Richmond Hotel Sapporo Odori

The Richmond Hotel Sapporo Odori is basically a businessman’s hotel in Sapporo, Japan, with smallish rooms with nice amenities.  The hotel has a small restaurant next to the lobby that serves good food and drinks, and desserts at reasonable prices.

I recently rented a double room of 177 square feet and found a small room with a double bed, a nice Regza 25” Toshiba digital TV, a bidet toilet, air conditioning a Sharp Ion unit, refrigerator, coffee pot and complimentary coffee and tea, and internet connection.

The staff is extremely helpful and very accommodating, the breakfast buffet is good, but the best thing about the hotel is its direct entrance into the Tanukikoji Arcade, nearby access to Pole Town underground shopping arcade, sheltering you from the inclement winter weather in Sapporo, Susukino entertainment district, Nijo Fish  Market, and the Nanboku Subway line.  If you walk through the Tanukikoji Arcade 3 1/2  blocks to the south, you will end up at the Nijo Fish Market where you can see and taste some excellent seafood including king crab and huge scallops fresh off the fishing boats.

To get there: From the new Chitose Airport take the JR train to and exit from the Sapporo Station, then take the Nanboku subway line from Sapporo Station to the Odori Station. Walk from the Odori Station through Pole Town underground arcade until you get to the south Exit #4,5,6,7, exiting Pole Town using the up escalator and go into the Tanukikoji Arcade and walk less than 100 yards until you see the Richmond Hotel Sapporo Odori sign.

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