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A Half-Day Tour：Visiting New Attractions Near Sapporo

Autumn Day Trip to the Sapporo Suburbs, recommended by Hu Chih-Ling: Taiwanese influencer

A new destination fast gaining popularity

ROYCE‘ CACAO & CHOCOLATE TOWN
( : about 90 minutes)

Useful Info
  • Enjoy a popular attraction newly opened in 2023
  • In the fall, depart Sapporo by 12:00 to make sure you’ll have enough daylight (it’s about a 50-minute drive from downtown Sapporo and you’ll want to finish before sunset.)
  • Opening Hours: 10:00~17:00 (last call at 15:00)
  • Reservations are required for the factory tour. Please book online.
  • The entrance area and store on the first floor are free to enter.
  • Entry Fee: 1,200 yen per adult (including high school students), 500 yen per child (4 years and older, including junior high school students), free for children 3 years and under.
  • Parking is free.

Attached to a candy factory, Royce’ Cacao & Chocolate Town is a fun hands-on amusement facility by Royce, one of Hokkaido’s flagship confectioners. It’s a great place for learning while experiencing an actual chocolate manufacturing process. During the factory tour (entry fee required), you’ll observe how cacao transforms into delicious final products. Various activities are available, as well as a special floor for kids to play. A  workshop is offered to tour participants at an additional fee. Enjoy decorating your own designs and creating your own original chocolates! The manufacturing process is reconstructed in a small laboratory, making quite the sophisticated display. Original gift boxes are available for the chocolate you create.  The fee for the workshop is 1,500 yen per person (for both adults and children); tours are on a first-come-first-served basis (no reservations are taken.)
The gift shop and a café offer original products and menus for both adults and children to enjoy.

Details for ROYCE‘ CACAO & CHOCOLATE TOWN
https://www.royce.com/cct/english/

Hidden Autumn Foliage Spot
Toda Memorial Park Cemetery
( : about 50 minutes)

Useful Info

  • The amazing foliage and scenery of this well-maintained park guarantee great picture opportunities for your SNS.
  • About 30 minutes by car from Royce’ Cacao & Chocolate Town
  • Opening Hours: April ~ November 9:00~17:00 (last entrance at 16:30)
  • Due to its size, driving around the park is recommended to best view the autumn leaves.
  • Free parking
  • Closed on Tuesdays (open on National Holidays)

The park’s 70,000 trees (planted in neat rows) are well known for their fabulous autumn foliage. Cosmos starts blooming mid-September, then maple leaves turn to red around the beginning of October. When ginkgo and cherry trees turn colors by the end of October, the park is painted with bright reds and yellows. In spring, the park is a popular spot for cherry blossom viewing. Open weekdays except Tuesdays. The cemetery in the park is well maintained. Enjoy walking amid beauty and the peace of nature.

Details for Toda Memorial Park Cemetery
https://www.sokagakkai.jp/memorial-park-01/kouyou-info/

Hidden Driving Spot
Minetomari Park, Cassiopeia Hill
( : about 20 minutes)

Useful Info

  • View a romantic sunset over the Japan Sea.
  • About a 10-minute drive from the Toda Memorial Park Cemetery
  • Minetomari Parking Park is a resting area with free parking and benches.

「嶺泊駐車場公園」。

After a 10-minute drive from the Toda Memorial Park Cemetery, arrive at an area called Cassiopeia Hill. Facing the Japan Sea, both north and west sides are popular spots for sunset viewing. The park is completely surrounded by water and wheat fields, perfect settings for romantic sunsets sinking below the horizon of the sea. Please keep in mind that the sun sets earlier in the fall in Hokkaido – 5:16pm on October 1st and 4:26pm on November 1st. Departing Sapporo in September around 1:00pm gets you here 15 minutes prior to sunset. Depart 30 minutes earlier in October and an hour earlier in November to ensure you’ll have ample time to enjoy the sunset and views. There’s no artificial light around, making Cassiopeia Hill a perfect place to take photos of the night sky filled with stars. Make sure to dress warmly – the winds off the sea are strong and cold!

Details for Minetomari Park, Cassiopeia Hill
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nFf2GtfAM59ZKvbP8

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