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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 (18), Museums + Free (7), Parks + Free (9), etc.
Takino Snow World Family Ski Resort - Free Activities*
Snow Tubing Snowmobiling & TubingPhone: 011-592-3333
Address: 247 Banchi, Takino, South Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 005-0862
Open: Daily, December 22, 2024 (Sun.) – March 31, 2025 (Mon.)
Hours: 9am to 4pm
Closed: 4/1 to 4/19 / 11/11 to 12/22
Admission: Free!
Free rentals for tubes, sleds, and snowshoes.
Ski
... Read moreSapporo Beer Museum
Phone: 011-748-1876 (11am to 5pm) 0120-150-550
Address: 1-1, North 7 East 9, East Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 065-8633
Entrance Fee: Free
Open:
Museum Tour Space 11am to 6pm (Last Admission 5:30pm)
Star Hall (Paid Tastings) 11am to 6:30pm (Last Order 6pm)
Museum/Shop 11am to 7:30pm
Blue Pond, Shirogane, Biei
Aoi Ike: Blue PondPhone: 0166-94-3355
Address: Shirogane, Biei, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido 071-0235
Biei-cho, Kamikawa-gun
Charge: Free admission but parking costs about 500 yen per car
Open: Parking Lot Hours 7am to 7pm May to October; 8am to 9:30pm November to April
URL: https://www.biei-hokkaido.jp/en/sightseeing/shirogane-blue-pond/
Parking:
270 cars: 500
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 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 moreOtaru 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 moreHill 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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Mishima San's Garden, Kutchan, Niseko
Phone: 0136-22-3344 (Kutchan Tourism Center)
Address: Niseko - 51 Aza-Asahi, Kutchan, Abuta District, Hokkaido 044-0083
Full Bloom: Late May - Mid June
Charge: Free
URL: https://hanazononiseko.com/en/blog/shibazakura-niseko-2022
For The Taxi Driver:
三島さんの芝桜庭園: ニセコ
〒044-0083 北海道虻田郡倶知安町字旭51
GPS: 42.90486600973077, 140.7401103788809
Access: Approx. 2 hours drive from Sapporo (via Route 393
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