Sapporo Trip Overview
Explore Sapporo and Otaru in a day with an English speaking guide! You will learn not only its background but also local life by visiting the landmarks. This tour starts and ends at the hotel you’re staying at. This 9-hour tour features; a friendly, licensed and local guide, a better understanding of Otaru and Sapporo. There is no need to research transportation on your own as all transportation is provided. This tour features Otaru Canal, Sakaimachi Street (Musical Box Shop, Kitaichi Glass Shop, LeTAO, etc.) and landmarks in Sapporo. No rush, comfortable and flexible with your request.
There is a stop for lunch, but lunch is at the customer’s expense. The sake tasting is included in the tour price.
Additional Info
Duration: 9 hours
Starts: Sapporo, Japan
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Explore Sapporo and Otaru in a day with an English speaking guide! You will learn not only its background but also local life by visiting the landmarks. This tour starts and ends at the hotel you’re staying at. This 9-hour tour features; a friendly, licensed and local guide, a better understanding of Otaru and Sapporo. There is no need to research transportation on your own as all transportation is provided. This tour features Otaru Canal, Sakaimachi Street (Musical Box Shop, Kitaichi Glass Shop, LeTAO, etc.) and landmarks in Sapporo. No rush, comfortable and flexible with your request.
There is a stop for lunch, but lunch is at the customer’s expense. The sake tasting is included in the tour price.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Clock Tower (Tokei-dai), North 1, West 2, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo 060-0001 Hokkaido
**Outlook only** A symbolic building of Sapporo. The clock continues to run and keep time, and the chimes can be heard every hour.
Pass By: Sapporo TV Tower, Odori W1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0042 Hokkaido
**Outlook only** The Sapporo TV Tower is a landmark of Sapporo, is a 147.2 meters high TV tower with an observation floor 90 meters above the ground. It’s a good location to see whole Odori Park and Sapporo city.
Stop At: Odori Park, 7 Odorinishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0042 Hokkaido
The park is a downtown oasis stretching approximately 1.5 km from east to west in central Sapporo. It hosts a variety of events; the Sapporo Snow Festival in February, the Summer Festival with the Odori Summer Beer Garden, and the White Illumination event in winter, etc..
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Otaru Canal, Minatomachi, Otaru 047-0007 Hokkaido
Otaru Canal was built in the 1920s as a channel connecting warehouses and the Port of Otaru, which thrived as the gateway to Hokkaido during the period of land reclamation. Stone-built warehouses and gas lamps stand along the 1140-meter-long canal, recalling the area’s heyday.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Otaru Sakaimachi Street, Sakaimachi, Otaru 047-0027 Hokkaido
Historical street with shops and restaurants. You can enjoy the biggest Musical box shop in Japan, Kitaichi glass shop where you can purchase the variety of beautiful glass and even you can have tea time with famous Otaru sweets like LeTAO, Rokkatei, and Kitakarou.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Otaru Orgel Museum Main Building, 4-1 Sumiyoshicho, Otaru 047-0015 Hokkaido
Experience the past up close, with pipe organs, automaton dolls only found a few places in the world and more. This even holds exhibitions and concerts of extremely valuable original condition antique music boxes.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Kitaichi Glass 3gokan, 7-26 Sakaimachi, Otaru 047-0027 Hokkaido
is a historical stone on wood frame building dating back to 1891, originally constructed as a fishery warehouse. In 1983, we converted the building to contain a Kitaichi Glass sales outlet and café. We are best known for our grand hall lit with one-of-a-kind oil lamps, and our wide selection of charming Kitaichi Glass products. We look forward to your visit.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: LeTAO, 7-16 Sakaimachi, Otaru, Hokkaido 047-0027, Japan
Wel-known sweets shop rated highly among locals
Duration: 10 minutes
