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Family-Friendly Attractions
Top 4 Family-Friendly Attractions in Sapporo [2025]
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Shiroi Koibito Park
4.6
/5
1304 reviews
7.8
From US$5.55
Based on 1,562 reviews
7.3 km from downtown
Phone +81 11-666-1481
Address: 2 Chome-11-36 Miyanosawa 2 Jo, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 063-0052, Japan
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-3 hours
Featured in 2025 Global 100 – Family-Friendly Attractions
Highlights:
Chocolate making & Gulliver's Town
Night tour of Shiroi koibito chocolate
Saved by 2433 users546 positive reviews
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Shiroi Koibito Park is a sweet landmark in Sapporo! The whole park is like a fairytale town, full of romantic European style. You can see the cookie making process when visiting the factory, and you can also experience DIY. The best thing is the free tasting session. The freshly baked Shiroi Koibito cookies are fragrant and crispy. The outdoor garden has different scenery in different seasons, and the light show in winter is super dreamy. Although the ticket is a bit expensive, the coupons are very cost-effective. It is a must-visit for sweet lovers!
The whole place has the ambience of a theme park, it is very joyous. Nice exterior and garden, with some performance at certain times. The factory is clean, we get to see the operations. The shop has so many merchandise and also so many people. Overall, the experience is very good.
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Odori Park
4.6
/5
960 reviews
6.5
odori park Surrounding | 163m from downtown
Phone +81-11-2510438
Address: 3 Chome Odorinishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0042, Japan
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
No.4 of Best Things to Do in Sapporo
Saved by 1270 users380 positive reviews
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do not underestimate how beautiful this park is. people are just chilling here, having delicious grilled corn and butter potato, so nice
Odori Park, an open park, is very close to Sapporo TV Tower.
There are fountains, several statues, various tulips, purple lilacs and other flowers and plants. There are vending machines and small shops selling ice cream and snacks.
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Sapporo City Maruyama Zoo
4.3
/5
109 reviews
5.3
Based on 782 reviews
4 km from downtown
Phone +81 11-621-1426
Address: 3 Chome-1 Miyagaoka, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 064-0959, Japan
Recommended sightseeing time: 3-4 hours
No.16 of Best Things to Do in Sapporo
Highlights:
Spring cherry blossoms & autumn leaves
Watch birds of prey & try arm-perching
Saved by 311 users40% positive reviews
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800Yen per person, closed at 4PM. Had hot dog at the cafe and was good, fuss free! Some animals not available during our visit ie hippo! Lion was amazing and majestic! Elephant looks sad in the enclosure. Small animals /kids zoo area has strong unpleasant smell. Short walk ~ 6-10mins from Maruyama Koen station
I have been to so many zoos. This zoo is great. It is very rare to have a close contact with animals. It is the first time I saw a snow leopard and a super large northeastern tiger. It is very convenient to walk ten minutes from Hokkaido Shengong. Super recommended! ! !
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AOAO SAPPORO
4.3
/5
18 reviews
4.8
From US$13.86
odori park Surrounding | 513m from downtown
Address: 3 Chome-20 Minami 2 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0062, Japan
Featured in Best Things to Do
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This aquarium in the city has a friendly location and business hours. The most outstanding thing is the designer's aesthetic and concept, which is completely different from other aquariums and is like a big laboratory.
Hokkaido's first urban aquarium will officially open at the end of 2023, located in the bustling Susukino Tanukikoji shopping street "moyuk SAPPORO" shopping mall. The 1st to 3rd floors are department stores, and the 4th to 6th floors are the aquarium.
Transportation: Get off at Tanukikoji Station on the Sapporo Tram. Take the Sapporo Metro Namboku Line, get off at Odori Station or Susukino Station, and walk towards Tanukikoji.
The business hours are from 10 am to 10 pm. The ticket office is on the 4th floor. There are three touch-screen ticket machines and a manual counter. An artificial seawater making machine is displayed at the entrance. The seawater in the museum is recycled by this machine. Walking further inside, it feels like entering a laboratory, with incubators of all sizes displayed, used to cultivate new life or care for sick marine life. Seaweed of various sizes is kept in a circular aquarium, and the display method is quite novel. There are so many species that you can see Japanese eels, salamanders, hermit crabs, and horseshoe crabs that you have never seen in Hokkaido before, which is amazing.
The 5th floor has the aquariums commonly seen in general aquariums. Each aquarium has a different theme. The lighting in this area is particularly dim, but you can clearly see the vitality of the creatures in the aquarium. The other area returns to the layout of a laboratory. There is no gorgeous decoration in this area, but the configuration of the aquarium allows a 360-degree appreciation. Some marine creatures have never been seen in other aquariums, and some relatively unfamiliar marine creatures are also raised.
The 6th floor is the highlight of the entire aquarium. The open exhibition area cleverly uses a pool to separate the penguins from the tourists. In fact, you can really touch the swimming penguins with your hands. These little blue penguins and northern crested penguins have different personalities, so those who like penguins must come here. On the other side of the 6th floor, different species of jellyfish are displayed. The dreamy and mysterious blue lights are also very attractive, and it is very therapeutic to sit and watch. There is also a light meal cafe where you can drink coffee while watching penguins playing in the water. Before leaving, you can go to the digital art space "Blue House", where lights and projections make you immersed in the seabed. Finally, go back to the 4th floor where there is a simple store with a lot of salamanders and frogs... I originally thought that it would only take an hour to finish the tour, but it took three hours.
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