Mount Moiwa Ropeway Entrance Tickets and Tours

Private Night Cityscape and Food Walking Tour in Sapporo

Not exactly a food tour…..something else, and better

Wanting to explore the Sapporo food scene, I booked this experience. I am a foodie, and as foodies do, we seek out things to eat in the cities we land in. Normally, these types of experiences are a walking, all inclusive eating and drinking shebang, like the recent one in Shibuya, where one can quickly get a ley of the land and devour delicious local dishes along the way and meet other folks. This is not that. What I got was something else - not exactly a food tour, but instead a personalised 6 hour tour of Sapporo with the Sapporo’s only qualified tour guide Yumi. Weirdly, this turned out to be my second favourite tour of this Japanese trip (I did 7 in total) over the past 2.5 weeks. Zen meditation in Kyoto coming in first place. Yumi picked me up from the hotel - two hours ahead of the advertised start time (only qualified tour guides can collect you from your hotel in Japan- hence the meeting places often advertised outside supermarkets and train stations on others). We drove all over town in the falling snow visiting a cemetery with Easter Island figureheads, a Golden Sleeping Buddha (we had the shrine all to ourselves) and the well known Ropeway for night sights and photo ops with the tourists up the mountain. Some of the activities Yumi had planned for me were cancelled last minute due to bears 🐻. I happened to arrive when the bear attacks were going off the Richter scale in Hokkaido - so walks in the woods, a parkland or even by the cities river off limits. After driving about town for a few hours taking in the sights and quickly fading winter light, I had built up quite an appetite (also had not eaten lunch as I thought I would be stuffing my face). Yumi took me to a sushi conveyor belt restaurant - and while that sounds ho-hum (they are often that in Australia) I can honestly say it was best sushi I had ever eaten, full stop. Hokkaido seafood in winter is absolutely amazing (and I come from a land of seafood in Australia). This was something else.) Cod’s balls, yes the testes of the male cod, were in season (Yumi’s favourite) so we had a few of those. So yummy Yumi! Afterwards, Yumi drove me to a quiet dessert bar for cakes and coffee before dropping me back at the hotel. - Important point to note - Unlike other food tours, and I have been on a few around the world, the cost of the tour - pricey - does not include food. You will need to budget not only for your meals and entry tickets but for your guide’s meals as well. Something I learned on my very first tour in Kyoto where I also paid for ceremonial matcha and set lunch, and an Aud $450 touring fee. Like going on an old fashioned date….This is one of the odd customs here in Japan. Note to tour operator - please include these details, you are also expected to pay for your guide’s food in your advertised tour so everything is transparent and the customer knows exactly what they are in for. - An excellent tour and the only way really to go deeper quickly into Hokkaido with zero subway/train and public transport stress.

Mt. Moiwa Ropeway / Moriscar Ticket

Sapporo: A MUST do activity!

What a great experience. The views are fantastic and getting there is interesting: we’ll explain soon. It is different to the Sapporo TV Tower. Is it value for money: absolutely. Would we buy this experience via Viator again: No. You can buy this at the Ropeway pretty cheaply and if you are in our age group, over 65 you can try and get a Seniors ticket, substantially cheaper again. The ropeway is two experiences in one, as it is in two sections: two different carriages to get to the top. Shops, facilities, food & drink available. We went in the third week of October: take your winter clothes, as it gets cold up there. I missed my Beanie & gloves (in the draw at home). Superb from the top. Timings: only a few people at around 11.30am, no crowds/buses; very pleasant experience. Now back to getting there and returning to the city: we plan really well & luv researching stuff: we had an amazing experience today: got to Odori Train station, walked westward and joined the Streetcar at Stop 1: travelled anti-clockwise on it and got off at Stop 10 Ropeway (stops are explained on the streetcar in Japanese & English). We walked 600m up to the start point. Coming home we did the reverse and stopped at all 24 stops on our travels; great views of daily life away from the touristy areas. Normal travel time from Odori area to/from is about 20 minutes: unbelievable! Even got smiles from locals and children😀. Travel time to and from plus the Ropeway itself: allow around 2-3 hours. P.S: there is NO connecting free shuttle bus from the streetcar Ropeway area to the actual Ropeway during weekdays until >5pm & weekends. As seasoned, fit, over 65 married couple, we appreciate the value of these honest reviews. Another tip from Autumn in beautiful Sapporo: if you go to Odori area, indulge in outstanding freshly made bakery products at Donbury Bakery! Some of the best we have ever seen in our travels! We bought a bunch of excellent products for ‘dinner’ (with our own coffee in our hotel room). That’s it everyone: we know it is a long review but we thought we would share our magnificent experience/s with you. Thanks, ALGreynomads.

Sapporo Customized Private Tour in 1 Day with Licensed Guide

Sapporo day tour

Very interesting visit of Sapporo with our guide Roy that is very knowledgeable and shows us Sapporo