Sapporo: Custom Highlights and Hidden Gems Tour with a Local

Spend 2 to 8 flexible hours with a private local host in Sapporo. Your guide may be Shiunn, Ryo, or Ryuki, and can shape the day around food, shrines, parks, markets, or Olympic sights.

Spend 2 to 8 flexible hours with a private local host in Sapporo. Your guide may be Shiunn, Ryo, or Ryuki, and can shape the day around food, shrines, parks, markets, or Olympic sights.

Spend 10 hours traveling from Sapporo through Hokkaido’s volcanic country, with stops at Lake Toya, Showa-Shinzan, Noboribetsu’s Jigokudani, an outlet mall, and the Shikotsu Lake Ice Festival. Guides speak English, Chinese, and Japanese.

Travel from Sapporo by bus to Hokkaido highlights that change with the season. See Cape Kamui and Otaru from May to August, enjoy Noboribetsu in autumn, or play in Bibai Snowland in winter. English, Japanese, and Chinese support is available.

Build a private Hokkaido day trip from Sapporo with drivers such as Yuuki, Maki, Nakamura, or Shirahama. Choose Furano, Lake Toya, Shakotan, Otaru, or local sights, then ride in a Toyota Hiace, Vellfire, or minibus.

Spend about three hours with Picchio Shiretoko guides such as Makoto, Yuki, or Kato, walking animal tracks through untouched forest to cliff views and a waterfall. Rainwear, rubber boots, and binoculars are supplied.

Spend 150 minutes with an English-speaking guide such as Tom or Iku, tracing Sapporo’s early story from the Clock Tower to Nijo Market. You’ll visit the TV Tower, walk beside the Sosei River, see Hokkaido Jingu Tongu, and finish with…

Build a six-hour Hakodate visit around three or four sites with a licensed English-speaking guide. Choose from Mount Hakodate, Goryokaku, Motomachi, the morning market, Onuma and the red-brick waterfront, with local history along the way.

Walk Sapporo with local H.I.S. guides such as Jessica or Hiro, visiting the Red Brick Office, Clock Tower, Odori Park, TV Tower, and more. The small group is capped at eight, with underground routes used when snow makes sidewalks unsafe.

Sumi and her team pick you up in central Sapporo for a beginner-friendly snowshoe walk near Nakayama Pass, with gear, tea, local snacks, and a relaxing visit to Hoheikyo Onsen. Lunch in Jozankei costs extra.

Join guide Jun, or another English-speaking local guide, for an easy-paced ride through Nopporo Forest Park. Bikes, helmets, gloves, transport, and a retro cycle cap are provided, with a six-person limit.

Start beneath Sapporo TV Tower with a guide such as Tom or Iku, then walk 3.2 kilometers through central Sapporo. You’ll see the Clock Tower, city hall, Kita-1-Jou Dori, and Red Brick Government Building in a small group of up…

Start at Sapporo TV Tower for city views, then walk through Odori Park, City Hall, the Clock Tower, Akarenga Terrace, and the Former Hokkaido Government Office. Guides Iku and Tom add history, food tips, and help with onward plans.

Join Picchio Shiretoko for a 3.5-hour winter walk through animal-made forest paths. Use snowshoes when snow allows, seek the frozen Tears of Man waterfall, and watch for Ezo deer, red foxes, tracks, and Okhotsk Sea ice.

Start at Sapporo Clock Tower at 10 a.m. and walk through Odori Park, City Hall, Sosei Bridge, and Hokkaido Jingu Tonguu before lunch at Nijo Market. Your English or Japanese guide may be Tom, Tomoaki, Okie, or IKU. Expect a…

Paddle stable double kayaks from Shioya Beach along Otaru’s cliffs and coves with a certified guide such as Max. Expect about two hours on calm water, a secluded beach stop, sea life, photos, and a swim if conditions allow.