2026 Hokkaido Mahalo Shopping Tour Photos

Live Crabs, Sake and Shopping in Hokkaido

Our 2026 Hokkaido Mahalo Shopping Tour was based in Sapporo, where we picked out live crabs for a fresh seafood lunch, toured ROYCE’ Cacao and Chocolate Town, and rode the chair lift up Mt. Okura for a look over the city. We also visited Otaru, strolling the canal, exploring the Music Box Museum and Kitaichi Glass Company, and sampling sake at the Tanaka Sake Brewery, plus plenty of time to shop at Tanuki Koji, AEON MALL, and Chitose Airport. A big mahalo to Tour Manager Melanie Lum for taking care of this group!

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We arrived safely at Haneda Airport!

Godzilla display at Haneda Airport.

Oishii bento lunch on Japan Airlines.

Visiting the Asahi Breweries Hokkaido Factory.

Eating dinner at the Asahi Beer Garden Shiroishi, which is connected to the brewery.

Jingisukan is Hokkaido’s signature grilled lamb and mutton barbecue dish.

Former Hokkaido Government Office

HOKKAIDO 179 DARTS interactive exhibit in the building.

Fun stop at Shiroi Koibito Park for some shopping and yummy treats!

Soft cream!

Tour Manager Mele Lum enjoying her treat.

For lunch we stopped by Kitanogurume Seafood Market in Sapporo.

The freshest crabs and seafood!

Miso soup

Amazing kaisendon bowl for lunch!

And king crab legs!

Yubari King Melons

So sweet and delicious.

We visited Royce Cacao and Chocolate Town to learn how the famous ROYCE’ chocolate treats are made.

There are lots of fun interactive displays.

Packaging display.

Leaving messages from Hawaii!

Ramen time in Sapporo!

Breakfast at Mercure Sapporo hotel.

Our first stop this day was to the Sapporo Olympic Museum and Okurayama Observatory.

Group shot in front of the ski lift.

Taking the ski lift to the top for views of Sapporo from Mt. Okura.

Looking down with background Sapporo views.

After the observatory, we visited the Otaru Canal.

Hello Kitty Cafe in Otaru.

Fresh seafood lunch in Otaru.

Beautiful Otaru Canal.

Otaru treats!

Last stop of the day was Tanaka Sake Brewery.

We learned how sake is made.

And tasted all the delicious varieties of sake.

The brewery uses pure underground spring water melted from the snow of Mount Tengu.

Sapporo TV Tower

Evening of leisure, some ate an Izakaya dinner.

Sapporo subway

The next day was a leisure day and we all explored Sapporo.

JR Sapporo Station

Sweet treats

Tempura lunch

Sapporo trains

Shohei!

Exploring Susukino, Japan's largest entertainment and nightlife district north of Tokyo.

Mercure Sapporo hotel

More soft serve, mo bettah!

Sapporo TV Tower

Odori Park, Sapporo

Fried chicken snack at Odori Park.

Sapporo supercars

Sapporo Autumn Fest at night.

Susukino, Sapporo

Ready to grind!

Pasta dish at the New Chitose Airport before heading to Haneda.

Haneda Airport, Japan

Heading safely back to Honolulu!

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