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Sapporo, Otaru & Kiroro

札幌・小樽43°01′ N 141°10′ E7 towns13 stays

Hokkaido's capital has six ski hills inside an hour's drive, and a few of them run lifts until nine at night. Kiroro sits in the snow belt behind Otaru and often holds the deepest base on the island.

TownsStaysContours every 50 m

Photo アラツク · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 and others, credited in the gallery

7 in Sapporo

Towns and neighbourhoods町

Akaigawa post office has white walls and a peaked glass gable

A clock tower rises over Akaigawa village hall behind a bed of red flowers

Akaigawa

Sapporo

VillagePop. 1,475Sapporo

New Chitose Airport from the air, its runways cleared through snow

Snow is piled outside the Salmon Museum in Chitose on a grey winter day

Chitose

Sapporo

CityPop. 97,032Sapporo

Snow lines a quiet street of inns and shops in Jozankei Onsen in January

The gabled hall of Jozankei Shrine stands among snow-laden firs

Jozankei

Sapporo

Onsen townSapporo

Snow covers Fuppushi-dake above the blue water of Lake Shikotsu on a clear winter day

Ice walls and towers ring a snowy plaza at the Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival

Lake Shikotsu

Sapporo

Onsen townSapporo

Stone warehouses along a snowy stretch of the Otaru Canal

A stone bank building from Otaru's herring-boom years in fresh snow

Otaru

Sapporo

CityPop. 102,385Sapporo

Sapporo spreads under snow toward the hills below the Okurayama ski jump observatory

Neon signs light the Susukino crossing on a snowy night a few blocks from Grand Hostel LDK Sapporo

Sapporo

Sapporo

CityPop. 1,954,588Sapporo

Snow sits on a stone lantern by Taketsuru House at the Nikka distillery in Yoichi

Red pagoda roofs top the kiln tower at the Nikka distillery in Yoichi

Yoichi

Sapporo

TownPop. 16,676Sapporo

13 in Sapporo

Places to stay宿

The Kiroro hotel rises above deep snowbanks under a dusky winter sky

A columned porch fronts the main entrance of Club Med Kiroro Grand, which once traded as Hotel Piano

Club Med Kiroro Grand

Akaigawa · Sapporo

Luxury hotel¥¥¥¥

Kiroro's gondola climbs through snow-laden forest during heavy snowfall

Fresh corduroy runs down a sunlit groomed piste between bare trees at Kiroro

Club Med Kiroro Peak

Akaigawa · Sapporo

Luxury hotel¥¥¥¥

Cross Hotel Sapporo's X sign and glass entrance glow at night beside a blue Christmas tree on the forecourt

A desk at Cross Hotel Sapporo holds a digital photo frame, a glass carafe and an X-branded card

Cross Hotel Sapporo

Sapporo

Hotel¥¥¥11,750

Ginrinsou's tiled roofs and lookout tower above stone steps and autumn gardens in Otaru

The gabled entrance hall of Ginrinsou framed by red autumn maples

Ginrinsou

Otaru · Sapporo

Ryokan¥¥¥¥

Neon signs light the Susukino crossing on a snowy night a few blocks from Grand Hostel LDK Sapporo

Shoppers walk into the Tanuki Koji 7-chome arcade on a winter night near Grand Hostel LDK Sapporo

Grand Hostel LDK Sapporo

Sapporo

Hostel¥

Snow lines a quiet street of inns and shops in Jozankei Onsen in January

Snow covers the red railings of a footbridge in Jozankei Onsen

Jozankei Onsen Yurakusoan

Jozankei · Sapporo

Ryokan¥¥¥

Sapporo's lit streets at night from a high floor of JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo

Daytime view over central Sapporo from JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo

JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo

Sapporo

Hotel¥¥¥

The white lakeside building of Marukoma Onsen Ryokan above a green lawn in summer

Marukoma Onsen Ryokan

Lake Shikotsu · Sapporo

Ryokan¥¥¥