The addresses in Central Sapporo use the North/ South and East/West orientations. The North/South blocs are not exactly delimited by the streets, so please keep in mind that this map is approximate. The frontier between North and South is Odori Avenue. The frontier between East and West is Soseigawa River, East of TV Tower. Due to road works, the river may not be seen in some places.

Subway: N=Nanboku Line, T=Tozai Line, H=Toho Line

Sapporo Community Dome　 Maruyama Zoo

■ Odori site

　Place of rest for Sapporo citizens, Odori Park, with its lines of snow sculptures, is the main site of the Snow Festival.
　Come and enjoy the big snow sculptures, white on day light, and illuminated at night. You can also enjoy the illuminations in Ekimae Avenue (until 22 hours).

　Odori Park is located 10 min walk from Sapporo JR Station. It takes 2 min by Subway from Sapporo Subway Station (Nanboku Line – adult /200 yen, child /100 yen). .

　 An international snow sculpture contest will be held at the Odori West 11, the West part of Odori Park. You will easily find the place thanks to the wooden tree “Mai Baum” offered by the German city of Munich. You can go there on foot, or by subway (Nishi 11 chome Station – one station from Odori Station, on Tozai Line). Connoisseurs have to see this.

Odori Park

■ Susukino site

　10 min walk from Odori site through Ekimae Avenue. About 100 ice sculptures will line in a lively street, and a Queen of Ice photograph meeting is planned to be organized. Night illumination lasts until 24:00 (22:00 pm on the last day)..

Susukino site lining with Ice sculptures (2006).

(latest update November 2008, trld. February 2012)

"National Treasure Inuyama Castle" (snow sculpture, Odori West 8, 2008)

The former Sapporo Station (Ice sculpture, Odori West 5, 2008)

International Snow Sculpture Contest 2008.
Lots of teams coming from all over the world (from Sweden to Malaysia and of course Japan) participate in the International Snow Sculpture Contest. Thus you can see people building snow statues during the whole Snow Festival.

Odori Park. If you look at West, you will see in the distance the Okurayama ski jump.