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Sapporo Tour: Explore Like a Local
4.8
69 Ratings
Sapporo
Experience the real Sapporo with a personalized and private tour led by a local. Explore hidden gems, iconic landmarks, and immerse yourself in the local culture.
Experience the real Sapporo with a personalized and private tour led by a local. Explore hidden gems, iconic landmarks, and immerse yourself in the local culture.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Sapporo - Discover Sapporo through the perspective of a local enthusiast. This isn’t a scripted tour—it’s a completely customized walk designed around your interests. Once you book, a brief questionnaire will be sent to tailor your itinerary. Whether you’re passionate about food, culture, history, or just exploring, here are some potential stops:…
- Sapporo - Discover Sapporo through the perspective of a local enthusiast. This isn’t a scripted tour—it’s a completely customized walk designed around your interests. Once you book, a brief questionnaire will be sent to tailor your itinerary. Whether you’re passionate about food, culture, history, or just exploring, here are some potential stops:
- Odori Park - Wander through this central green space that changes with the seasons—from snow sculptures during the Sapporo Snow Festival to vibrant flower beds in spring and summer.
- Sapporo Clock Tower - Explore one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. Your guide will share the history of this 19th-century wooden structure and its importance to contemporary Sapporo.
- Sapporo Beer Museum - Enter Japan’s only beer museum to discover the history of Sapporo beer—and perhaps enjoy a tasting with your guide’s local insights.
- Nijo Market - Dive into this lively seafood market, where you can taste Hokkaido crab, sea urchin, and more while learning about Sapporo’s culinary scene.
- Maruyama Park - Experience tranquility at this peaceful park and spiritual site, cherished by locals for its walking trails, seasonal blooms, and serene forest environment.
What's Included
- Direct communication with your host for itinerary planning and local recommendations.
- Flexible durations and start times—choose your preferred time when booking.
- Pre-tour questionnaire to tailor the experience to your preferences.
- Private and personalized walking experience with insider tips from a passionate local.
- Direct communication with your host for itinerary planning and local recommendations.
- Flexible durations and start times—choose your preferred time when booking.
- Pre-tour questionnaire to tailor the experience to your preferences.
- Private and personalized walking experience with insider tips from a passionate local.
What's Not Included
- Food, drinks and tickets to any attractions
- Transportation (primarily a walking experience, public transport may be used at an additional cost)
- Gratuities (optional)
- Food, drinks and tickets to any attractions
- Transportation (primarily a walking experience, public transport may be used at an additional cost)
- Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information
This is not a typical sightseeing tour—it’s a unique, personalized adventure through Sapporo. Whether the goal is to uncover cultural gems, savor local delicacies, or wander through the city’s serene spots, the host will craft a route that brings these experiences to life.
Within 24 hours of booking, a brief questionnaire will be sent to gather…
This is not a typical sightseeing tour—it’s a unique, personalized adventure through Sapporo. Whether the goal is to uncover cultural gems, savor local delicacies, or wander through the city’s serene spots, the host will craft a route that brings these experiences to life.
Within 24 hours of booking, a brief questionnaire will be sent to gather preferences. Based on the responses, a compatible local will be selected to reach out and collaborate on creating the itinerary. Anticipate engaging conversations, a flexible pace, and a day that feels more like exploring with a friend than following a set plan.
- After booking, you’ll receive a short questionnaire to share your interests, preferences, and must-sees. Your guide will personally reach out to craft a fully customized itinerary that suits your style—whether you love history, food, hidden gems, or cultural experiences.
- This private tour is a walking experience. A private vehicle is not included.
- Public transportation or local taxis may be used to transfer between sites. Exact transportation costs can be discussed with your host after your reservation is finalized.
Location
Hokkaido-Sapporo Tourist Information Centre
Meet your host in front of the tourist information center inside JR Sapporo Station. After booking, you can adjust the meeting point to suit your preferences with the help of our Experience Planners.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(69 Ratings)
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Louise
May 9, 2025
Best tour! Bucket list cherry blossoms! - Shuin was fantastic
We got everything we hoped for and a brilliant ambassador for Sappora and Japan
Couldn’t be happier
Many thx
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Katc954
May 3, 2025
Awesome city guide - Leo is such an awesome guide and easy to talk to, very knowledgeable in the area. We got to see the shrine, cherry blossoms, and went to a local restaurant. Curry soup is the best. We enjoyed the scenery at the park and specialty shops. We are grateful and blessed that we had this tour. Ask for Leo for your guide tour when you visit Sapporo.
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Exploration794980
Apr 19, 2025
Sapporo Japan - My family and I are glad we hire a tour guide because we were able to explore more of Japan. Our tour guide’s name is Shiunn she was very knowledgeable and very friendly. Shiunn showed us around Sapporo Japan and we had such a great experience. Shiunn was able to share her thoughts and suggestions to help us get around town on our own. The next day my family and I were able to explore on our own and we saved a lot of time instead of researching places to go ourselves. I highly recommend hiring a tour guide to show you around so you can spend more time vacationing rather then wasting precious time during our vacation.
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Moira
Apr 3, 2025
So Informative! - Our guide Leo was great, super knowledgeable, spoke excellent English & was very friendly. Our tour was exactly as we had requested 😁
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Dieter_g
Mar 14, 2025
Great way to sample Sapporo - The tour was a great overview of the city. Emilio was a charm to spend a few hours with exploring the city and learning about culture and history.
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Brian_w
Feb 25, 2025
Had a great time - We only had two full days in Sapporo and we loved our 4-hour tour with our guide Akihiro, a Sapporo native who studied in the US. We wanted to make sure we hit the highlights and his tour was a great orientation given our limited amount of time. We were able to change the meeting point to our hotel which was very convenient. Good communication over WhatsApp beforehand where he considerately asked if we were ok with walking or if we wanted a more relaxed pace. He met us promptly and helped us set up our travel card for the subway and bus - the tour is mainly walking but using public transportation got us to the attractions quickly. Really enjoyable tour of some of Sapporo’s highlights (Maruyama Park & Hokkaido Jingu shrine, Okurayama Ski Jump where, after going up in the chair lift, the view over the city is amazing, Sapporo Clock Tower, Nijo Fish Market). Sapporo is a lovely city with a lot to see and do - if only we had been able to spend more time there.
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Zacharywv7291zp
Feb 25, 2025
Amazing time in Sapporo - Leo was amazing, he took us all around Sapporo and introduced us to some local dives. He even took time out of his personal life to give me more recommendations during my stay in Japan. Very above and beyond!
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Global641157
Feb 20, 2025
Excellent! - Leo is great and a kind soul. We got an insider tour, and had a blast with him. Highly recommend!!! He took us to his local haunts and we were the only tourists which felt amazing. Leo is sweet and kind. I highly recommend.
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Petercalaussie
Feb 15, 2025
Special local view of Sapporo - This personalized walking tour was amazing. I lived in Japan and coming back we wanted to see non tourist local spots. Snowy and icy we easily navigated through Nakajima Koen (park) and viewed the sun through a telescope. We saw carp in local streams, enjoyed a local favorite curry soup, two stories underground. We met local dog owners and pet several Shiba Inu. Mostly though, our guide knew so much history and cultural context that Sapporo came alive for us. Thanks Zarina.
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Gennady
Feb 9, 2025
Sapporo tour with the local - We had a wonderful time with our tourguide Zarina. She was extremely kind and patient. We started our tour much later than it was originally scheduled for because of the weather delay on the way from Tokyo to Sapporo. She was very accommodating and tried very hard to make us see and fall in love with Sapporo the way that she does.
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