Free (51)
Although the places listed below are listed as free services or places. Some may change their systems. Also parts of their systems or services may cost money at the free locations. Please call to check before going just to make sure.
Beaches + Free (4), Events + Free (16), Museums + Free (7), Parks + Free (8), etc.
The Blue Canal, Otaru
Date: 2024/11/1 (Fri) to 2025/1/31 (Fri)
Time: Sunset to 10:30pm. The lights get turned at sunset (roughly 4pm) and stay on till about 10:30pm.
Address: Otaru Canal, Minatomachi, Otaru-shi, Hokkaido 047-0007
Open: 24 hours
Admission: Free
URL: https://otaru.gr.jp/citizen/winter-blue-canal
2023/11/1 (Wed) to 2024/1/31 (Wed)
November 1st (Tue), 2022, to January 31st
... Read moreSapporo Munich Christmas Market
Phone: 011-206-6780 (Japanese)
When: November 22 – December 25, 2024
Time: 11am to 9pm
Area: Odori Park 2 Chome
GPS: 43.06079370474163, 141.35441103534345
Website: https://www.sapporo.travel/en/event/event-list/munich_christmas_market/
German Christmas Market in SapporoThe market has been held in Sapporo since 2002, when the city marked the thirtieth anniversary of its sister-city ties with Munich, Germany. Stalls
... Read moreAsahikawa Winter Festival 2025: Hokkaido's Second Largest Winter Event (2/6-2/11)
Phone: 0166-25-7168
When: The beginning of February / February 6th, 2025 (Thu) to February 11th, 2025 (Tue)
Where: 4044 Tokiwakoen, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 070-0044
Time: 10am to 10pm
Charge: Free Entry
Fireworks: On the First and Last Day
Length of Festival: Roughly 1 Week
URL: https://asahikawa-winterfes.jp/
2024:
... Read moreOdori Park, Sapporo
Phone: 011-251-0438 (Odori Park Kanri Jimusho)
Address: Odori Nishi 1-chome to Odori Nishi 12-chome, Central Ward, Sapporo
Open: 24 Hours
Charge: Free
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/221925511/odori-park
URL: https://odori-park.jp/en/
For The Taxi Driver:
札幌市大通公園
GPS: 43.06057447476167, 141.35198487755383
In 1871, a firebreak was built to cut Central Ward in
... Read moreSapporo Snow Festival - Early February
When: Usually February 4th to February 11th
Where: Odori Park, Susukino & Tsudome
History: The Snow Festival began as a one-day event in 1950, when six local high school students built six snow statues in Odori Park. In 1955 the Japan Self-Defense Forces from the Makomanai base joined in and built the first massive snow
... Read moreSapporo White Illumination | Events
When: Late November to Late February
Time: 4:30pm to 8pm
Area: Odori Park, Ekimae Street, the Minami Ichijo Dori Site, the Sapporo Kita 3-jo Plaza (Akapla) Site, and the south plaza exit of Sapporo JR Station
GPS: 43.06001623159241, 141.3481707082898
Website: https://white-illumination.jp/
This winter light-up is held at five different locations in
... Read moreSapporo Yosakoi Soran Festival 2024 (6/5-9)
When: The middle of June / 2024, June 5th (Wed) to June 9th (Sun)
2023, June 7th (Wed) to June 11th (Sun)
2022, June 8th (Wed) to June 12th (Sun)
2022, June 10th (Fri): 4:30pm to 9:30pm
2022, June 11th (Sat) to June 12th (Sun): Read more
Otaru Canal
Otaru Canal (小樽運河, Otaru Unga) was used to transport goods to warehouses along the canal long ago. The canal became obsolete when new docking facilities allowed direct unloading of larger vessels. Part of the canal was restored in the 1980s instead of being filled in. The warehouses were turned into museums, shops and restaurants.
It's a nice
... Read moreEbetsu Fireworks 2025
Phone: 011-398-4560 Ebetsu Fireworks Executive Committee
When: Ticket sales start on 2025/6/1 / The event will probably be 2025/7/19 (Sat) or on Sunday the 20th if the weather is bad on Saturday.
2024/7/20 (Sat) or on Sunday the 21st if the weather is bad on Saturday.
2023/07/22 (Sat), 7:20pm to about 9pm
2022/07/16 (Sat), 7:45pm
Hill of Buddha (Buddha Hill) Makomanai, Sapporo
Phone: 011-592-1223 (Makomanai Takino Cemetery)
Address: Makomanai Takino Cemetery, 2 Banchi, Takino, South Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 005-0862
Open: 9am to 3pm
URL: https://www.takinoreien.com/pages/49/#block398-2137
GPS: 42.92057956085291, 141.3627875680047 (Google Maps)
For The Taxi Driver: 〒005-0862 札幌市南区滝野2番地
DescriptionArchitect: Tadao Ando
Built: December 2015
The Hill of Buddha is a Buddhist shrine
... Read moreSapporo Archives Museum (Former Sapporo Court of Appeal)
Phone: 011-251-0731
Address: Odori Park, West 13, Central Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0042
Admission Fee: Free
Open: 9am to 7pm
Closed: Monday
URL: https://www.s-shiryokan.jp/
GPS: 43.05860337079381, 141.33747387731665
This museum has 3 sections. The old law court, the Sapporo history section and Oba Hiroshi's art gallery. Oba
... Read moreOld Hokkaido Government Office Building, Akarenga
Phone: 011-204-5019 (Hokkaido Cho - Weekdays 8:45 to 5:30pm - Japanese)
011-204-5000 (Hokkaido Prefectural Government Main Office Sat, Sun & Holidays)
Address: North 3 West 6, Central Ward, Sapporo
Fee: Free
Open: 8:45am to 6pm
Closed: The end and beginning of the year.
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