Food Festivals in Sapporo

Sapporo's winter illumination on Odori Park with the German Christmas Market (sister-city Munich) and food booths of glühwein, sausages and lebkuchen.

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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.

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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.

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The early-summer lilac-blossom festival at Odori, with the Hokkaido Wine Garden, Lilac Music stage and 400 lilac trees in bloom, plus local vintages by glass.

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Sapporo's biggest dance-and-music festival, drawing 30,000 dancers in mid-June.

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Japan's largest beer garden runs late July through mid-August at Odori Park.

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The umbrella city-summer festival that includes Odori Beer Garden, Hokkaido Wine Garden and the Summer Bon Odori dance week.

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Hokkaido's largest food festival, ~300 stalls across seven themed venues in Odori Park, from ramen to soup curry, meat dishes and Hokkaido sweets.