Furano & Biei · WINTER & SNOW TOURS
The powder here is famously dry and the season runs long. Snowshoe forests, ski hours and frozen-waterfall walks, each of the 6 below with gear notes and prices attached.
See winter penguins at Asahiyama Zoo, ride a snowmobile, visit Furano craft huts, and enjoy snowy Hokkaido scenery on a full-day tour.
“Hong is a great tour guide. clear and considerate. polite and mindful. keeps us up to date about travel plans.”
Snowshoe through untouched Daisetsuzan snow near Furano, then warm up at Hakuginso Onsen with a small local guide-led group.
“Great winter activity that’s not snowboarding/skiing! Beautiful landscape that was taken in at a leisurely pace. Would absolutely recommend doing the Onsen afterwards, great way to warm up after walking around in the snow. Our guide Ikki was very friendly and knowledgeable about the area”
Spend 13 hours from Sapporo at Asahiyama Zoo, then ride the GARINKO GO III through Okhotsk drift ice at sunset.
Snowshoe across a private Biei farm hill, play in sparkling snow, then warm up with a cafe drink on this easy English-led outing.
“It was an awesome activity that I highly recommend everyone to try! Our guide Hattie was really sweet and kind! Gears were all prepared for us and in really good conditions. Biei Hill was surreal and we were the only ones around, which made it even more special! The peacefulness and just being able to enjoy and have the pure white winter scenery all to ourselves was a great surprise. Great thanks to Hattie for accommodating to our other travel plans and lunch recommendation was top notch (minus the queue)!”
Visit Asahiyama Zoo’s winter penguin parade and Shirogane Blue Pond on a convenient 9.5-hour bus tour from Sapporo.
“It was pretty well organised tour. The tour guide Aoki was really friendly, speak English well! We enjoyed the trip, the penguin walk was the highlight of the trip”
Review this two-day Hokkaido winter tour from Sapporo, with drift ice, Asahiyama Zoo, Sounkyo hot springs, seafood, and sake.
“It is a very nice trip, and the lady guide Xiao Li is wonderful and very timely in all the arrangements.”
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