Things to Do in Hokkaido, Japan
Wild national parks, powder snow, hot springs and Japan's freshest seafood in the far north.
54 destinations across 1 prefectures
Festivals in Hokkaido
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Sapporo Snow Festival
4 to 11 February 2027
Hokkaido · Snow and ice festival
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Asahikawa Winter Festival
6 to 11 February 2027
Hokkaido · Snow and ice festival
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Otaru Snow Light Path
6 to 13 February 2027
Hokkaido · Snow and ice festival
Suggested Itineraries
Places to Visit in Hokkaido
Sapporo Beer Museum
Japan's Only Beer Museum
Japan's only beer museum, housed in an atmospheric red-brick Meiji-era building with tastings ava...
Hakodate
Hakodate - Hokkaido's Sparkling Port City
Port city famous for its night view from Mount Hakodate, bustling morning market, and historic We...
Rishiri Island
Rishiri Island: A Ferry Ride to a 1,721 m Volcano in the Sea
A round volcanic island off Hokkaido's northwest coast that is almost all mountain: Mt Rishiri ri...
Hokkaido Shrine
Sapporo's Forest Shrine, Where the Gates Open at Midnight on New Year
Sapporo's main shrine, in the forest of Maruyama Park, founded in 1869 as the guardian of Hokkaid...
Kamuiwakka Hot Falls
Kamuiwakka Hot Falls: Wading Up a Warm, Acidic River in Shiretoko
A river in Shiretoko National Park that runs warm because hot spring water from Mount Io feeds it...
Mount Tokachi
Mount Tokachi: An Active 2,077 m Volcano Above Biei and Furano
A 2,077 m active volcano at the south end of the Tokachi range, climbed from the Bogakudai car pa...
Jozankei Onsen
Sapporo's Own Hot Spring Town, an Hour by Bus, With Kappa Statues and a Red Bridge Over the Gorge
Jozankei is inside Sapporo's city limits, in the mountains of Minami-ku, about an hour from Sappo...
Rusutsu Resort
One of Hokkaido's Largest Amusement Parks and Ski Resorts
A large year-round mountain resort near Lake Toya with one of Hokkaido's biggest amusement parks ...
Asahidake
Hokkaido's Highest Peak, Ten Minutes by Ropeway to 1,600 m
At 2,291 m, Asahidake is the highest mountain in Hokkaido and an active volcano in Daisetsuzan Na...
Historical Village of Hokkaido
52 Pioneer-Era Buildings and a Horse-Drawn Tram on Sapporo's Edge
An open-air museum with 52 buildings from the Meiji to early Showa periods, moved or reconstructe...
Moerenuma Park
Isamu Noguchi's Last Design, a Whole Park Built on a Landfill
A 188.8-hectare park in northeast Sapporo built to Isamu Noguchi's master plan on top of a former...
Michi-no-Eki Utoro Shirietoku
Salmon lunch at the gateway to Shiretoko
The roadside station in Utoro, on Route 334 next to the Shiretoko World Heritage Center. Eat salm...
Mount Yotei
Ezo Fuji: Four Trails, No Water and a 10-Hour Day to the Crater
A 1,898 m volcano with a near-perfect cone, called Ezo Fuji, that rises alone above Niseko and Ku...
Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park
Japan's National Ainu Museum, With Ainu Language on Every Label First
The national centre for Ainu culture, opened in 2020 on the shore of Lake Poroto in Shiraoi: the ...
Cape Kamui
A Ridge Path Into Shakotan Blue Water, Past a Gate Once Closed to Women
A narrow headland at the north-west tip of the Shakotan Peninsula where the 770 m Charenka path r...