A Little Sanctuary On Top of the Mountain

Moiwa Mountain is a mountain that is located in the middle of Sapporo city. Being reachable in about 45 minutes by train from Susukino area makes it one of the most visited sites in Sapporo city.

From Susukino station, just take the tram and get off at the Ropeway Iriguchi Mae station (190yen), and then you can take a free shuttle bus that takes you right to the entrance of the Ropeway Station. The ticket will be 1,700yen round trip for the ropeway and the mini cable car.

My advice is to go before dawn so you can see the view of Sapporo city from the observation deck in daylight and at night. Invite your friends and family, take your drink and you can have a perfect evening watching the beautiful sunset.

Sunset from Moiwa Observation Deck

After watching the sunset, you can go down to the theater room where you can watch a short movie about the history of Sapporo city. The movie is surprisingly interesting, it tells you why Sapporo is related to a star (which is the symbol of Sapporo city), about Sapporo life in all four seasons, and why people love Sapporo. Finishing the movie, the backdrop will remove itself by scrolling up like a curtain and reveals the night view of Sapporo city, making your jaw drop.

 The Night View of Sapporo City from Moiwa Observation Deck

Ready to go up to the observation deck again? Don’t forget to bring your jacket or coat with you as it can get windy and cold even in summer. Put on your earphone and listen to your favorite music. Take your time to enjoy this eye candy scenery. Take as many pictures as you want. Do not forget to ring the bell of the Satellite thing at the observation deck! It is actually a bell that is meant to give a blessing for couples, who rang it, but you can also ring it even if you are alone, you are not breaking any laws and nobody will arrest you, so who cares, right?

 Satellite of Lover`s Sanctuary

After having enough, take the mini cable car again, and you can stop by at the souvenir shop in between the stations. Then take the free shuttle bus back to the tram station. You can sleep on the way back to your accommodation, or you can start editing and uploading your photos to Facebook or Instagram and make your friends envy.

Go to your bed and believe that tomorrow will be a much better day as you have got the blessing from the Satellite thing!

   

To the official website of Khaosan Sapporo

 

Written by Naoki

Celebrating internationality ~ Party time at Khaosan Sapporo

Being an international hostel is awesome! We have a lot of guests from all over the world with different cultures, languages and traditions. They bring with them their life- and traveling-stories and sometimes also souvenirs (like our Malaysian guests last month – thanks again^^). Our staff and our helpers are from many different countries, too, and we’re putting this to use by organizing international parties for our guests (and ourselves of course^^)

This year, we already had a couple o fun parties, like e.g. our Australian Party on Australia Day!

(you can find more pictures here)

One of our help staff that time was a chef with a passion for Ramen. So of course, we had our own Ramen Party!!

(again, more pictures here)

And we usually have a couple of Germans around as parties are most fun when you can dress up, it was just natural to celebrate the traditional German “Fastnacht”, an old rite from pagan times to expel the winter and invite spring into the area.

(Want to see more? Click here!)

The most recent party was a Polish-Russian. “Why this mix?” you would ask. Well, Polish and Russian food as well as culture have many similarities, and with a Polish-German and a Russian-German staff, that know the cuisine from childhood on, we could have some unique Polish-Russian-food-mix. And yes, of course we had vodka too!

(Picture time! Click here!)

Another fun mix was the British-Danish-Party. Now, this mix is less obvious, but it just came about, as we had a British and a Danish help staff, that would have been leaving soon. So, as well as a celebration of the British and Danish culture, it was a thank you for our great help, staff!

(Here you can find out more about the party) 

And the next party is already planned..... Join us for the French Party!

To the official Khaosan Homepage

written by Irene