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Sapporo Teine: a ski day on the 1972 Olympic runs, without leaving your hotel in Sapporo

Sapporo's own ski resort, a train and a bus from Sapporo Station: in the morning the slalom runs of the 1972 Winter Olympics from a summit at 1,023 meters, in the afternoon a long run down to the Olympia zone and the Olympic cauldron, and in the evening an onsen near Teine Station and jingisukan in Susukino. Good for beginners too.

A ski day from your hotel in Sapporo, without moving to a ski town: 11 to 18 minutes by train to Teine and then a bus up the mountain. The morning is in the Highland zone, on the slalom runs of the 1972 Olympics from the summit at 1,023 meters, lunch is on the mountain, and the afternoon is a long run down to the Olympia zone, with the option of skiing there under lights until 20:00. On the way back an onsen near Teine Station, and in the evening jingisukan in Susukino. A one-day ticket in regular season is ¥9,800 at the counter (¥8,800 online in advance), renting a ski set ¥9,200, and transport ¥1,360 each way: ¥360 by train and ¥1,000 by bus.

Verified online, October 20268 stops · 07:40 to 21:00¥15,610 · ≈ $99 per personWalking between stops: 10 min · Transport: ¥2,930Ski dayGood for beginnersDay from Sapporo

The day on a map

6 stops, in order

Stops
6
Walking minutes
5
Stop number on the timelineWalkingTrain, metro or busBase map: © OpenStreetMap
  1. Highland Ski Center, then Walk 5 min
  2. Highland zone, then Ski
  3. Lunch break on the mountain, then Ski
  4. Olympia zone, then Bus 35 min
  5. Teine Onsen Honoka, then Train 50 min
  6. Dinner in Susukino
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The same stops with the same numbers, and the way from stop to stop. On a phone it opens in the app, and that is what you navigate with in Japan. Pin names on the map are in Hebrew.

Getting there: From Sapporo Station: the JR Hakodate Line to Teine Station, 11 minutes on a rapid train and 18 on a local, ¥360. From Teine's south exit, stop 3: the JR Hokkaido Bus Teine-yama Line to the 'Teine Olympia-mae' stop (16 minutes) and the 'Teine Highland' stop (28 minutes according to the ski resort's site, 25 in the timetable), ¥1,000 per adult each way. Pay in exact cash, because a regular credit card is not accepted on the bus. In the 2025-26 season the bus ran from 13 December to 29 March, and the 2026-27 timetable has not been published yet. The times in this day are from the 2025-26 timetable, so check them before you go.

  1. TrainMust

    Sapporo Station: the JR train to Teine

    You start at JR Sapporo Station, in ski clothes or with a bag, without gear: you rent the skis on the mountain. Board a Hakodate Line train toward Otaru that reaches Teine by 08:05, so you catch the 08:15 bus.

    ¥360 · ≈ $2Open in Maps

    Ride to Teine

    • Train · 18 min · ¥360The JR Hakodate Line from Sapporo to Teine, no change: 18 minutes on a local train and 11 minutes on a rapid train.

  2. BusMust

    Teine Station, south exit: the JR bus up the mountain

    Leave Teine Station by the south exit, to bus stop number 3. The JR Hokkaido Bus Teine-yama Line climbs the mountain and stops at three stops: Seikadai, Olympia-mae and Highland. In the 2025-26 timetable the first bus left at 08:15 every day, and the next at 08:35. Have ¥1,000 in exact cash ready for each adult.

    ¥1,000 · ≈ $6Exact cash, no credit cardOpen in Maps

    Up to Highland

    • Bus · 25 min · ¥1,000The JR Hokkaido Bus Teine-yama Line from Teine south exit at 08:15 to the last stop, Teine Highland, at 08:40 according to the 2025-26 timetable.
    • or: Bus · 15 min · ¥1,000If you plan to ski at night, get off two stops earlier, at Olympia-mae, at 08:30, and rent gear at Olympia.

  3. Stop 1GearMust

    Highland Ski Center: rental and a one-day ticket

    Rental is on floor 1, at the 'Head Sports Station' shop, which opens at 08:30. In the 2026-27 season an adult ski set (skis, boots and poles) costs ¥9,200 a day, and ¥10,500 between 26 December and 3 January. Ski wear, jacket and pants, ¥7,300, a helmet ¥3,300, and hat, goggles and gloves ¥3,500. Booking online with advance payment gives you a QR code, and with the receipt you go straight to the counter. The changing room on floor 1 is free, and the lockers there take cash only. You buy the ticket on floor 3: an adult one-day ticket in regular season, 19 December 2026 to 7 March 2027, costs ¥9,800 at the counter and ¥8,800 online. Until 18 December ¥9,400 and ¥8,400, and from 8 to 28 March ¥7,600 and ¥6,600. The one-day ticket is valid until night skiing ends. On 18 October 2026 online sales had not opened yet.

    ¥9,800 · ≈ $62An online ticket is ¥1,000 cheaper, and online rental saves the queueOpen in Maps

    Up to the slope

    • Walk · 5 minTake the ski center's escalators from floor 1 to floor 4, where the slope entrance is.

  4. Stop 2SkiMust

    Highland zone: from the summit down the 1972 slalom runs

    At the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics, Mount Teine hosted the slalom and giant slalom for men and women, and also the bobsleigh and luge. The lifts open at 09:00, and the Summit Express goes up to the summit, at 1,023 meters, with a view over the Ishikari Plain. From there you ski down the Olympic women's giant slalom run, 2,000 meters with a pitch of up to 34 degrees, or the men's and women's slalom run, 700 meters steep from top to bottom. Kitakabe, 'the North Wall', is 1,500 meters through the forest with a pitch of up to 36 degrees, and there is no way back halfway down, so it is for experienced skiers only. Beginners come down from the summit on Natural, a gentle forest run of 4 km to the ski center, or on the City View runs above Sapporo. The Summit Express and the Panorama lifts run until 15:30.

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    Ski down to lunch

    • Ski · 0 minSki back to the Highland Ski Center. The restaurant is on floor 4, the floor you enter from the slope.

  5. Stop 3LunchRecommended

    Lunch break on the mountain

    Teine has two restaurants and two cafes, one of each in each zone, and you can buy meal tickets in advance with mobile ordering. Eat wherever you are at midday:

    • Skadi

      The restaurant on floor 4 of the Highland Ski Center, with 650 seats and a view: ramen with noodles made from Hokkaido wheat, katsu curry and omurice. 09:00 to 17:00, orders from 10:00 to 16:00.

    • Hot Cafe 1023

      A small cafe next to the Panorama 2 lift at the summit, with 40 seats, hot drinks and pasta. Open only on weekends, public holidays and over the year-end holidays, from early December to late March.

    • ULLR

      The restaurant on floor 3 of the Olympia Ski Center, with 330 seats and windows facing the Shirakaba slope: house pizza and more. Early December to late March, 09:00 to 16:30.

    • North Maple

      A cafe at the bottom of the Shirakaba slope in Olympia, near the gondola, with burgers and croissants. 11:00 to 19:00, so also for a break during night skiing. Payment by credit card or electronic money only, no cash.

    • Kosher or vegan? Every kosher and vegan place in this city

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    Ski down to Olympia

    • Ski · 0 minFrom the Highland Ski Center ski down Rainbow, a gentle run of 1.7 km that links the two zones, to the Olympia zone.

  6. Stop 4SkiRecommended

    Olympia zone: the Olympic cauldron and the Shirakaba slopes

    The afternoon is in the Olympia zone, which is open from 5 December 2026 to 28 March 2027. Before that you ski only at Highland. According to the resort's site, Natural and Rainbow together make a run of about 6 km from the summit, the longest in Hokkaido. At the top of the Seikadai run stands the cauldron of the Sapporo Olympics, with a view over Ishikari Bay, and Shirakaba Sunshine is a wide, gentle 520 meter slope for beginners. Go back up to Highland on the Eight Gondola, whose last ride is at 15:30 (from 1 February at 16:00). If you miss it, you cannot get back to Highland. Return the gear at the Highland shop, which is open until 16:30, and catch the 16:10 bus. Night skiing: from 16:00 to 20:00 only the Shirakaba 1 lift runs, in Olympia, the last ride at 19:40, and the one-day ticket is valid. If you stay, rent your gear in the morning at the Olympia shop, which is open until 20:00, and catch the 20:10 bus from Olympia-mae, which reaches Teine at 20:25. Then skip the onsen and go straight to Susukino. An evening-only ticket, 16:00 to 20:00: ¥2,900 online and ¥3,900 at the counter.

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    Down to the onsen

    • Bus · 35 min · ¥1,000The JR bus from Teine Highland at 16:10 to Teine south exit at 16:35, according to the 2025-26 timetable, and from there a taxi of about 2.3 km to the onsen.
    • or: Bus · 55 min · ¥1,000The same bus, and from the station on foot, about 2.4 km to the southeast, about 30 minutes.
    • or: Bus · 90 min · ¥1,000The same bus, and from Teine's south exit the onsen's free shuttle at 17:30, which arrives at 17:40.

  7. Stop 5OnsenRecommended

    Teine Onsen Honoka: hot baths after the mountain

    You finish the mountain at a large onsen in the neighborhood near Teine Station, with indoor and outdoor baths. From 19 October 2026 entry for an adult is ¥1,450 on weekdays and ¥1,650 on weekends and public holidays, and includes a towel set or bathing wear. The baths are open 06:00 to 02:00, and the outdoor bath until 01:00. Tattoos: not admitted, according to the onsen's site. The free shuttle between the onsen and Teine Station runs on a timetable from 1 October 2026, and in snow it may be late.

    ¥1,450 · ≈ $9Tattoos not admittedOpen in Maps

    Back to Sapporo for dinner

    • Train · 50 min · ¥570The onsen's free shuttle at 18:30 to Teine south exit, at 18:40. From there the JR Hakodate Line to Sapporo, 11 to 18 minutes, ¥360, and the Namboku Line from Sapporo to Susukino, 2 stations, ¥210.
    • or: Train · 60 min · ¥360The same shuttle and the same train, and from Sapporo Station on foot south to Susukino, about 2 km, about 25 minutes.

  8. Stop 6DinnerRecommended

    Dinner in Susukino

    After a day on the slopes, eat jingisukan, Sapporo's grilled lamb, at a counter in the entertainment district. We did not find a kosher restaurant in Sapporo. All the options are a few minutes' walk from Susukino Station:

    • Daruma, the main branchabout ¥3,000

      The original, since 1954, at Minami 5 Nishi 4. 14 counter seats only, no reservations, and a queue of 30 to 60 minutes. 17:00 to 05:00, and closed from 31 December to 2 January. Even if you skied at night, you get there in time.

    • Daruma 6.4

      A Daruma branch at Minami 6 Nishi 4, one block south of the original, with 26 seats, so the queue is shorter. The same menu, no reservations, 17:00 to 05:00.

    • Organic PlusVegan options, not kosher¥4,000 to ¥6,000

      An Italian kitchen with organic vegetables and natural wine at Minami 3 Nishi 6, about 3 minutes from Susukino Station, with vegan and macrobiotic dishes on the menu. Dinner from 17:00 or 17:30, closed on Mondays. The closing time differs between sources, so check before you go.

    • Kosher or vegan? Every kosher and vegan place in this city

    ¥3,000 · ≈ $19No reservations at Daruma, there is a queueOpen in Maps

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