Hokkaido Winter Hot Spots | Asahiyama Zoo, Shirohige Waterfall, Shirogane Blue Pond, Biei Christmas Tree One-Day Tour (Departing from Sapporo)
- Check in at multiple classic Hokkaido winter spots in one go: Asahiyama Zoo, Biei Christmas Tree, Shirahige Waterfall, and Shirogane Blue Pond. Depart from Sapporo without transfers or needing to plan your itinerary.
- Opportunity to watch the Asahiyama Zoo penguin parade in the snow, admire the ice falls and the snowy wonderland of the Blue Pond, and encounter the famous Biei Christmas Tree. Plenty of winter photo opportunities.
- High cost-performance group tour departing from Sapporo, suitable for couples, friends, families, and independent travelers.
This activity is very popular! If your chosen time is full, feel free to explore our other activities for more exciting experiences!
What to expect
【Asahiyama Zoo】 Asahiyama Zoo is a highly renowned northern zoo in Japan, characterized by its natural behavior exhibits of animals. Every winter, the zoo hosts a penguin parade in the snow, where groups of penguins stroll across the snowy plains. Visitors can also get up close to polar bears, seals, and other Arctic creatures, making it an incredibly charming and unmissable animal viewing destination in Hokkaido during winter.
【Biei Christmas Tree】 A single spruce tree stands alone on the vast snowy plains of Biei, named for its resemblance to a Christmas tree. With snow covering the rolling hills, the solitary tree stands proudly in the silver-white wilderness. Its simple and clean snowy landscape makes it an iconic photo spot in Biei during winter.
【Shirahige Waterfall】 Shirahige Waterfall is located in the Shirogane Onsen area. In winter, the water freezes into an icefall due to low temperatures, with white icicles hanging down the rock face, resembling a white beard suspended in the mountains. Clear spring water flows gently through the ice crevices, appearing exceptionally dreamlike against the white snow, making it a highly representative natural landscape of Hokkaido in winter.
【Shirogane Blue Pond】 Shirogane Blue Pond is a mystical wonderland formed by volcanic activity. In winter, it is enveloped in snow, and the pond water displays a unique blue-green hue. Fallen snow covers the withered branches by the pond, and the interplay of ice, snow, and blue water creates a scene like stepping into a fairy tale world of ice and snow, perfect for taking photos.







Reviews
The tour was excellent and the best thing is our tour guide, Andy was able to escape us from long queue on lunch and other attractions because his timing was perfect. The places we visited are all beautiful adding in that the sky was clear. VERY WELL RECOMMENDED to do while you are in Hokkaido. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My guide, jenny, was a lovely and informative guide. she shares valuable information of each stop and on top of that, places to visit and ongoing festivals in sapporo. The timing for each stop was just nice during this trip. Side note: In late may, there's only tulips, canola and lavender at the shinkisai no oka, the farm is quite bare. However, at tomita farm, it was blooming with flowers, lavender and shibazakura. The blue pond soda ice cream and lavender ice cream at farm tomita were my ice cream picks. The melon at furano herb garden(lunch place) was sweeter than the one at farm tomita. For merchandise, the lavender horse oil recommended by Jenny was really moisturising for this dry and cold weather. This is my first klook trip. Good experience so far~
Wonderful tour! Got to visit beautiful places! Our guide Jenny was excellent. She was kind, got us into each place quickly, showed us options and directions, and explained some of the history and pertinent info before arriving. Would definitely recommend this tour!
i love the tour furano, blue pond,shirahige falls and tomita farm 👍👍, our guide eric is very accomodating and helpful..tulip and other flowers are beautiful..we got to see the alps covered with snow😍😍
Kevin, who speaks Chinese, English, and Japanese (impressive!), gave us a thorough overview of Hokkaido's fishing and agriculture industries. He also thoughtfully recommended various excellent products and local specialties worth buying. Although the weather wasn't great and it wasn't yet flower season in May, he prepared us for it. Seeing the Shirogane Blue Pond shrouded in mist was quite stunning, almost like a traditional Chinese painting. I highly recommend the lavender soft-serve ice cream from Herb Garden Furano; the milk and lavender flavors blend perfectly without any soapy taste. If you prefer something sweet and tart, you can try the Blue Pond Soda ice cream, which also looks beautiful in photos with its blue color.
We really loved this tour, although it’s a long drive going there but it’s all worth it. We loved seeing the live Penguins from Asahiyama Zoo, the Snowmobile experience was the best!!!! The lone Christmas Tree is sooo aesthetically nice and lastly the Nigle Terrace was beautiful especially at night. I wish we had more time. Thanks klook!
Traveling independently in Hokkaido and booking a Klook tour was incredibly convenient. Our guide, Mr. HIKARU, not only sent a notification the day before, but he also led the tour exceptionally well on June 19th. He provided commentary in Chinese, English, and Japanese, making it suitable for participants from various countries. He introduced us to Biei, Furano, the Blue Pond, and Farm Tomita. When it unexpectedly rained in the afternoon at Farm Tomita, and we didn't have umbrellas, our guide even personally escorted each of us back to the car. He is truly an excellent guide with extensive travel experience. A fantastic guide indeed!
The tour was worthy for tourists without driving. It covered spots that you won't be able to connect in one day with only public transportation. The tour guide Jenny was informative, responsible and nice, who was genous to share and able to guide the >40 peoples tour well and end the tour on time.
amazing guide - informative, unique and fun. smooth travelling. beautiful weather and nature. we didn’t visit during peak season for the flowers to bloom but the furano area was still very beautiful. Alpaca’s were cute, please feed them. great food options in most stops (especially for ice cream).
Jenny our multilingual and English proficient Tour guide is fantastic! Kudos to her enthusiasm having constantly whatsapping me for updates a day before the tour knowing I'm a tourist with a senior citizen mom and a nephew I tag with me in this trip . Jenny has a complete mastery of the places we have been and made sure everything is in order so we all enjoyed this trip despite the bareness of the flowerfarms the frost of winter is still on the wraps! Nobody's fault ... Overall we enjoyed this tour very much. thanks klook and thanks sonmuch Jenny
Good to know
We will send you an email between 16:00 and 21:00 the day before your trip. The email will include: meeting time, license plate number, tour guide’s name, and their social contact information. Please be sure to check your email (it might be in your spam folder!). Please do not be late on the day of the trip, as no refunds or changes can be made on the same day! (Note: Our company will not proactively add you via social media! So please be sure to check your email!!!) Please keep your phone accessible during the tour so that relevant reception staff can contact you! If you have not received the email by 21:00, please email us at 098@szshenyou.com or call 09096998601. Additionally, all travel itineraries of our company do not include travel insurance. Outdoor activities involve specific risks and dangers. The company is not responsible for any bodily damage or injury caused by accidents or unforeseen factors. Please purchase insurance yourself!!
- Due to the different scenery in each season, the above pictures are reference images of the best viewing season for this attraction. The actual scenery is subject to the day of the visit, and the pictures are for reference only
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