

Taking place in Odori Park, Sapporo, this team dance event has been a fixture of the Hokkaido summer event calendar since 1992. Yosakoi is a form of team-based dancing that originated in the …
Also known as the Toyohira River Fireworks, this fireworks festival is regarded as Hokkaido’s most popular fireworks festival. Over the course of the evening, approximately 4,000 fireworks …
In 2022, the beer garden will reduce its seating to about half its usual capacity and the Hokkaido Bon Odori has been canceled. The Sapporo Summer Festival (Sapporo Natsu Matsuri) is an umbrella …
Officially called the Noboribetsu Onsen Hot Water Festival (Noboribetsu onsen yu matsuri), this unique festival takes place at the coldest time of year, when the last thing you want to be is …
For where to stay and what to do, see our Sapporo Snow Festival Mega Guide. The Sapporo Snow Festival takes place every year for a week in early February across three main sites: Odori Park, …
With ice floes and drift ice in the winter seas around Abashiri in the far north of Hokkaido, it gets very, very cold – so what better place to have a festival with giant carved ice …
Timed to coincide with Sapporo’s giant winter festival, Otaru’s Light Snow Path (Otaru Yuki Akari no Michi — the awkward name is a direct translation) event is on a much more …
This winter light-up takes place at five different locations including Odori Park, Sapporo Eki-mae Dori and Minami 1-Jo Dori. All locations switch on the lights on November 22nd, but while Odori …