Sapporo City
A large clock tower and trendy shopping center. Odori Avenue Park is the location of a magnificent snow festival.
Sapporo in western Hokkaido is divided up in a grid pattern, and is the largest city on the island. Odori Park stretches from east to west in the center of the city, and is a symbol of the city – full of art objects, fountains, lilac and acacia plants and lots of flowerbeds. To the north stand trading companies, financial institutions and local government offices, while to the south is a large underground shopping mall, which as the city’s main shopping center is always busy. It is connected directly to Sapporo Station, which is the transportation hub for all of Hokkaido and the place to board JR lines, the subway, and both local and tourist buses.
The city contains many essential sights: the Sapporo Clock Tower, which has been marking time for over a century; the former Hokkaido government office building, a neo-baroque building known as “Red Brick” that is lit up after dark; and the poplars outside Hokkaido University (formerly Hokkaido Agricultural College).
Odori Park is more than 1,400 meters long. In summer it is full of beer gardens, while in winter it becomes the location for a snow festival. During the festival, this big park is lined with magnificent snow statues and beautiful ice statues.
– New Chitose Airport to Niseko private transfer,
– New Chitose Airport to Furano private transfer,
– New Chitose Airport to Noboribetsu private transfer,
– Sapporo to Niseko private transfer,
– Sapporo to Otaru private transfers,
– Sapporo to Furano private transfers,
– Niseko to Sapporo private transfers,
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Hokkaido Snow festival 2018
Welcome to the 69th edition the SNow Festival in Hokkaido!
As evey year the event is help in Sapporo, here the detail of the events :
ODORI PARK SNOW FESTIVAL!
Odori park; Nishi 1 chome～ Nishi 12 chome
You can visit Od?ri site at any time.
(Illuminations turned on at sunset, and turned off at 22:00.)
Odori Park, stretching east to west over 1.5km through the heart of downtown Sapporo, will be transformed into a fantasy of snow and ice. All the works of art, sculpted with pure white snow and sparkling clear ice, will certainly impart something of the artist’s passion to the guests viewing them. The exquisite state-of-art snow and ice sculptures of such scale are the biggest attraction of Sapporo Snow Festival.
Susukino Site (SUSUKINO ICE WORLD)
Ekimae-dori (Station Avenue); Minami 4 jo ～ Minami 7 jo
You can visit Susukino site at any time.
( Illuminations turned off at 23:00. *On the last day, illuminations turned off at 22:00. )
Under the theme of ‘Enjoy the Ice’, this site offers a fantastic ice sculpture show and the Ice Sculpture Contest. You can also visit the plaza, ‘Fureai Hiroba’ to touch or ride on the ice sculptures, take photos in the Illumination Street, or have hot drinks at the Ice Bar.
Events at Susukino site
| Date and Time | Venue | |
|---|---|---|
| Opening Ceremony | February 5 (Mon), 2018 Begins at 18:00 p.m.? | In front of the main ice sculpture (Minami 4, Nishi 4; In front of the Susukino Lafiler) |
| Photo Session of the Ice Queen | Photo Session of the Ice Queen takes place at Susukino site during the festival | |
| Ice Sculpture Contest ? Award Ceremony |
Each team starts working on their ice sculpture from 14:30 p.m. on February 5 (Mon), 2018 and finishes before 10:30 a.m. the following morning. | D-block |
| Award Ceremony of the Ice Sculpture Contest takes place at 11:00 a.m. on February 6 (Tue), 2018 | In front of the main ice sculpture | |
| Ice Statue Popularity Vote | You can vote for the best ice statue. The ballot boxes will be installed at the Susukino site. | |
| Closing Ceremony? | February 12 (Mon / Sub. Holiday), 2018 Begins at 21:45 p.m. |
In front of the main ice sculpture |