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Takino Snow World Family Ski Resort - Free Activities*

Snow Tubing Snowmobiling & Tubing

Phone: 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

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Sapporo 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

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Blue Pond, Shirogane, Biei

Aoi Ike: Blue Pond

Phone0166-94-3355

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

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The Blue Canal, Otaru

Date2024/11/1 (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

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Sapporo 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 Sapporo

The market has been held in Sapporo since 2002, when the city marked the thirtieth anniversary of its sister-city ties with Munich, Germany. Stalls

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Asahikawa 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:

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Sapporo 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

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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

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Hill of Buddha (Buddha Hill) Makomanai, Sapporo

Phone011-592-1223 (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

Description

Architect: Tadao Ando

Built: December 2015

The Hill of Buddha is a Buddhist shrine

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Sapporo 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

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Old 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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