One Day in Sapporo | 札幌一日遊
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Other than its namesake beer, Sapporo is also known for its Snow Festival, but this year it remains discontinued due to the pandemic. We were thus forced to cancel our plan to attend the Sapporo Snow Festival at the beginning of the year. But this time before we left Hokkaido, we decided to do a day trip in Sapporo.
Public Transportation
The express bus from New Chitose Airport to Sapporo downtown takes about 40 minutes. You can purchase the tickets inside the airport and then wait by the bus stop, the cost is less than 2000 yen per person, very cost efficient.
Accommodation
すすきのグランベルホテル
https://www.granbellhotel.jp/susukino/
What a delight to sleep in such a comfortable bed after our campervan trip! UN and I highly recommend this hotel. Very reasonably priced, the hotel room is spacious enough to let us spread open all of our luggages, and best of all, there is an onsen built in on the top floor of the hotel. UN and I both agree that you get a lot of bang for your buck at this hotel!
Restaurants and Sightseeings
We may have been too amazed by the comfort of our hotel room that we ended up not having enough time to check out Hokkaido University and Hokkaido Jingu, I guess we will have to save these for the next time. But as always, food crawl is something that we never miss. First time trying soup curry, big thumbs up! At first we thought soup curry was just curry with water added to make it soupy, but how gravely mistaken were we! UN and I were pleasantly surprised by the richness of the broth and the sweetness of the various Hokkaido-grown root vegetables. We tried a few soup curry places, and picked out our favorite two.
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The first soup curry place that we tried was vegetable soup curry. The recommended spice level is 3, just mildly spicy, but still enjoyable. They also sell their own curry packets so that you can enjoy soup curry at the comfort of your own home.
Soup Curry GARAKU
Our friends A&W recommended this place to us, and it turned out to be our favorite soup curry place. But the level 3 spice here does not translate to the level 3 spice elsewhere. We felt like our whole mouth was on fire and could hardly speak. The four young college kids next to us were all sweating profusely. Highly recommend that you order a lasi on the side to tame that spice level! I imagine this soup curry warming up your entire body in the cold Hokkaido winter. We too ordered vegetable soup curry here, expecting the broth to taste somewhat similar, but it's actually prepared with different spices and tasted differently.
牛たん焼き仙台・辺見
Don’t hesitate and just order the thick sliced beef tongue! Some scallion, a pinch of salt, and a drizzle of freshly squeezed lemon juice dressing the thick slab of beef tongue, and the crunchy sound as this symphony of umami fills your palate, will leave you wishing you had ordered more!
Hokkaido Soft Serve
Even in May, Hokkaido still feels chilly, roughly 40F. Still you see many people wearing sweaters or puffer jackets while enjoying Hokkaido soft serve. Almost any place that you go to is going to be good. No need to search for the best one, if you see one, just get it!
New Chitose Ramen Street: Shio Ramen
We thought shio (salt) ramen would be very salty, but boy were we wrong! The broth flavor is well balanced, not too greasy, and not too plain either. Due to time constraints, we weren’t able to eat Hokkaido ramen in Sapporo city, but thankfully there is a whole ramen dojo inside New Chitose Airport. This place houses 10 of the highly popular Hokkaido ramen restaurants, allowing last-minute travelers the opportunity to savor Hokkaido shio ramen before their flights.
Sapporo TV Tower
The night view from up here is just average, not much to see tbh. Would not recommend, can skip.
Sapporo Clock Tower
Built in 1878, Sapporo Clock Tower tells the story of Western influence on Sapporo. We planned on touring the inside, but overslept (surprise, surprise!) So after dinner, we could only walk along the outside of the tower. But even then, it was still beautiful. At night, there were many photographers with their tripods set up in front of the beautifully-lit clock tower.
Part of our original plan was to get up early to visit Nijo Market. But we slept in till the last minute, and only had time to rush to the airport. We saved some sites for our next Sapporo trip. Sapporo one day trip - checked!
札幌除了啤酒超有名，每年的雪季也是揚名內外，很可惜今年因疫情札幌雪季繼續無法進行。原本年初想來札幌雪季的我們也只好取消行程，但我們這次趁離開北海道前，決定來個札幌一日遊。
交通工具
從新千歲空港到札幌市中心有快捷巴士，大約40分鐘就能到市區。先在站牌附近（機場內）買好車票，一人不到2000日幣，快速又方便。
住宿
すすきのグランベルホテル
https://goo.gl/maps/eMahwAcK4Gvifznx7
結束露營車後能睡到這麼舒服的床，我和UN大推薦這家飯店，價錢合理、房間夠大讓我們把大行李箱打開，頂樓還有很完善且有設計感的溫泉澡堂。我和UN入住後都覺得這價錢和設備實在是太不可思議了！
餐廳和景點
由於我們到房間後倒頭就睡，只能把北海道大學和北海道神宮留到下次。依照一貫作風，我們還是以吃為主。第一次吃到湯咖哩，好吃耶！以字面來看，原以為湯咖哩就是把咖哩煮太稀，但竟然湯頭非常香濃，且配上滿滿的北海道爆甜根莖類蔬菜，我和UN都對這湯咖哩稱讚不已。試了幾家湯咖哩店，我們選出最愛的兩家店。
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第一家嘗試的湯咖哩店，我們選的是野菜口味，三號辣度是店家推薦的，不會過辣，吃得非常舒服。店家也有賣湯咖哩包，能在家裡享用。
Soup Curry GARAKU
好友A&W推薦的湯咖哩店，也是我們比較下來最喜歡的一家，但店家推薦的三號辣度未免也太辣了吧！辣到我和UN講不出話來，隔壁四位壯漢也被這辣到汗流浹背，絕對要點一杯lasi滅火！冬天來吃應該非常暖身吧！這家我們也點野菜口味，原以為這些湯咖哩店味道會大同小異，但不只香料味不同，湯的口感也不一樣。
牛たん焼き仙台
進店後別猶豫，直接點厚片牛舌！鹽蔥加點檸檬汁配上肥厚適中的厚牛舌片，清爽的咀嚼感，你絕對會想再多點一盤！
北海道冰淇淋
五月的北海道體感溫度約華氏40幾度，但我們還是要穿發熱衣吃超濃郁冰淇淋。這裡的冰淇淋隨便一家都好好吃，絕對不需查人氣排行，看到就吃就對了。
北海道拉麵道場：鹽味拉麵
原先以為鹽味拉麵會非常死鹹，但完全大錯特錯！高湯味十足，湯頭不油膩，也不會過於清淡。由於時間關係，我們沒機會在札幌市區吃到拉麵。如果你也和我們一樣沒吃到拉麵（別哭），新千歲機場有北海道拉麵道場，結合北海道超有名的十家拉麵店，讓旅客們在最後一秒還是能吃到超美味的北海道鹽味拉麵。
Sapporo TV Tower
這夜景有點普通，能看夜景的範圍也不大，不是特別推薦的一個景點。
Sapporo Clock Tower
門票200日幣。建於1878年，詮釋北海道首都札幌充滿外國和日本歷史文化結合。原先計畫進去參觀，但我們睡過頭（不意外）！晚上吃飽飯後在外面參觀，許多專業攝影師架好腳架拍攝。
原本我倆想起個大早去二條市場，但睡到最後一秒才起床，只能梳理後直接去機場。留了幾個景點好讓我們有機會能再來札幌一趟，札幌一日遊完畢！
