Sapporo Walking Tour: Explore Modern and Traditional Sides

Discover the dynamic and ancient city of Sapporo on a half-day private tour with a government-licensed guide. Explore both modern and traditional sides of the city and customize your itinerary to visit your must-see spots.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Sapporo Snow Festival - The Sapporo Snow Festival (さっぽろ雪まつり, Sapporo Yuki Matsuri) is held during one week every February in Hokkaido’s capital Sapporo. It is one of Japan’s most popular winter events.
    The Sapporo Snow Festival was started in 1950, when high school students built a few snow statues in Odori Park. It has since developed into a…
What's Included
  • Meet up with guide on foot within designated area of Sapporo
  • Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
  • Customizable Tour of your choice of 2-3 sites from ‘What to expect’ list
What's Not Included
  • Transportation fees, Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • Private Vehicle
  • You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
Additional Information

Enjoy an efficient, half-day walking tour of Sapporo accompanied by a government-licensed, experienced English-speaking guide! Your guide will help you explore Sapporo while introducing both modern and traditional sides of this dynamic, ancient city.
Sapporo City, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, may be more famous for its winter activities,…

Location
Sapporo Snow Festival
4 Odorinishi, Chuo-ku, Odori Park
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Narcisokitiii_a
Sep 17, 2025
Roy Aoki was very... - Roy Aoki was very knowledgeable about Sapporo and helped me plan a custom trip suited to my needs. We were able to walk around Sapporo in refreshing weather, visiting the Sapporo Beer Museum, Tower 38 Observatory, Odori Park among others. The tour guide Roy Aoki also spoke excellent English and we were able to discuss many things about Sapporo
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Narcisoiiikita
Sep 17, 2025
5-stars for JPA and Roy Aoki - I had a great experience with Aoki Roy. He was very knowledgeable about Sapporo and the sights. He was also very well versed in English and we were able to talk about many things about Sapporo and local customs. I was only able to spare one day for the walk around Sapporo but we were able to make the most of it by customizing the tour to nearby places near Odori Park. It was also quite fortunate that there was a festival at the Odori Park.
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Roxannerw1499fk
Sep 2, 2025
Great experience! - We had a wonderful city tour with Tom in Sapporo! He was very knowledgeable about Hokkaido's history and culture and had a lot of great stories to share. He was extremely friendly and patient as well. Highly recommend booking a tour with Tom if you want to see Sapporo's highlights in a day! He also does tours further out of Sapporo city center.
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Cmats
Jun 6, 2025
Wonderful and informative tour - Kumiko was a wonderful tour guide! She immediately made us feel comfortable and welcome! The tour was really informative and fun, she did a great job introducing us to the city and was very knowledgable about any and all the sites we went to. I would definitely love to come back - thank you for a great tour!
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Claude_b
May 14, 2025
Nice view of Sapporo - Very nice trip to have a global view of Sapporo. Our guide Ms TERY is very professional and friendly. We recommend this tour .
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Akira
Mar 31, 2025
Great and efficient tour. - The tour was great. We covered lots of parts of Sapporo that we most likely might not have covered during the visit here. Tom was definitely very knowledgeable and helped give us ideas on more places to visit after the tour.
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Maa1441
Feb 27, 2025
A memorable trip to Sapporo! - My experience in Sapporo was rather a very memorable one! Special thanks to Nori-san for customizing a perfect itenirary for my one day trip.
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N4614rb_
Feb 13, 2025
Enjoy Sapporo 4 hours - The history and the stories from the local guides themselves made me feel it with all five senses. I have heard about Sapporo many times on tour, but I am 200% satisfied with my request. They also took many commemorative photos.
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Stephuchino
Feb 9, 2025
Thank you Tom! - I loved this customizable tour with our tour guide Tom! He was both helpful and very knowledgeable, offering great recommendations and insight into Sapporo. Tom was very responsive during the planning of our tour and gave great suggestions on where to go. He also offered to take lots of pictures for us which was very nice of him. We ended up going over our tour time at the last location and we let him know that he could leave if he needed to, but he stuck with us and made sure we got home without getting lost. I would highly recommend this tour! My only regret was not doing it sooner, so we could do more of his other suggestions before we left Sapporo!
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G5102beannied
Dec 27, 2024
Sapporo, Hokaido Winter Escapade - We had an experienced tour guide who gave us a good history of sapporo and explained some of the areas we passed by. A great place with a lot of winter magic place.. snow is powdery and illumination is everywhere.. great experience! Thank you mam Kate (Katsuko Kemanai)
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From $44
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).