Spend eight hours with guide Scott visiting Hokkaido’s 54-hectare Historical Village and Sapporo Beer Museum. See Meiji and Taisho-era buildings, follow Sapporo’s brewing story, and enjoy included beer tasting.
Meet your English-speaking guide at Sapporo Station for an 8.5-hour Otaru tour. Walk the canal, make optional glassware, hear an Aeolian organ, see the Steam Clock, and enjoy a brewery drink.
Walk through Hokkaido’s frontier past with an English-speaking private guide, meeting at Sapporo Station or the village. See original buildings, horse-drawn railways, settler huts, and learn how Ainu life and Meiji-era change shaped the island.
Book a licensed driver for a private, one-way ride from your Sapporo hotel to New Chitose Airport. Expect a clean, air-conditioned minivan or van, help with luggage, and a pickup time arranged around your flight.
Leave Sapporo early for GARINKO GO III, whose bow propellers crush drifting ice beside the hull. Choose a seafood bowl lunch or museum time, with Japanese-speaking staff and translation help.
Explore Goryokaku with a local guide such as Rei, Aya, or Yuri, then view the fort from 107-meter Goryokaku Tower. Choose a meeting option that fits your plans and learn how the Boshin War shaped Hakodate.
Explore Otaru’s canal, piers, stockyards, and historic streets by private rickshaw with a Japanese-speaking guide. Choose a 30-minute to 2-hour ride, with photo stops and seasonal views. Guides such as Toshy have earned praise for friendly, informative service.
Ride privately between New Chitose Airport and Niseko in a licensed green-plate vehicle. A driver meets you in the arrivals hall, handles snowy roads, and takes your group directly to your hotel.
Spend about four hours walking Otaru with a nationally certified guide such as Hiro or Ken. Visit the canal, Sakaimachi Street, Music Box Museum, LeTAO, a sake brewery, and Nitori Museum, with pickup available.
Join guide Aidan for a six-hour, small-group snowshoe trek from Noboribetsu to a rare bamboo ice cave. Walk 7 km through snowy woods, cross snow bridges, eat lunch beneath trees, and see ice formations up to 4 meters high.
Book a private SkyExpress vehicle for up to 15 people between New Chitose Airport and Sapporo. Expect airport meet-and-greet service, hotel drop-off, luggage room, GPS tracking, and free child seats when reserved ahead.
Spend two hours learning kendo in Nakashibetsu with Takeru, an instructor with 25 years of experience. Practice with a bamboo sword, write your name in calligraphy, strike protective armor, and request a harder workout if you want one.
Explore Hakodate by private car with a Japanese-speaking driver, visiting Motomachi, Goryokaku Tower, the Morning Market, Kanemori warehouses, and Mt. Hakodate. Translation apps help with communication, and the route can adjust around your ship’s schedule.
Travel from Sapporo to Lake Shikotsu, Noboribetsu Jigokudani, Lake Toya and Mount Usu by air-conditioned bus. Guide Akiko and driver Hashimoto have earned praise for clear guidance and careful winter driving. Ropeway and bear ranch access depend on your selected…
Leave Sapporo with an English, Japanese, or Mandarin-speaking driver for a 10-hour trip through Furano and Biei. See the Blue Pond, Shikisai-no-Oka, Farm Tomita, and Ningle Terrace, with a winter route that includes Asahiyama Zoo.