Sapporo Snow Festival ★ 4.6
Eight days of snow sculptures across three venues with food street stalls of hot ramen, grilled corn, jingisukan bites and Sapporo Brewery taps drawing eight million.
Focus: Hokkaido festival food
Food festivals in Sapporo worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Sapporo Autumn Fest ★ 4.5
Hokkaido's largest food festival, ~300 stalls across seven themed venues in Odori Park, from ramen to soup curry, meat dishes and Hokkaido sweets. Two-million attendees.
Focus: Hokkaido seasonal food
Sapporo Odori Beer Garden ★ 4.4
Japan's largest beer garden runs late July through mid-August at Odori Park. 10,000-plus seats divided across five areas by beer brand, one each for Sapporo, Asahi, Kirin and Suntory.
Focus: Beer-and-jingisukan
Sapporo Lilac Festival ★ 4.2
The early-summer lilac-blossom festival at Odori, with the Hokkaido Wine Garden, Lilac Music stage and 400 lilac trees in bloom. Local Hokkaido vintages by the glass.
Focus: Hokkaido wine garden
Yosakoi Soran Festival ★ 4.2
Sapporo's biggest dance-and-music festival, drawing 30,000 dancers in mid-June. Long food-stall runs of grilled lamb, ramen and Hokkaido fried snacks.
Focus: Festival food stalls
Sapporo Summer Festival ★ 4.3
The umbrella city-summer festival that includes Odori Beer Garden, Hokkaido Wine Garden and the Summer Bon Odori dance week. Lamb, ramen and Hokkaido produce stalls.
Focus: Beer-and-jingisukan
Sapporo White Illumination ★ 4.2
Sapporo's winter illumination on Odori Park with the German Christmas Market (sister-city Munich) and food booths of glühwein, sausages and lebkuchen.
Focus: German Christmas Market food
Sapporo Ramen Show ★ 4.2
A late-spring ramen showcase at Odori Park, with Hokkaido and national ramen masters pouring miso, shoyu and shio bowls across two weeks in May. Free entry, ramen tickets 1,000 yen.
Focus: Ramen festival