If you’re heading to Sapporo and only have one day here, trust me, this is everything that you need to do! We’re locals living in Sapporo and have been able to visit all of the tourist hot spots, find the hidden gems in the city and the food places that only the locals are eating…
Hokkaido is home to lots of incredible onsen towns, and Jozankei Onsen is one of our favourite day trips from Sapporo as locals living here, as its only around a 50 minute journey from central Sapporo, and it’s easily accessible by public transport. I don’t know, there’s something so cosy, relaxing and grounding about an…
Lake Toya is one of our favourite day trips from Sapporo (around 2 hours from central Sapporo), there is so much to do here, the vastness and beauty of nature is grounding, and no matter what season you visit here, there’s something different you can experience. We’ve recently moved to Sapporo from the UK and…
We’ve recently moved to Hokkaido from the UK with our dog, and finding fun, dog friendly days out that we can all partake in is something we will continue to document on Travel Hokkaido. Our first winter living here had nearly ended, so we went on our first day trip to Asahikawa! Asahikawa is around…
Otaru is one of the cities that you instantly feel good in. This port city is well known for its rich history of glass making, high quality seafood and its romantic canal area. You’ll also find a bustling street packed full of eateries, shops and Snoopy village that you’ll find yourself meandering in and out…
Visiting Hokkaido is always a good idea, and with the vastness of nature, you don’t have to go far until you come into range with another volcano, mountain or forest, it’s what made us fall in love with the prefecture so much. During a trip in the autumn, we headed down from Sapporo to Mount…
Moving a dog from the UK to Japan was never going to be easy, but finding a nice hotel that we could all stay in before the next leg of our journey to Hokkaido was so important for us. As we would be travelling by ferry from Oarai Port, we needed a dog friendly hotel…
After moving to Japan from the UK and flying into Haneda airport, we had to then find the best option of getting our chow chow to our new home in Hokkaido, and a method that didn’t involve another flight. We initially looked at driving to Hokkaido, but without yet owning a car in Japan, it…