Latest Events in Sapporo(July Updated)

The 73rd Sapporo Summer Festival 2026, a traditional summer event in Sapporo, will be held from July 23 to August 18. A variety of events will be held throughout Sapporo to make summer even more vibrant! Major events such as the Odori Park Beer Garden, the Bon Festival, the Susukino Festival, and the Tanuki Festival are some of the largest events where you can fully enjoy a Sapporo summer. Enjoy a beer, the evening breeze, and the Hokkaido summer. The main event dates are as follows: (Please refer to official announcements for any changes) Sapporo Odori Beer Garden, July 23 – August 18, 2026 Hokkaido Bon Odori, August 13 – August 16, 2026 62nd Susukino Festival, August 6 – August 8, 2026 73rd Tanuki Festival, July 23 – August 18, 2026

On the evening of August 2, 2025, a vibrant fireworks feast is about to unfold at the Sapporo Bankei Ski Resort in Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. From 19:45 to 20:30, the 16th Bankei Summer Festival Large Fireworks Festival will bring visitors a fantastic experience. This conference is not only a visual feast, but also an auditory enjoyment. Visitors can feel the shock of fireworks blooming overhead up close, and experience the thunderous roar and brilliant light. At the same time, the conference also incorporates musical elements, allowing fireworks and musical notes to interweave in the night sky, creating an audio-visual feast. On the day of the event, there will be a variety of food stalls and kitchen carts in the venue, and visitors can enjoy the gorgeous fireworks show while tasting local specialties.

The Susukino Festival, which adds color to the summer in Susukino, attracts many tourists every year. Traditional events include a portable shrine procession and taiko drum performances. Various performances such as Yosakoi Soran Odori and stage dances are held. During the event, the roadside is transformed into a pedestrian zone every night, with about 100 food stalls selling yakitori, fried noodles and other dishes.

The Sapporo Autumn Festival is a culinary event themed "Hokkaido and Sapporo's Gourmet Food," which began in 2008. It offers seasonal ingredients and local delicacies from all over Hokkaido, including specialties from various cities, alcoholic beverages, and dishes prepared by chefs from renowned Sapporo restaurants. Held across seven areas in Odori Park in central Sapporo, the festival stretches approximately 1 kilometer and features 300 shops, attracting over 2 million visitors annually.

This initiative is not directly involved with the "Japan Ingredient Koshien" event itself, but rather serves as a related event held concurrently in each host location. By offering visitors at the venue not only daytime regional experiences and encounters with local ingredients but also high-value evening content, we aim to create vibrancy throughout the host area and encourage extended stays. At the Sky Lantern Event, participants can enjoy the experience of inscribing their wishes and thoughts onto lanterns and releasing them into the night sky. The sight of countless soft lights rising simultaneously not only creates memorable moments to share with family, friends, or loved ones, but also becomes a symbolic and impressive scene of the host location's nightscape, leaving a lasting impression on all attendees as a truly special experience. We aim to operate events that combine fantastical performances with safety and environmental considerations, ensuring a worry-free experience for all participants. Moving forward, we plan to sequentially hold sky lantern events across Japan in alignment with the "Japan Ingredient Koshien" schedule. By combining each region's unique characteristics and charm, we will create distinctive nighttime scenery for each location, offering visitors new regional experiences.