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A beautiful flower garden and natural park that overlooks the city center. Noted for being a good place for romance, and is particularly good for cherry blossoms in spring and autumn colors, and local wildlife such as squirrels and foxes (somewhat of a feral pest around Sapporo).
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Sapporo Fushimi Inari Shrine is a hillside Shinto shrine known for its long row of red torii gates climbing through the forest on the slopes of Mt Moiwa. Founded in 1907, it is a pleasant combination of shrine, woodland walk and mountain scenery, and is quieter than Kyoto's famous Fushimi Inari.
北海道神宮 Hokkaidō Jingū
藻岩山
This mountain, also called Moiwa Mountain, overlooks the city and is especially worthwhile at night to observe the city lights.
北海道立近代美術館
A modern museum filled with collections of contemporary works and especially glass objects, Pascin of École de Paris, as well as temporary exhibits. The main hall is the center of exhibits of works owned by the museum and the special facility is reserved for "expo" of foreign and Japanese arts. Each summer the museum holds a special course for children.
The Sapporo Shiryokan, built in 1926 as the Sapporo Court of Appeals, is a handsome Western-style brick building in Odori Park. It now houses exhibits on Sapporo's history and the judicial system, and is notable as one of the city's surviving Taishō-period buildings.
The Hōheikan is a distinctive Western-style building constructed in 1878 as Sapporo's first hotel and guesthouse for government officials. Its blue-and-white exterior reflects the American influence on early Sapporo, while the interior contains period furnishings and exhibits on the building's history. It now stands in Nakajima Park.