Interesting Info for travel in Hokkaido

There are a couple of places you can go.

Tanuki Koji - This is a must go for first time travelers. Its basically 7 big covered lanes of shopping. Selling all different kinds of Japanese produces and products. Imagine Bugis Village, bigger and more organized.

Shiroi Koibito Park in Otaru - This place is the factory of the famous confectionery "Shiroi Koibito" (Which is a slice of white chocolate in between 2 waffle biscuits). You can choose to DIY your own Shiroi Koibito.

Ramen Alley - There is this particular alley that sells ramen. If I'm not mistaken, its pretty near Tanuki Koji.

And since you are going during December, the MUST DO activity is HOT SPRING!!!

Sapporo can be very very cold and first snow fall is in November so pack your winter clothes. You can also check Sapporo's event calenders, there may be Matsuris happening around. There was a Kiku Matsuri when I was there during November.

As to must buy and eat will definitely be crabs(taraba can be pretty ex, so you may want to go for hairy crab instead), shiroi koibito, ice cream(the most common ones are milk and melon soft icecream which is really nice) and other items such as horse oil which are very good moisturisers.


There are mainly four kinds of crabs in Hokkaido; hanasaki crab, hairy crab, snow crab, and king crab



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