Travel from Sapporo to Asahikawa, Sounkyo, and Mombetsu on a winter group tour with penguins, an icebreaker, drift ice, seafood, sake, and one hot-spring night. Guide Xiao Li may lead the trip.
Meet Yuko at Kushiro Fisherman’s Wharf MOO for a two-hour, English-led bento class. Prepare a meat or fish lunch, master tamagoyaki, eat together, and take home recipes.
Book a one-way private SkyExpress transfer between New Chitose Airport and Niseko. You get meet-and-greet service, luggage room, free child seats by request, and direct hotel or chalet drop-off.
Spend 30 relaxed minutes at the pottery wheel in Otaru with an instructor who teaches in English and Japanese. Make several pieces, choose one glaze, then enjoy a drink at Tonobacca Cafe while your selected piece is trimmed, glazed, fired,…
Travel from Sapporo to Asahiyama Zoo, then board GARINKO GO III to crush through Okhotsk drift ice at sunset. Japanese-speaking staff, zoo admission, transport, and cruise fare are included. Guide Yamada has earned praise, but expect a long day and…
A private six-and-a-half-hour Hakodate tour with guide Tomio Yokouchi, using trams and buses to reach the morning market, waterfront warehouses, Mt. Hakodate, and Goryokaku. Admission, transport, and lunch cost extra.
Travel from central Sapporo to Otaru in a private car for up to five people. Your English-speaking driver uses translation tools, handles round-trip transport, and helps shape the day, but does not serve as a guide.
At Marutama Goya in Motomachi, you’ll shape and bake Russian-style piroshki using Hakodate ingredients such as Ezo deer and maitake mushrooms. While the dough rests, your guide leads a short English walk to churches, parks, and lesser-known corners of town.…
At 4:30 pm in Sapporo’s Hassamu district, you’ll make hand-rolled sushi with Hokkaido seafood, meat, tempura, and optional sea urchin or wagyu. The private two-hour session suits groups of 4 to 14 and includes a mobile ticket.
Meet guide Tomio Yokouchi at Hakodate Station for a four-hour private tour of the morning market, Mount Hakodate, and Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse. Transport, meals, and the ropeway cost extra.
Spend 8.5 hours exploring Butsugan-ji Temple, the Hill of the Buddha, Sapporo TV Tower, and Yata Sake Stand Bar. Scott, one praised guide, adds friendly local tips, while transport, admission, and sake tasting are included.
Join Aidan of Nobo Tours for a three-and-a-half-hour snowshoe hike from Karurusu Onsen to frozen Lake Tachibana. The 4-kilometre route climbs a wooded ridgeline, then drops to the lake for hot drinks and striking ice formations.
Travel from Sapporo with a bilingual driver to Lake Hill Farm, Silo Observatory, Lake Toya Onsen, Mount Usu, and Noboribetsu Jigokudani. The private car suits families and small groups, but lunch and ropeway tickets cost extra.
At Hakodate Meijikan, choose a Western dress, kimono, or other costume from more than 400 options. A beautician adds a hair arrangement and accessory, then you have one hour to take photos around Hakodate’s historic quarter.
Travel from Sapporo to Otaru with an English-speaking guide, visit the canal, Kitaichi Glass, Music Box Museum, and Steam Clock, then enjoy a beer or nonalcoholic drink at Otaru Beer.