Sapporo Walking Tour – Get to Know Our Unique City and Enjoy Cross-Cultural Experiences with Locals!
1-DAY
DIFFICULTY
GREEN SEASON
1day
Min.2, Max.10
Walking
- HIGHTLIGHTS
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- Learn the history and culture of the unique city of Sapporo.
- Fun cooking experience: Prepare traditional local food loved by Hokkaido people.
- Cross-cultural exchange to observe the real daily life of Hokkaido people.
- Experience authentic Hokkaido life by visiting and spending time at a private home.
- Imo Mochi (potato cake) and Kenchinjiru Soup (Japanese-style chowder) for lunch (vegan dishes.)
- Shop at a local supermarket, meeting local shoppers and exchanging small talk.
- We highly recommend taking this tour at the start of your Sapporo stay. And, since this is a single-day tour, it's easy to combine it with other Sapporo tour experiences.
- Spend a healthy day, enjoying vegan dishes and doing some light walking (Mariko Ishikawa, your guide, is an expert in intestinal health.)
- LOCATION
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Sapporo, Hokkaido
OVERVIEW
Our one-of-a-kind walking tour is a great way for you to experience Sapporo’s history, culture and food!
Sapporo, a city of 2 million, harmonizes the urban landscape with nature. We’re one of the few – if not only – cities in the world situated in a heavy snowfall area. But what kind of city is Sapporo really? How did it develop so quickly, in only 150 years?
Our walking tour gives you the answers. Dig deep into the city’s lore, culture, and history, all while stopping at well-known sightseeing spots.
You’ll also purchase ingredients at local supermarket, and visit a local home to make Imo Mochi (potato cake), a traditional homemade snack eaten since Hokkaido’s pioneer days. You’ll experience Sapporo’s real daily life and enjoy meaningful cultural exchanges with locals.
・Visiting and spending time at a private home gives you a unique opportunity to share in the typical daily life of Japanese and Hokkaido people. Stimulate your intellectual curiosity via cross-cultural exchange in a cozy environment!
・Not only will you learn Sapporo’s history and culture while visiting sightseeing spots, you’ll also experience the local lifestyle by helping prepare food at a local home.
ITINERARY
Start from Sapporo TV Tower
Meet at Sapporo TV Tower at 9:00a.m. to start your Sapporo City tour
Enjoy a 360-degree view of Sapporo’s cityscape and learn its history and sightseeing spots you will be visiting
Next, visit Sapporo City Hall and Sapporo Clock Tower to discover the city’s pioneer history.
Get to know Shima Yoshitake, the passionate chief magistrate of the Hokkaido Development Commission who authored the original plans to build the city.
Even after Yoshitake-san departed Hokkaido, his plans were followed. Today his ideas, insights, and innovations are seen at every turn of the city.
Do what the locals do, by taking the municipal subway to meet Sapporo native Mariko Ishikawa, and then go grocery shopping together. After purchasing the ingredients you’ll need at a local market, visit Ms. Ishikawa’s home to make Imo Mochi (potato cake), one of Hokkaido’s favorite snacks.
Your lunch will also feature Kenchinjiru-soup (Japanese vegetable chowder). Relax and chit-chat, and discuss different perspectives on daily life and culture, as well as learn about making cloth sandals by traditional sustainable methods, indigo dying, and intestinal health.
Imo Mochi (potato cake): In Hokkaido’s early days during the Meiji Era rice wasn’t grown locally, due both to cold weather and to insufficient agricultural technique. Imo Mochi became a substitute for rice cakes (mochi) and were an important energy source for pioneers. Imo Mochi also came in handy during the food shortages experienced during and after the War in the Pacific.
Kenchinjiru-soup, a type of Buddhist vegetarian meal, is a clear broth with root vegetables.
Take the subway to get to Maruyama Park, and stroll around the Hokkaido Shrine.
Guided by a forest expert, learn about the flora of the park.
Pay respects at the Hokkaido Shrine and learn about Shima Yoshitake, a samurai and Japanese government official who founded the city of Sapporo. Taste the Hangan-sama (a pastry with a sweet bean paste filling) baked here, which are named after Shima himself (his title of Hangan means a chief magistrate of the Meiji Period).
During your leisurely Maruyama stroll, visit a gift shop specializing in items made from colorful fishermen’s banners, a rice cracker shop and a cafe for a coffee break.
LUNCH
Imo Mochi (potato cake) & Kenchinjiru-soup
Imo Mochi (potato cake): In Hokkaido’s early days during the Meiji Era rice wasn’t grown locally, due both to cold weather and to insufficient agricultural technique. Imo Mochi became a substitute for rice cakes (mochi) and were an important energy source for pioneers. Imo Mochi also came in handy during the food shortages experienced during and after the War in the Pacific.
Kenchinjiru-soup, a type of Buddhist vegetarian meal, is a clear broth with root vegetables.
Tour Operator / Contact
Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd
- address
NX Sapporo Bldg., 6F, 2-1, West2, North3, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0003, Japan
h-inbound@or.knt-h.co.jp
- Official web site
https://www.dmcjapan-knt.com/
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