Where to Ride a Snowmobile in Sapporo, Japan

It was either ice fishing or riding a snowmobile. We didn’t have time for both so we had to make a choice.

We had five days to fill on a recent trip to Sapporo. In town for the Snow Festival, it was our first trip to Sapporo so much of that time was used for the usual first-timer things like exploring the city, a day trip to Otaru, skiing at Teine, and maybe an afternoon at an onsen. But even with all that, we still had one day free so I wanted to use it for something less common and more off the beaten trail. I’m a big fan of Klook so I searched through their Hokkaido activities for interesting ideas and found two – ice fishing and snowmobile riding.

I had never done either so both activities sounded equally enticing to me. However, going ice fishing meant a 7AM meet up somewhere downtown in the midst of Sapporo’s brutal winter. Upon hearing that, Ren prety much made the choice for me: “So am I driving that snowmobile or are you?” ?

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