Sapporo 4-Day Itinerary (3 Nights)

Sapporo Beer Museum

Museums & galleries

The Sapporo Beer Museum is housed in a striking red-brick building, originally built in 1890 as a sugar refinery before being repurposed and opened as a museum in 1987. As Japan's only museum dedicated to beer, it traces the history and brewing process of Sapporo Beer, and the Sapporo Beer Garden on the building's south side offers tastings and meals as well.

Guardian Angels Cathedral, Sapporo

Temples & religious sites · 0.9 km from the previous stop

Also known as Kita-Ichijo Church, this cathedral serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapporo. It gained this status in 1952, when Pope Pius XII's decree formally elevated Sapporo to a diocese.

Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan Sapporo Church

Temples & religious sites · 0.7 km from the previous stop

Nihon Kirisuto Kyodan Sapporo Church is a Protestant church building in the center of Sapporo. Rather than a flashy tourist attraction, it's a quiet building that reflects the city's modern architecture and its Christian history since the pioneer era, and it pairs well with a walking tour that includes nearby modern landmarks like the Clock Tower and the Former Hokkaido Government Office. If a service is in progress, visitors should remain quiet and respectful.

JR Tower

Views & landmarks · 0.6 km from the previous stop

JR Tower is a 173-meter, 38-story complex connected to Sapporo Station, combining a shopping mall (Sapporo Stellar Place), Daimaru department store, a cinema, a hotel, and office space under one roof. For travelers, the highlight is the observation deck on the top floor, offering views over the city, the Ishikari Plain, and, on clear days, the distant mountains—giving a great overview of the city's layout.

Hokkaidō Jingū

Temples & religious sites

Hokkaido Jingu is a Shinto shrine located within Sapporo's Maruyama Park, known as Sapporo Jinja until 1964. It enshrines four deities, including the spirit of Emperor Meiji, along with figures from Hokkaido's early pioneering era such as Mamiya Rinzo.

Sapporo Maruyama Zoo

Zoos & aquariums · 0.3 km from the previous stop

Maruyama Zoo is a municipal zoo in Chuo Ward, Sapporo, founded in 1951 as one of the city's long-standing attractions. Set amid Hokkaido's natural surroundings, it houses a wide variety of animals, making it a great spot for families with children or animal lovers. Though located within the city, it borders Maruyama Park, letting visitors explore the grounds in a lush, forested setting.

Maruyama Park

Parks & gardens · 0.2 km from the previous stop

Maruyama Park is a green space in the heart of Sapporo's Chuo Ward, modeled after the park of the same name in Kyoto. What makes it distinctive is that a forest of this size survives so close to downtown Sapporo, and locals often come here to walk, hike lightly, or enjoy the cherry blossoms in spring.

Miyanomori International Museum of Art, Sapporo

Museums & galleries · 0.9 km from the previous stop

Miyanomori International Museum of Art was a contemporary art museum that opened in Sapporo in April 2006. It has since ceased operations and closed, so it's no longer possible to visit and view exhibitions there. If you're considering including this spot in your Sapporo itinerary, it's worth confirming this beforehand.

Sapporo Clock Tower

Museums & galleries

The Sapporo Clock Tower is a wooden building erected around 1878, originally built as a facility of Sapporo Agricultural College (now Hokkaido University). True to its name, it has a bell-tower-style clock mounted at the top, and it's known as the oldest clock tower in Japan.

Nakajima Park

Parks & gardens · 1.7 km from the previous stop

Nakajima Park is a municipal park in Sapporo's Chuo Ward, centered on a pond and combined with two streams, lawns, and woodland. Inside are a museum, a concert hall, and an observation area, plus a teahouse set in a historic building, making it a pleasant place for a stroll and a rest; two shrines stand at its southern end and can be visited along the way.

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art

Museums & galleries · 2.4 km from the previous stop

The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art opened in Sapporo in 1977 and holds works by École de Paris painters such as Jules Pascin alongside pieces by modern and contemporary Japanese artists connected to Hokkaido. Rather than a large general museum, it's a place to quietly trace the development of regional art, notable for letting visitors view Western modern art and works by Hokkaido artists side by side.

Sapporo Concert Hall

Culture & venues · 2.5 km from the previous stop

This is a concert hall owned by the city of Sapporo, located within Nakajima Park and opened in 1997. It was designed as a "vineyard-style" hall with seating surrounding the stage, and the main hall houses a large pipe organ built by the French company Alfred Kern, making it especially worth visiting when organ performances are held.

Hokkaido Museum

Museums & galleries

The Hokkaido Museum is a comprehensive museum located within Nopporo Forest Park, opened in 2015. It was created by merging the collections of the formerly separate Historical Museum of Hokkaido and the Ainu Culture Research Center, and is also nicknamed "Mori no Charenga" (Charenga of the Forest).

Nopporo Shinrin Kouen Prefectural Natural Park

Parks & gardens · 0.3 km from the previous stop

Nopporo Forest Park is a prefectural natural park spanning Ebetsu, Kitahiroshima, and Sapporo on Sapporo's eastern outskirts. Designated in 1968, it preserves a wide stretch of inland Hokkaido forest, offering forest trails, walks, and forest bathing without having to travel far from the city.

Historical Village of Hokkaido

Museums & galleries · 0.5 km from the previous stop

The Historical Village of Hokkaido is an open-air museum inside Nopporo Forest Park, displaying 52 relocated or reconstructed buildings from Hokkaido's pioneer era spanning the Meiji to Showa periods. The exhibits are divided into four zones, town, fishing village, farm village, and mountain village, letting visitors walk through and compare how people lived across Hokkaido at the time.

Sapporo Japan Temple

Temples & religious sites · 5 km from the previous stop

The Sapporo Japan Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, used by members from Hokkaido and the Aomori area for specific ordinances. Unlike the local meetinghouses where members regularly worship, it's reserved for these ordinances, so the general public cannot enter — visitors can only view the building and grounds from outside.