70 ginkgo trees line a 380 m avenue that turns gold in autumn.
• Former Hokkaido Government Office (Red Brick Office)Hokkaido · within 20 kmThe red-brick former Hokkaido government office, completed in 1888. It reopened in July 2025 after a major renovation, with exhibits on Hokkaido history and culture.
• Sapporo Clock TowerHokkaido · within 20 kmThe wooden drill hall of Sapporo Agricultural College, built in 1878. Its clock, installed in 1881, still keeps time.
• Tanukikoji Shopping ArcadeHokkaido · within 20 kmA covered shopping arcade about 900 m long with around 200 shops. The area has been called "Tanukikoji" since about 1873.
• Nijo MarketHokkaido · within 20 kmA market with over 125 years of history, begun by Ishikari fishermen in the early Meiji era. Fish shops line the street, with a lane of small eateries.
• Sapporo Beer MuseumHokkaido · within 20 kmA Meiji-era red-brick building telling how beer-making began in Sapporo as part of Hokkaido's development. Paid tastings follow the visit.

Distance is a straight line from the station, not travel time.

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Onsen towns nearby

• Jozankei Onsen Hokkaido
  Sapporo's hot-spring valley along the Toyohira River in a national park, with hotels, day-trip baths and a free foot bath.
• Noboribetsu Jigokudani (Hell Valley) Hokkaido
  A steaming crater about 450 m across at Noboribetsu Onsen, full of hot vents. Its spring water supplies the town's inns.

All onsen towns by month →

From the airport

• New Chitose Airport (CTS): JR Rapid Airport, about 35 min to Sapporo Station.

Getting around

• Hakodate 3 h 15 min · Ltd. Exp. Hokuto
• Kanazawa 1 h 35 min · flight CTS → KMQ
• Tokyo 1 h 40 min · flight CTS → HND
• Nagoya 1 h 45 min · flight CTS → NGO
• Osaka 1 h 55 min · flight CTS → ITM
• Fukuoka 2 h 30 min · flight CTS → FUK

Fastest regular service on the official timetable. A flight time is the scheduled time between the airports; add the trip to the airport.

Next city

• Sapporo → Hakodate (3 h 15 min) → Aomori (55 min) → Morioka (50 min)
• Sapporo → Kanazawa (flight CTS → KMQ, 1 h 35 min) → Kyoto (1 h 45 min) → Osaka (15 min)

Example routes along these connections; the time of each leg is in brackets.

Use Sapporo as your base →