The Tanukikoji shopping arcade extends 1 km east-west from the West 1 block to the West 7 block. Shops sell kimonos, musical instruments and other specialty merchandise. There are also video arcades and movie theaters. Shops with long histories stand next to newly opened ones. Shop as you stroll the arcade. At the West 5 block is Tanuki Daimyo Shrine, constructed in 1973.

Address: South 2-jo to 3-jo between West 1- and 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo
Access: A 3-min. walk from Odori Subway Sta. (Namboku and Tozai lines)
A 5-min. walk from Odori Subway Sta. (Toho Line)
A 3-min. walk from Susukino Sta. (Namboku Line)
Parking: About 30 affiliated paid parking lots are available (1 h free with 2000-yen purchase at any one shop)
Contact: 011-241-5125 (Sapporo Tanukikoji Shopping Arcade Promotion Assoc.)