by rclooking
Saying this is a Sapporo stop is almost false advertising. Sapporo is two hours away by bus. Local town isn't much to see. They set up tents on the pier to sample local food and provide souvenirs. One amazing highlight is the FREE tour offered by Japan Steel Works to their swordsmith shop. Just two tours of 24 each are offered so sign up early. You will meet a fourth generation swordsmith who will explain the sword making process and see his actual workshop.
Visited: May 07, 2017
by patrcaribbean
We just visited the few stalls outside the ship. Internet access did not work.
Visited: Apr 26, 2018
by ljohnston
Not the port for Sapporo. Some people that we met went to a race course for the day and said they had a great time. We did the volcano tour excursion followed by visiting the port festival in the evening.
by BathBabe
A rather sad place as much of the industry has closed down but still interesting - it’s Japan. I didn’t do an excursion.
Visited: May 12, 2019
by shazamdroid
No excursion, but our group explored the area on foot. We found the most amazingly clean and colorful Chinatown!
Visited: May 06, 2018
by willwork4cruz
We left early to walk to a local bus to take us to the main station to catch a Coach bus to Sapporo. It took over two hours to get there. We mainly stayed near the Odorri park to Susukino area and the covered shopping street between them. We had an amazing experience cooking/eating Ghengas Kahn meat. We also hung out in Pole Town (underground shopping district). We rode a similar bus back to Muroran and took a taxi back to the ship with 15 minutes to spare before all-aboard time of 6:30. It was an adventure but I wouldn't recommend it. The bus back was packed full and I kept wondering, "What if we didn't get a seat?" There were other options but we would have missed all aboard time. (I knew the ship wasn't leaving till 8pm due to customs though) The trip costs us about $40 each compared to paying the ship $250 for a similar "Sapporo on your Own" excursion. The locals had a band playing on the dock in the evening and lots of locals came just to see the ship. Their Mayor even gave a speech thanking us for visiting their town.
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