Sapporo
Sapporo: packing for snowy winter streets
Winter boots with grip and slip-on ice cleats for frozen pavements, plus easy layers for heated indoor spaces.
Sapporo
Sapporo: packing for snowy winter streets
Winter boots with grip and slip-on ice cleats for frozen pavements, plus easy layers for heated indoor spaces.
- Winter
- City break
Editor-picked essentials
- Winter boots with non-slip soles
Choose soles that grip on icy pavements; everyday sneakers slip easily.
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- Slip-on ice cleats
If you wear your own shoes; they are also sold locally.
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- Easy-to-remove layers
Cold outside, warm in underground malls and shops; layer thin pieces.
Recommended packing
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Editor's pickFind and save sights and underground-mall exits in Sapporo, and check locations and routes.
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About this guide
An editorial guide for walking around Odori Park and Susukino and enjoying the snow in a Sapporo winter. Pavements become very slippery with packed snow and ice. Sapporo’s winter-walking guidance covers choosing suitable shoes and using slip-on grips. Underground malls and shops are well heated, so easy-to-remove layers work better than one heavy coat alone.
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Local travel notes
How to read this guide
Editorial recommendationAn editorial packing guide for winter city walks and snow in Sapporo, written from the cited sources rather than a first-hand trip. Dates, costs and party size are not set. Entry rules and venue rules change, so confirm official information before you travel.
Walking on winter roads
Editorial recommendationThe Winter Life Promotion Council’s guidance covers choosing footwear for winter roads, slip-on grips and how to walk on ice. It is worth reading before you go.
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Photo credits and licence notes
Photo 1: credit and licence
Travel tipHokkaido University campus under winter snow. ノボホショコロトソ / Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Resized and converted to WebP. No endorsement by the original photographer is implied.
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons
- Photo 1: original and author Wikimedia Commons
Photo 2: credit and licence
Travel tipSapporo Clock Tower with snow. MiNe / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic. Resized and converted to WebP. No endorsement by the original photographer is implied.
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- Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic Creative Commons
- Photo 2: original and author Wikimedia Commons
Photo 3: credit and licence
Travel tipSapporo TV Tower and Odori on a winter night. t-konno / Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. Resized and converted to WebP. No endorsement by the original photographer is implied. This adaptation is available under the same licence.
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- Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons
- Photo 3: original and author Wikimedia Commons
Photo 4: credit and licence
Travel tipSapporo TV Tower above snowy Odori Park. ノボホショコロトソ / Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Resized and converted to WebP. No endorsement by the original photographer is implied.
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- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons
- Photo 4: original and author Wikimedia Commons