Odori Park

Ōdōri Park, which is situated right in the center of Sapporo, facilitates numerous cultural and leisure activities in the city. It features trees, lawns, flowerbeds, sculptures, monuments, fountains and a shallow waterway for children to play in. There are activities taking place in the park all year round. From April to October, for example, stalls selling all kinds of snacks spring up and the park becomes a vast open-air eatery. The park hosts the Yosakoi Soran Festival in the summer, and in the winter, it hosts the Snow Festival and White Illumination. Ōdōri Park runs through the city and features a view of the Sapporo Tower. You can click photos to your heart’s content. Put your feet in the fountains while sitting on the side. There are benches and toilets as well. Although vastly different in terms of purpose, nature, outlook and sheer size, Ōdōri Park is reminiscent of Central Park in New York.