Sapporo Autumn Fest
Sapporo Autumn Fest takes place Sep 12 - Oct 4, 2026 in Sapporo, Japan. The dress code is Casual with warm layers and comfortable walking shoes; autumn evenings are cool. Free to attend; budget up to 40 EUR per person for hospitality and extras.
A three-week harvest festival filling Sapporo's central Odori Park with over 300 stalls of Hokkaido's best - fresh seafood, ramen, artisan cheese, sake and full-course meals from top local chefs, organised block by block by theme. Free to enter and drawing over two million visitors, it is Japan's great northern larder laid out in one park.
- When
- Sep 12 - Oct 4, 2026
- Where
- Sapporo, Japan
- Dress code
- Casual with warm layers and comfortable walking shoes; autumn evenings are cool
- Cost
- Free to attend; budget up to 40 EUR per person for hospitality and extras.
- Weather
- 8 - 22C, crisp and mostly dry, cool evenings
- When to book
- No tickets; book Sapporo hotels 2 - 3 months out as the festival overlaps peak autumn travel
- Getting there
- CTS (New Chitose), 40 min by train to Odori
- Where to stay
- JR Tower Hotel Nikko Sapporo, Cross Hotel Sapporo, Sapporo Grand Hotel
- Official site
- https://www.sapporo.travel/autumnfest/
How to attend
No ticket needed - walk into Odori Park (blocks 4 - 11) any day from 10:00 to 20:30 and pay per dish at the stalls (cash and IC cards accepted). Fly into New Chitose Airport and take the train and subway to Odori Station. Weekends and lunchtimes are busiest; weekday mornings are the connoisseur's window.
No ticket is needed - walk into Odori Park during the 11 September to 3 October 2026 run and pay per dish at the stalls.
Insider tip
Each Odori block has a theme - head straight for the rotating regional-village block, where small Hokkaido towns sell specialities that never reach Tokyo, and go weekday mornings to skip the queues.
Get inside Sapporo Autumn Fest
Booking matters here: no tickets; book Sapporo hotels 2 - 3 months out as the festival overlaps peak autumn travel. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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