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[Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort] Fall Foliage, Ski and Snowboard Can Be Enjoyed at Largest Ski Resort in Sapporo
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Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort
Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort (札幌国際スキー場) is the largest ski resort at Mt. Asaridake (朝里岳) with 1,280 m in height in Sapporo, and is one of most popular ski resorts in Hokkaido, and has been established sinc 1978. Kiroro Ski Resort (キロロスノーワールド) is at the opposite side of the Mt. Asaridake. Jozankei Onsen (定山渓温泉) is close to here, and a lot of tourists stay in the Jozankei Onsen. Winter business season is mostly from mid November to late April. In addition, the ski resort is well-known for beautiful fall foliage, and tourists visit here as one of Jozankei fall foliage tourist attractions. Autumn business season is mostly from mid September to mid October.
List of Direct bus services
Refer to following companies for the direct bus services.
| Hokkaido Access Network Ski Bus(北海道アクセスネットワーク) | Jalan |
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Jozankei Onsen
Jozankei Onsen (定山渓温泉) is a famous hot-spring resort in Sapporo city suburbs, and one of the 3 major hot spring resorts in Hokkaido together with Noboribetsu Onsen (登別温泉) and Yunokawa Onsen (湯の川温泉). Jozankei is called a back room of Sapporo (札幌の奥座敷), and 2.4 million people per year visit the Jozankei Onsen that is near the center of Sapporo for about 60 minutes. Oversea visitors increased in hot spring boom recently, too. Read More
SAPPORO
Sapporo (札幌) that about 1,960,000 people live is the largest city in Hokkaido. Although there are various theories, its origin of the name is "Dry Big River (乾いた大きな川)" in Ainu language. A population of the Sapporo is the 4th largest city after Yokohama, Osaka and Nagoya in japan, and the population accounts for 36 % of Hokkaido's population! So the Sapporo has been flourished as the center of the Hokkaido. The area of the Sapporo is 1,121.26 km2, and is about as big as Hong Kong, and is the 7th largest city in the Hokkaido. The Sapporo is also famous as a tourist city, and about 15 million people come. As for a climate, it is hot that temperature rises to nearly 25 degrees in a summer, but it is easy to live without moisture. I always feel a little cool. It is cold that temperature falls to nearly -10 degrees in a winter, and amount of snowfall sometimes has more than 1 m. Read More
Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort in Winter or Autumn
The winter and the autumn can be enjoyed at the Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort.
Winter Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort
The top of the Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort at 1,100 m above sea level has 7 ski courses, Downhill Course (ダウンヒルコース), Family Course (ファミリーコース), Echo Course (エコーコース), Swing Course (スイングコース), Woody Course (ウッディーコース), Forest Course (林間コース) and Märchen Course (メルヘンコース). There are snowboard park such as Table Top, Hips and Rails, too, so those are popular with snowboarders. 2 gondla lifts, Sky Cabin 8 and Sky Cabin 6, and 3 ski lifts, Marchen Quard Ski Lift (メルヘンクワッドリフト), Echo Quard Ski Lift (エコークワッドリフト) and Woody Pair Ski Lift (ウッディーペアリフト) are built.
They have a lot of intermediate ski courses, and the courses are wide, so the courses are easy to ski or snowboard. The center of the Sapporo is far from here, but the ski resort attract a lot of skiers and snowboarders. In addition, the longest ski courses between the Forest Course and Märchen Course are 3.6 km length, and those are worth skiing.
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Atmosphere of Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort
| Ski lift tickets | Prices are here |
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| Parking lot | Free parking lot is provided (2500 cars) |
| Regular closing day | 09:00-17:00 * It changes depending on seasons |
| Regular closing day | From late April to late November |
| Telephone number | +81-11-598-4511 |
| Home page | Home page is here |
| Mapcode | 493 250 341*51 |
Autumn Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort
"Moving in the sky" can be enjoyed for about 15 minutes from the Gondra Station at the foot of the mountain to 360 Degree Panoramic Mountaintop Observation Deck (360度山頂パノラマ展望台) by the Sky Cabin 8 while looking over the fall foliage. Sahcho Cafe (山頂カフェ) and a lookout are built near the 360 Degree Panoramic Mountaintop Observation Deck, and a beautiful view can be enjoyed. The ski gondra is operated only in the fall foliage season.
Atmosphere of Fall Foliage Can Be Watched on Youtube
Movie of Fall Foliage
| lift tickets | Prices are here |
|---|---|
| Parking lot | Free parking lot is provided (2500 cars) |
| Regular closing day | 09:30-15:30 |
| Regular closing day | From late October to mid September |
| Telephone number | +81-11-598-4511 |
| Home page | Home page is here |
| Mapcode | 493 250 341*51 |
List of Accommodations
Refer to following websites for the accommodations near the Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.
A page of Sapporo is here
Sapporo
By the way, Club Tourism (クラブツーリズム), a Japanese tour travel agency, provides various types of tours such as day trip tours or ordinary tours. In the case of bus tours, tourists do not drive their cars themselves, so they can savor alcohol. Choosen tourist attractions are national parks such as Rishiri and Rebun, Shiretoko, and popular tourist places such as Furano and Biei, and some activities such as hiking and fruit picking are also enjoyed depending on seasons. If you are interested in tour trips, you should visit the club tourism's website for details.
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