Best Hotels for New Year's Eve in Sapporo (2026/27)

Rising from Sapporo Station at 160 metres, the JR Tower Hotel Nikko has the most dramatic arrival of any hotel in Hokkaido — step off the Shinkansen and take a glass elevator straight up. Rooms begin on the 23rd floor; the Sky Restaurant Stellar Place on the 38th faces Hokkaido's mountain panorama; and the underground arcade puts city-centre dining within three minutes.

• Views
• Luxury
• Central
• Business

★ 9.4 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

Hyatt's lifestyle brand executed perfectly for Sapporo — warm timber interiors referencing Hokkaido's forests, a bar stocked exclusively with Hokkaido craft spirits and wines, and rooms that balance Japanese restraint with genuine contemporary comfort. A short walk from Odori Park and the underground shopping passages that make winter exploration painless.

• Lifestyle
• Central
• Design
• Ski Base

★ 9.3 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

A sharp tower in Susukino — Sapporo's entertainment district, and one of the liveliest concentrations of ramen shops and craft beer bars in Japan. The Westin's Heavenly Beds, the panoramic fitness floor, and the proximity to the city's best yakitori restaurants make it the ideal base for Sapporo's food and nightlife scene.

• Luxury
• Nightlife
• Dining
• Design

★ 9.2 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

A well-established design boutique between Odori Park and Susukino — the urban art programme that adorns every floor is curated annually with Hokkaido artists, and the small but excellent café serves the best breakfast set in the Odori area. Popular with solo travellers who want character without the full-service overhead.

• Boutique
• Art
• Solo
• Value

★ 9 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

Actually located in Sapporo's upmarket Maruyama district — a leafy residential neighbourhood with boutique bakeries and specialty coffee — this long-established resort hotel offers generous room sizes, a full indoor pool complex, and a peaceful remove from the city's commercial core. A favourite for families and couples visiting Hokkaido in summer.

• Families
• Pool
• Quiet
• Value

★ 8.9 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation

Above the Susukino subway station with direct access to the underground city — in a Sapporo winter, this is not a minor convenience but a genuine luxury. Rooms are tastefully minimalist, the lobby lounge serves Hokkaido dairy sweets, and the location in the entertainment district means the ramen shops of Ramen Alley are two minutes on foot.

• Central
• Winter
• Value
• Nightlife

★ 8.9 Hotelier's Choice score, 40+ criteria · Many rooms include free cancellation