Best around Hokkaido Spot List

A 20 minute drive from central Sapporo. 17 courses for everyone from experts to families. Includes a kids park!

Easy access to high quality powder snow 1000 meters above sea level! Fifteen unique courses!

One of Japan's largest winter resorts, with world-class snow.

Enjoy local beer that perfectly matches Mongolian-style lamb barbecue

See flora and birds that call the mountainside their home

Hokkaido's largest ski area, only 30 minutes from Asahikawa and 90 minutes from Sapporo by high-speed bus.

Learn about the history of sake making, starting back in the Edo period (1603-1868)

An entire hillside dyed pink

The soup made with pork bones and fish broth is the signature ingredient to be found in the ramen here

At 2291 meters, Hokkaido's tallest mountain is also connected by Asahidaira by ropeway

Hokkaido's oldest museum of Ainu culture, with exhibits featuring lifestyle objects and clothing

Enjoy sweets freshly made on the spot

High up in the west Daisetsuzan mountains, this hot spring can be found on the path to a summit

Rock reefs stretch offshore at this windy cape

An innovative inn heralding a new style

Daisetsuzan National Park's most famous hot spring town. It bustles with activity during the autumnal foliage season

Both selected as part of Japan's 100 best waterfalls

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Check out the mighty trees and zoo around this shrine

Animals play in the snow at this northern zoo