Sapporo Winter Wonderland 8 days and 7 nights in-depth tour guide to explore the beautiful scenery of Hokkaido
🧳Preparation before departure:
📝Note tips:
- Visa:
Make sure your passport is valid for at least 6 months and apply for your visa at least one month in advance.
- Cash [Purse]: Prepare an appropriate amount of Japanese yen cash, and confirm the applicability of credit cards in Japan.
- Clothing [Bounet]: In addition to down jackets, sweaters, and thermal underwear, you also need to prepare gloves, hats, scarves, windproof masks, and waterproof snow boots.
- Other items [Trunk]: Bring sunscreen (sunlight reflection is strong in winter), thermos cup, baby warmer, travel pillow, conversion plug, etc.
🚉Transportation guide:
- New Chitose Airport to Sapporo: You can choose JR rapid train or bus, which takes about 40 minutes to 1 hour.
- JR Rail Pass: Choose the Hokkaido Rail Pass (JR Hokkaido Rail Pass) according to your itinerary. There are 3 days, 5 days, and 7 days to choose from.
- [Taxi] Charter service: Book in advance to confirm the car model, number of seats, itinerary and price.
🛏【️Hotel Guide】
- Sapporo: We recommend Sapporo Prince Hotel or Sapporo Keio Plaza Hotel, which are close to Sapporo Station and are convenient for travel.
- Otaru: Recommend the Otaru Canal La Vista Hotel, which is within walking distance of the canal.
- Asahikawa: Recommended JR Hotel Asahikawa, close to Asahiyama Zoo.
- Lake Toya: Recommend Lake Toya Manseikaku Hotel with lake view.
- Hakodate: Recommend the Best Western Hotel Hakodate, close to the Hakodate Mountain Cable Car.
Hokkaido 8 days and 7 nights customized itinerary [Airplane]:
D1[Airplane]: Pick up in Sapporo, check into Sapporo hotel, try Sapporo Ramen Yokocho to taste local food in the evening, overnight: Sapporo.
D2: Depart from Sapporo to Biei Aoike, visit a Christmas tree farm on the way, visit Shirasuda Falls in the afternoon, and experience the Forest Elf Terrace in the evening. Overnight: Sapporo.
D3: Visit Shiroi Koibito Factory and experience making biscuits. In the afternoon, go to Otaru Aquarium to see penguins. Then visit Funamizaka, Music Box Museum, and Otaru Canal. In the evening, take the Tengu Mountain Cable Car to enjoy the night view. Overnight: Sapporo.
D4: Go to Bear Ranch and have close contact with bears. In the afternoon, visit Noboribetsu Hell Valley and experience Noboribetsu Hot Spring Street. Overnight: Noboribetsu.
D5: Depart from Noboribetsu to Lake Toya Observation Deck, visit Hachimanzaka, and enjoy the night view of Mount Hakodate at night. Overnight: Hakodate.
D6: Visit Hakodate Market in the morning, taste fresh seafood, then visit Motomachi Historical District, return to Sapporo city in the afternoon, stay in Sapporo.
D7: Sapporo citywalk, experience Odori Park, Tanukikoji shopping street, taste Hokkaido specialties, free time in the evening, overnight in Sapporo.
D8: According to the flight time, depart from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport in advance and prepare for the return trip.
The main thing is to make appropriate adjustments according to your own personal preferences and actual situation. Then I wish you a happy trip to Hokkaido!