The 2012 Sapporo Snow Festival will be held from February 6th to February 12th.
When is the Sapporo Snow Festival?
I want to see the Sapporo Snow Festival what are my options?
Accommodation in Sapporo city can be difficult (but not impossible) to find during the Snow Festival. Rakuten Travel has an online English hotel finder and booking service for discount hotels.
Several tour operators offer reasonably priced day tours to the Sapporo snow festival from the Niseko Resort Area during the Sapporo Snow Festival period. These tours can be booked during your stay at our office in the Asuka apartments building.
What other ski areas are close to the Niseko Ski Resort Area?
Rusutsu , Kiroro Snow World and Niseko Moiwa can easily be visited for a day trip. Guided and unguided ski tours are available from several companies. We can help choose and book a good guide for you when you are here.
I want to go to Otaru, what is the best way to get there from the Niseko Ski Resort Area?
The most convenient way to Otaru is by train. Use this link to help plan: JR Planner. The main train station that services the Niseko Resort Area is Kutchan (8km from the resort).
Are there English speaking backcountry guides available?
Black Diamond Tours have experienced native English speaking ski and snowboard guides and offer a variety of tours from single day to multi-day and resort tours.
I want to go to Kutchan, what's the best way to get there from Hirafu Village?
Local buses and night buses depart from several points in the village. The journey takes around 15 minutes and terminates at the train station.
There is also a taxi stand at the Hirafu Welcome center. A taxi fare to the train station is around 2,000yen.