Hokkaido is a treasure trove for delicious food. After your factory tour, you can enjoy tasting of freshly-made milk or beer free of charge.
Around Sapporo there are many factories manufacturing processed-products made using raw materials from Hokkaido. There are even factory tours which will admit you free of charge if you book in advance. What is more, after your tour of the factory, you can enjoy the taste of freshly-made milk or beer! If you eat or drink after having learnt about the production process, you will enjoy the taste all the more. Enjoy sightseeing in Sapporo with a difference.
* There are factory tours which only allow visitors on weekdays, or during limited periods in the year, as well as factories which require you to make your bookings by the day before your visit, so please be sure to check the factory’s website or telephone them beforehand.
After your tour of the beer factory, enjoy Hokkaido with freshly brewed beer and some “Genghis Khan” (a grilled mutton dish).
Asahi Beer Hokkaido Brewery
Asahi Beer’s Hokkaido factory is the only large-scale beer factory in Sapporo. On the tour of the factory, they tell you about the ingredients and the beer-making process. You can see up close the preparation tanks and boiling kettles which were used when the factory first opened. After the tour, for about 20 minutes, you can sample up to 3 glasses of beer. Those who cannot drink alcohol need not worry as there are also soft drinks available. There is also the “Asahi Beer Garden” on the site, and we recommend that you enjoy their “Genghis Khan” (a grilled mutton dish) along with the freshly brewed beer.
 cost | Free of charge (reservation required tel.011-863-3515) |
 Duration | about 90 minutes |
 Tour dates | Weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 9:30 – 15:00 |
Nango-dori 4-chome Minami 1-1, Shiraishi-ku, Sapporo
Asahi Beer Hokkaido Brewery
You can try freshly-brewed Hokkaido-only beer.
There are also facilities such as a restaurants and a biotope garden.
Sapporo Beer Hokkaido Factory
Sapporo Beer’s Hokkaido factory is located in the suburbs of Eniwa city. You can have a good look at the process whereby 340 million 350ml can’s worth of beer is produced, complete with an accompanying guide. The process by which malt made from Hokkaido-produced wheat and carefully-selected raw materials such as water and hops is transformed into beer with the power of yeast is well worth seeing. After the factory tour, you can sample freshly brewed “Sapporo Draft Beer Black Label” and “Sapporo Classic”. There are also plenty of other facilities, such as restaurants, a park golf course and a biotope garden, so you can enjoy the whole day there.
| cost | Free of charge (reservation required tel.0123-52-5802) |
| Duration | about 60 minutes |
| Tour dates | Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 – 16:00 |
Sapporo Beer Hokkaido Factory Website
About 90 minutes by car from Sapporo. There is also a direct sales store where you can purchase un-blended whiskey.
Distilling whiskey the old-fashioned way, using coal as fuel.
Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery
At the Nikka Whiskey Yoichi distillery in the town of Yoichi, you can observe the whiskey production processes of fermentation, distilling and aging. For factory tours, you have the choice of being able to freely walk around, with a guidebook in hand, or taking one of the guided tours which are held every 30 minutes. The beauty of the buildings, including the restored and reconstructed “Old Taketsuru Residence”, the former residence of the founder Masataka Taketsuru, which are national tangible cultural properties, are also an attraction. There is also a “Whiskey Museum” and tasting area, a restaurant and a direct sales store where you can purchase un-blended whiskey.
| cost | Free of charge(reservation required tel.0135-23-3131) |
| Duration | about 90 minutes |
| Tour dates | Weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays 9:00 – 15:30 |
Kurokawa-cho 7-chome 6, Yoichi
Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery
Hokkaido’s largest automatic high-rise warehouse is a masterpiece.
After your factory tour you can enjoy an ice-cold bottle of Coca-Cola.
Hokkaido Coca Cola Bottling Sapporo Factory
The Hokkaido Coco-Cola Bottling Sapporo factory in Sapporo’s Kiyota-ku is where the soda water, coffee, tea and mineral water sold in Hokkaido is made. On the factory tour, you can observe the process from extraction of the beverage to the filling of cans and packing into boxes. The highlight of the factory is Hokkaido’s largest automatic high-rise warehouse. Products waiting for shipment are lined up on some 20,000 shelves, and everything is managed by computer. At 31 meters high, 100 meters wide and 80 meters deep, the overwhelming scale is quite awe-inspiring!
| cost | Free of charge(reservation required tel.011-888-2100) |
| Duration | about 60 minutes |
| Tour dates | Weekdays 10:00 – 11:30, 13:30 – 16:30 *Open on Saturday from July to September |
Kiyota 1-jo 1-chome 2-1, Kiyota-ku, Sapporo
Hokkaido Coca Cola Bottling Sapporo Factory
Observe the milk-making process at a factory founded 80 years ago.
There is also a course where the whole family can enjoy a tour of the factory.
Megmilk Snow Brand Museum
Located on Megmilk Snow Brand ‘s vast site in Sapporo’s Higashi-ku is the dairy-farming and milk history museum and the Sapporo factory. At the factory, you can observe the yogurt and milk making processes up close. For factory tours, there is the A Course, aimed at families (approx. 60 min), and the B course, for those who are interested in the history of dairy farming, milk and Hokkaido (approx. 30min). On the A Course, after looking round the museum you can view the actual milk production line through the window. On the B course, you can learn about the beginning of dairy farming in Hokkaido, as well as the history of Megmilk.
| cost | Free of charge (reservation required tel.011-704-2329) |
| Duration | about 60 minutes / 30 minutes |
| Tour dates | Weekdays 9:00 – 11:00, 13:00 – 15:30 |
Naebocho 6-chome 1-1, Higashi-ku, Sapporo
Megmilk Snow Brand Museum
Attached to Sapporo Sato-Land. You can also try your hand at milking and taste delicious fresh milk.
Satsuraku Milk Village (Sato-Land)
Satsuraku Milk Village (Sato) is attached to the Sapporo Sato-Land farming experience and exchange facility in Sapporo’s Higashi-ku. You can observe the manufacturing process where milk is produced from raw milk, brought in from an Ishikari farm, and you can also have a go at milking a cow yourself. In the “Milk Hall” you can see the raw milk pasteurization and packing processes, and in the “Meadow Hall” you can see butter and yogurt being made. There is also the “Cow Hall” where you can see cows up close, and enjoy a simulated milking experience (¥100). After your factory tour, please enjoy the delicious freshly made milk.
| cost | Free of charge (reservation required tel.011-785-0201) |
| Duration | about 60 minutes |
| Tour dates | ate April – early November 9:30 – 16:00 |
Satsuraku Milk Village (Sato-Land)
Sapporo Satoland
A confectionery theme park operated by the Ishiya Company.
There is so much to see that time just flies by.
Shiroi Koibito Park
Shiroi Koibito Park (White Lovers Park) is in Sapporo’s Nishi-ku. With factory tours and a “hands-on confectionery making workshop”, there are many facilities which allow you to see, learn, taste and experience. At the factory, you can observe the production process of “Shiroi Koibito” chocolate, from the sandwiching of chocolate between freshly-baked cookies right up until where it is packaged. In addition to the factory tour, there are plenty of other things to see, such as a corner where you can learn about the history of chocolate, the candy art store “Candy Lab” and a café where you can enjoy original sweets.
| cost | Depends on each facility |
| Tour dates | Ｅvery day |
Miyanosawa 2-2, Nishi-ku, Sapporo
Shiroi Koibito Park
A well-established Hokkaido miso and soy-sauce maker founded in 1891.
The landscape, which is certified as a Hokkaido heritage site, is also worth seeing.
Hokkaido Shoyu Company
Through a tour of the soy sauce factory attached to Fukuyama Jozo’s company headquarters in Sapporo’s Higashi-ku, you can get a sense of the history and tradition. You can go around observing the production line where “koji” mold is produced from soy and wheat, then fermented and aged to produce quality unrefined soy-sauce, which is then made into the final product, and you can enjoy the atmosphere of old-fashioned traditional scene of soy-sauce pressing. The factory is housed in a brick building constructed in 1918, and is one of a group of factories in the Naebo area which is certified as a Hokkaido heritage site. Please enjoy it together with the surrounding landscape.
| cost | Free of charge (reservation required tel.0120-120-280） |
| Duration | about 60 minutes |
| Tour dates | Weekdays(March – November) 9:00 – 12:00, 13:00 – 15:00 |
Neba-cho 2-chome 3-1, Higashi-ku, Sapporo
Hokkaido Shoyu Company
