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.
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Leave Sapporo at 8:00 am with your private group and driver Kenny for a long spring day at Takinoue Shibazakura Park and Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park. Highway fees and parking are covered, but meals and entrance tickets are extra.
Spend three hours exploring Sapporo after dark with an English or Japanese-speaking guide. Visit three bars chosen around your interests, enjoy one drink at each, share 3 to 4 snack dishes, and learn about local drinking culture.
Ride privately between Sapporo and Niseko in about 2.5 hours. SkyExpress handles up to 15 people, luggage, two nearby pickup points, free child seats, and English support. Driver language is not guaranteed, so confirm details before booking.
Meet your English-speaking Dohoku Local at JR Biei Station, ride to a permitted farm, and snowshoe across a quiet winter hill. Hattie has been praised for her kindness and flexibility. Gear, warmers, transport, and a cafe drink are included.
Learn nigiri sushi from a professional female chef at a small Hakodate sushi restaurant. Shape rice, add wasabi and seafood, compare three dashi stocks, make miso soup, and take home your chef’s cap.