"Shiroi Koibito Park" is a sweets theme park located in Sapporo, Hokkaido. In addition to enjoying a tour of the Hokkaido souvenir "Shiroi Koibito" factory and a sweets-making experience, you can also enjoy gourmet food such as original sweets and shopping for limited edition products. We will introduce how to get to "Shiroi Koibito Park," a classic tourist spot in Sapporo, as well as the highlights of the facility and how to enjoy it.

A popular Hokkaido souvenir: "Shiroi Koibito" (photo is for illustrative purposes only)

First, we will introduce basic information about Shiroi Koibito Park and how to enjoy it. We will also introduce the attractions of the facility in detail. By the time you read to the end, you will surely have mastered how to enjoy Shiroi Koibito Park.

There are plenty of picturesque photo spots within the facility

Shiroi Koibito Park is a sweets theme park operated by ISHIYA, the manufacturer and seller of Shiroi Koibito, a souvenir sweet representative of Hokkaido. Since its opening in 1995, it has been a constant source of visitors as one of Sapporo's most famous tourist attractions, popular with tourists as well as locals such as Sapporo residents. The reason for its popularity is that it is a facility where you can see, learn, taste, and experience. Not only can you enjoy eating and shopping, but you can also learn about the history and appeal of chocolate, especially Shiroi Koibito, and have fun in a variety of ways, such as making sweets and taking photos at photo spots.

Western castle-like buildings and English courtyards

Although Shiroi Koibito Park is located on the outskirts of Sapporo, it is easily accessible by car, subway, and bus, making it a popular spot where you can enjoy yourself to your heart's content in just half a day.

By car

It is immediately on your right after exiting the Sapporo Nishi IC on the Sasson Expressway. It is about 1 minute after exiting the IC. However, since you can only exit the Sapporo Nishi IC from the Otaru direction, if you are coming by car from New Chitose Airport, you will need to exit at Shinkawa IC, but it is about a 10-minute drive away (time may vary depending on traffic conditions). There are multiple parking lots both inside and outside the premises, so you should not have any trouble finding a place to park.

By subway

It is about a 7-minute walk from Miyanosawa Station, the last stop on the Tozai subway line. Go through the Sapporo City Lifelong Learning Center Chieria, which is directly connected to the station, cross the large road and turn right to arrive at the main gate of Shiroi Koibito Park. The Tozai line also passes through Odori Station in the center of Sapporo and Shin-Sapporo Station, where you can transfer to rapid trains departing from New Chitose Airport, making it convenient for those traveling by public transportation from Sapporo city or New Chitose Airport. By the way, the ride time to Miyanosawa Station is about 16 minutes from Odori Station and about 35 minutes from Shin-Sapporo Station.

By bus

It is about a 7-minute walk from the Nishimachi Kita 20-chome bus stop, which is an express bus heading to Otaru Station via Maruyama from Sapporo Station. This bus is convenient if you are traveling by public transportation from the Otaru area. Note that the express bus between Sapporo and Otaru has a different route and some routes do not pass through Nishimachi Kita 20-chome, so be sure to take the bus via Maruyama.

You can also have the experience of writing or drawing your favorite words on the heart-shaped Shiroi Koibito.

Shiroi Koibito Park has both paid and free areas. In the paid areas, you can enjoy sweets-making experiences, factory tours, video attractions, and use some of the cafes and shops that offer limited menus.

Popular sweets "Shiroi Koibito soft serve ice cream"

In the free area, you can enjoy visiting the gardens with their beautiful roses and illuminations, eating at some of the cafes, and shopping for soft serve ice cream and other sweets and bread. The recommended way to tour Shiroi Koibito Park is to thoroughly enjoy the tours, experiences, and exclusive sweets in the paid area, and then move to the free area to enjoy meals and shopping. If you're mainly interested in visiting the gardens and shopping, you can enjoy the free area, but we highly recommend visiting the paid area to fully enjoy the charms of the facility.

You can also enjoy a relaxing time with a chocolate drink.

The time required for visiting Shiroi Koibito Park is about 2 hours if you want to take your time to see the paid and free areas and shop. If you want to enjoy it at a leisurely pace, including making sweets and eating at the cafe, you should set aside about 3 to 4 hours, or about half a day, to enjoy it to the fullest.

From here, we will introduce how to enjoy the paid areas of Shiroi Koibito Park, including factory tours and sweets-making experiences. We will guide you through the actual route inside the park.

Projection mapping show in the Time Travel Room at Chocotopia House

The ticket center near the main gate of Shiroi Koibito Park is the entrance to the paid area. Once you have purchased your ticket and are inside, you will first enter Chocotopia House. Here you can watch a video introducing the story of cacao and a projection mapping show introducing the history of chocolate's evolution. You can have fun learning about how chocolate was born, spread around the world, and developed into the delicious taste it has today.

A look at the Chocotopia Factory

After Chocotopia House, we went to Chocotopia Factory on the third floor of the building. Here, we could observe the production line of Shiroi Koibito and other sweets through glass. The production line is on the first floor of the building, so we could see the whole line from above. Watching Shiroi Koibito being mass-produced one after another, we realized that Shiroi Koibito is indeed a popular sweet that represents Hokkaido.

Draw your favorite pictures and words on the heart-shaped Shiroi Koibito

If you go up to the 4th floor of the building, you will find "Chocotopia Market", which has several facilities inside. One of them is "Sweets Workshop Dream Kitchen", where you can enjoy making sweets. You can enjoy making original sweets by drawing pictures and letters with a chocolate pen on a large heart-shaped "Shiroi Koibito". It's okay if you don't have an artistic sense! Once you start drawing, you'll be hooked.

Since the event time and capacity of each session is fixed, we recommend that those who want to try it make a reservation in advance on the official website. For courses other than the "My Shiroi Koibito Bake" course, reservations are accepted on the day if there are spaces available.

Original design image

"Sweets Workshop Dream Kitchen" experience menu

Inside "Chocolate Lounge Oxford"

Trial Place Covent and Chocolate Lounge Oxford, both located in Chocotopia Market, offer exclusive sweets that can only be tasted here.

"White Lover" raw chocolate sandwich

"Trial Place Covent" is a takeaway shop located in front of the demonstration space where langue de chat cookies are baked. They make "Shiroi Koibito" raw chocolate sandwiches right in front of you and serve them to you. They are about four times larger than the regular "Shiroi Koibito" and are very filling! You can enjoy the texture of a freshly baked sandwich.

White Lover Parfait

Chocolate Lounge Oxford is a cafe where you can see the courtyard of Shiroi Koibito Park and the distant mountains through large windows. You can enjoy the Shiroi Koibito Parfait, made with original white chocolate sauce, pancakes, seasonal sweets, chocolate drinks, and more. The relaxed atmosphere allows you to relax while looking at the view outside.

Photo spot at "Magical Marche"

The Magical Marche at the exit of Chocotopia Market is a great photo spot. There are various photogenic items, making it perfect for taking a memorable photo. You can take photos here with friends or family, or even by yourself. If you go further, you will come to the exit of the paid area, and you will come out on the second floor of Tudor House, which is in the free area.

The free area includes Tudor House, a building where you can shop and enjoy snacks, as well as a courtyard filled with blooming roses.

Inside Cafe Butler's Wharf

"Drinkable Shiroi Koibito" - a perfect combination of white chocolate and langue de chat cookies

Cafe Butler's Wharf, located on the second floor of Tudor House at the exit of the paid area, is the perfect place to take a break while touring various places. In addition to Shiroi Koibito soft serve ice cream, you can also enjoy pasta and pizza. We highly recommend the drinkable Shiroi Koibito, a drink that represents Shiroi Koibito! This is a limited edition product only available at this shop, and the white chocolate drink and the sprinkled langue de chat cookies on top go perfectly together.

The food is also substantial. Chicken curry with plenty of shredded chicken.

For those who would rather eat rice instead of pasta or pizza, we recommend "Curry Restaurant Entre Po" located on the first basement floor near the main gate after leaving the building. You can enjoy authentic original curry and soup curry made by a curry chef.

Grilled cheese and chicken soup curry

There are several types of curry and soup curry, including chicken, scallops, and hamburger, so choose your favorite! The cheese curry and soup curry are highly recommended, as the melted cheese mixes with the spicy curry to create a mellow flavor. There is also a "kids' lunch" with fried shrimp and a kids' hamburger, so families with children can feel free to come.

"Bake Shop Chelsea" where you can purchase bread (photo is for illustrative purposes only)

"Snow Dome White" is an original Shiroi Koibito Park bread that can only be found here (photo right)

There is a bakery and shop on the first floor of "Tudor House". "Bake Shop Chelsea" is a bakery that produces and sells bread made with wheat from Hokkaido and the popular Shiroi Koibito Park original bread "Snow Dome White". If you go late, "Snow Dome" and other breads may sell out, so it's best to visit as early as possible.

"Shop Piccadilly" limited sale "White Lover (original tea) tea bag 5-pack box" (photo is for illustration purposes only)

"Shop Piccadilly, Bake Shop Chelsea" Limited Edition "Shiroi Koibito Milk Jam"

At Shop Piccadilly, where you can enjoy shopping for souvenirs, you can find not only Shiroi Koibito but also a variety of ISHIYA products, including limited items that are only sold here. This is the perfect place to find souvenirs at Shiroi Koibito Park! They also offer domestic shipping, so even those who come from far away can shop without worrying about the amount of baggage they need to carry.

You can put your favorite image in the heart part in the middle.

If you're buying Shiroi Koibito as a souvenir, why not try making an original design? At Photo Shop Memento (Tudor House store) on the first floor of Tudor House, you can bring a photo and have it incorporated into the packaging design of a 36- or 54-piece Shiroi Koibito can. The can is easy to store after you've finished eating, so it's nice to be able to keep it as a memento forever.

Please note that paper and USB data are not supported, so please download the images you want to use onto your smartphone or other device before visiting. (*Images must not infringe on copyrights or trademarks.)

The mechanical clock tower towering over the courtyard

The free area can be enjoyed outdoors as well. One of these is the parade of the mechanical clock tower, which can be seen from the courtyard, which takes place from 10am to 5pm every hour for about 10 minutes (it may be canceled due to weather, etc.). At the top of the hour, a lively parade begins with mechanical animal puppets emerging from the clock tower and other structures. It's a cute and fun parade, and although it may seem aimed at children, it will warm the hearts of adults as well, making you feel like you've come to fairy tale land. Head to the courtyard just before the top of the hour!

Summer Rose Garden

Winter illuminations

Shiroi Koibito Park is famous for the roses and illuminations in its courtyard. There is a rose garden in the courtyard, and the sight of the roses blooming from spring to autumn, and especially in summer, is stunning! The colors of the roses along with the buildings in the background are very gorgeous and worth seeing. On the other hand, in the winter when it snows, the park is illuminated, and the twilight time just after sunset is particularly spectacular! As long as the weather is not bad, the courtyard is a great spot to view the roses in any season.

Shiroi Koibito Park has plenty of other attractions, including a courtyard shop, photo spots, and attractions! You can easily explore the park in about two hours, but if you want to enjoy it to the fullest, you should set aside half a day. This theme park is recommended for tourists and family outings, and is sure to become a wonderful memory of your trip or holiday.

(Photo courtesy of Ishiya Shoji Co., Ltd.)

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Shiroi Koibito Park

■Location: 2-11-36 Miyanosawa 2-jo, Nishi-ku, Sapporo ■ Business hours: 10:00-18:00 *Final admission for paid areas is 16:30 ■ Closed: None ■ Paid area admission fee: Adults (high school students and above) 800 yen / Children (up to junior high school students) 400 yen / Free for children under 3 years old For more information and maps about Shiroi Koibito Park, please click here.