Sapporo Art Park

This mountain, also called Moiwa Mountain, overlooks the city and is especially worthwhile at night to observe the city lights.

Sapporo Pirka Kotan is an open-air museum and cultural centre introducing the traditional life, culture and history of the Ainu, the Indigenous people of Hokkaido. Traditional buildings, tools, clothing and other exhibits illustrate everyday life and crafts, with demonstrations and cultural activities sometimes held on site.

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.

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).

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.

Nakajima Park is a large, attractive park south of central Sapporo, centred on a pond and surrounded by mature trees. It contains the historic Hōheikan, the Hassō-an tea house and the Sapporo Concert Hall, with pleasant walking paths and seasonal autumn colours.