About Satoland Site

Opening Dates and Hours

A variety of events take place at Satoland site between Feb. 5 and Feb. 11.
Satoland site is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday during the snow festival.

Venues in Satoland site

■ Sapporo Satoland: 584-2, Okadama-cho, Higashi-ku, Sapporo

• Sato no Hiroba
  Sato no Hiroba is a 5 hectare of open space where visitors can have a snow-and -ice experience through participating in a variety of events during the snow festival.
• Satoland Koryukan
  Visitors can take a break or have refreshments in Satoland Koryukan.
• Satoland Center
  Refreshment Zone is opened in Satoland Center during the snow festival.

Concept of Satoland Site

Satoland’s site’s concept is to be a place where:

•  visitors can enjoy authentic Hokkaido food
•  visitors can have positive exchanges
•  visitors can experience special features of Hokkaido
•  a person of any age can have fun

Access

Click here for the map (Japanese Only)
* Please use public transportation or shuttle bus to Satoland site.

Main Events

• Opening Ceremony: February 5, 13:00~
• Snow Object Contest: Participants are at work on snow objects for the contest on February 5, 9:30~
• Snow Object Contest; Award Ceremony: February 11, 11:00~

Events at Satoland Site

[FUN]
1.Tube Slide	You use a rubber tube to slide on Tube Slide. This snow slide is 8 meters high and almost 100 meters long. (There are four different courses.)
2.Enemo's Ice Slide	This 8 meters long ice slide is for small children. (There are four different courses.)
3.Snow Labyrinth	This snow labyrinth is 26 meters in width, 76 meters in depth, and 4 meters in height.
4.Tube Banana Boat	Tube Banana Boat is pulled along by a snowmobile. ●There is a charge to ride on the Tube Banana Boat.
5.Snowrafting	The snow raft is a small rubber raft pulled along by a snowmobile. ● Charge for ride: Adults 500 yen, Children 300 yen
6.Choo-Choo Bus

[EXPERIENCE]
8.Love-Daruma	The Higashi Ward Welcome Council invites you to experience making a snowman!
8.Tappy Land
9.Snow Crystal Watching	Watch the falling snow crystals with a loupe!
10.Slippery Road Surface Experience: ‘How to Walk on an Icy Road’	Sapporo Winter Life Promotion Council offers a very slippery, icy road surface for visitors to experience walking on. (Open on Feb. 10 and Feb. 11 only)
11.Love from Snowman	Send a snowman-shaped gift filled with snow to someone special on St. Valentine's Day! ● There is a charge to make the snowman-shaped gift.
12.Horse-drawn Sleigh Riding & Butter Making	Fancy riding in a sleigh drawn by a white horse at Satoland Center? ● Charge for ride: Adults 400 yen / Children 200 yen You can also experience making butter in Satoland Center. ● Charge for butter making: 300 yen
13.Cross Country Skiing & Snowshoeing	Experience cross country skiing and snowshoeing in Moerenuma Park! ● Charge for cross country skiing: 200 yen / snowshoeing: 300 yen

[REFRESHMENTS]
15.Snow Festival Restaurant	During the snow festival, Sapporo Prince Hotel (a member hotel of Japan Hotel Association) serves local Hokkaido food at the restaurant in Satoland Koryukan.
16.Snow Festival's Stall Village	The members of Sapporo Tourist Association, The Sapporo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Sapporo Product Association sell refreshments and souvenirs during the snow festival at the stalls around Satoland Koryukan.
17.Direct Vegetable Store	Vegetables are sold directly by the Satomirai Project.
18.Project Exhibitions at the Sato-Land Center

[CITIZENS’ EVENT]
19.The Harmony: The Snow Festival and the Local Communities	The members of Satsunae-Moere Development Committee in Higashi Ward invite you to experience ‘bamboo ski’ making.
20.Snow Object Contest	The snow object contest will be taking place here in Satoland. Art club students from the High School League of Hokkaido for Culture, Ishikari Branch, will be at work on snow objects for the contest on February 5, 2008, between 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Be sure not to miss it!
21.Hole in One	NPO Sapporo Park Golf Association invites you to play ‘Hole in One Game’ on the snow.
22.Coca-Cola's Sports Spot
23.Curling, Terracotta Warriors, Performance Stage, Ice Bar	The students who participated in the Yosakoi Festival and a group of enthusiastic students from all over Japan join up to perform Yosakoi on the stage. Curling is also included this year for the visitors to experience.
24.YUKIGASSEN（Snowball Fight Demonstration）	The Hokkaido Snowball Fight League Central Hokkaido Block invites you to a demonstration of Snowball Fight. (Feb. 11 only)
25.Snow Sculptures	‘DEFEND SAPPORO 119’ presents two highly artistic snow sculptures. The size of each snow sculpture is 3 meters wide, 3 meters deep and 3 meters high.
26.Sapporo Citizen's Snow Sculptures	The Sapporo citizens present some snow sculptures.
27.Big Snow Sculptures by Little Ones	The children from the Children’s Halls in Sapporo present three snow sculptures.
28.Sato-Land Kids' Space
29.Family Walker Land