hokkaido43.06° N, 141.35° E
Sapporo
Sapporo is the capital of Hokkaido, a city of almost two million people laid out on a grid in the 1870s, with Odori Park running a kilometre and a half through its centre.
Odori Park at night, Sapporo
- Region
- Hokkaido
- Our journeys
- Three stay here
- Where we stay
- Sapporo Grand Hotel
Our tours stayA day on tourA Custom Tour of Japan
the place
The northern capital, a sculptor's landscape and the great counters of the island.
The grid still reads clearly: the clock tower of 1878 two blocks from the park, the red-brick former government office of 1888, and on the city's north-east edge Moerenuma Park, the only landscape the sculptor Isamu Noguchi completed, a park of hills, fountains and geometry laid over a reclaimed site.
Sapporo is where our Hokkaido journeys close. The Summer Tour of Hokkaido gives it two nights and the Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido three, both at the Sapporo Grand Hotel, on the executive floor, and Pure Hokkaido, in The Private Collection, ends with two nights there on the dates you choose.
what we do here
Sapporo, as we show it
Odori Park
The green avenue that divides the city into north and south, with the television tower at its eastern end.
Moerenuma Park
Noguchi's landscape of grass pyramids, a sea fountain and a glass pyramid, read whole from the summit of Moere-yama.
The red-brick former government office Hokkaido Jingu
The founding shrine of the city, in the woods of Maruyama Park.
Nijo Market
Crab, salmon roe and sea urchin, walked and eaten as you go.
The counters
A farewell at one of Sapporo's tempura or sushi counters, the chef working in front of you.
where we stay
Sapporo Grand Hotel
An executive floor and club lounge at the centre of the northern capital, Odori Park a few minutes on foot.
On The Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido, The Summer Tour of Hokkaido and Pure Hokkaido, in The Private Collection
our journeys here
The journeys that stay in Sapporo
questions
Questions about Sapporo
Which of your tours stay in Sapporo?
The Summer Tour of Hokkaido spends two nights here and the Cherry Blossom Tour of Hokkaido three, both at the Sapporo Grand Hotel. Pure Hokkaido, in The Private Collection, closes with two nights at the same hotel on the dates you choose.
How far is Sapporo from New Chitose Airport?
About forty minutes by train, or about an hour by private car. On our tours the car and driver are arranged for you.
Where do you stay in Sapporo?
At the Sapporo Grand Hotel, on the executive floor, a short walk from Odori Park, the clock tower and the old red-brick government office.
Can Sapporo be part of a private journey?
Yes. Pure Hokkaido closes here, and the Custom Tour of Japan can bring Sapporo into a journey created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans the days for you.
Sapporo, created for you alone.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Sapporo can be any part of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.