Sapporo City Science Center
札幌市青少年科学館
Atsubetsu-ku (Shin-Sapporo), Sapporo · near Shin-Sapporo Station (Sapporo Subway Tozai Line / JR) (5 min walk)
Sapporo City Science Center in Atsubetsu-ku (Shin-Sapporo), Sapporo. A recently renovated hands-on science museum with hundreds of interactive exhibits, a low-temperature snow/ice room, and a planetarium dome.
Why children love it: A recently renovated hands-on science museum with hundreds of interactive exhibits, a low-temperature snow/ice room, and a planetarium dome.
Honest drawbacks: Out at Shin-Sapporo (about 20 minutes from the centre) and closed Mondays; the planetarium is an extra ticket.
- Best for
- Toddlers (2–4), Primary (5–11), Teens (12–17)
- Time to allow
- 2h
- Opening hours
- Oct-Apr 9:30-16:30; May-Sep 9:00-17:00 (last entry 30 min before close). Closed Mondays (open if a holiday), the last Tuesday of most months, and Dec 27-Jan 4.
- Price
- Exhibition hall adults 700 yen; junior-high and younger free. The planetarium is a separate ticket (about 500 yen); combined tickets available.
- Booking
- Usually walk-in
- English
- ★★★☆☆
- Indoor / weather
- indoor · rainy-day ok
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