Sapporo

Ski resorts, onsens, and mountain nature — all within an hour. A world-class city to return to every evening.

Sapporo is Hokkaido's hub — and its greatest strength is that it gives you everything at once. The city itself is large, modern, and endlessly entertaining: snow festivals in winter, massive outdoor beer festivals in summer, live music, izakaya, world-class ramen and soup curry year-round. But step outside and within an hour you're on the slopes at Kiroro, Niseko, or Rusutsu — some of the best powder skiing in the world. The historic hot spring town of Jozankei sits just 40 minutes from the city centre, perfect for an evening onsen after a day on the mountain. In spring, Hokkaido University's avenue of elms and Maruyama Park come alive with cherry blossoms. In autumn, the surrounding hills shift to gold and red. Sapporo works as a base for all of it — and Cozy Stay Hokkaido's Sapporo properties are managed directly by owners who know the city and its surroundings inside out.