Moerenuma Park turns into a 50-minute fireworks show this Saturday, choreographed to music and co-designed with figure skating legend Mao Asada — Hokkaido's biggest fireworks night of the year. It lands the same weekend Furano throws open its wineries for the annual grape harvest, so pick your Saturday: sparks over Sapporo, or a glass in hand under Shimizuyama's hills.

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Fri Nov 6 – Sun Nov 8 - HOKKAIDO FOOVIE FESTIVAL 2026 (北海道フービーフェスティバル) · Kanamoto Hall, TOHO Cinemas Susukino and other theaters, restaurants and Odori underground spaces — "Foovie" is food plus movie. The third edition opens Friday at Kanamoto Hall with TEAM NACS and the Hokkaido premiere of "BYE BYE LOVE: Tantei wa BAR ni iru" (Yo Oizumi and Kyoka Suzuki are scheduled to appear on stage). Over the weekend: a 4K-remastered "Nankyoku Ryorinin" (The Chef of South Polar) with a talk by its original author and TEAM NACS's Hiroyuki Morisaki, "HK/Hentai Kamen" with a themed lunch, a new competition screening of nine food films from 15 countries, and a closing symposium with director Katsuyuki Motohiro. Most film programs are in Japanese, so the easiest ways in are the Sapporo Foovie Bar, a walk through 54 restaurants and bars offering limited-time food-and-drink sets for ¥1,500 or ¥2,000 (Nov 4–8), and the FOOVIE PARTNER PARK in the Ekimae-dori underground walkway and Odori BISSE, with partner booths and the stamp-rally prize drawing (Nov 6–8). Ticketed programs are sold through Lawson Ticket and the Hokkaido Shimbun Playguide, so check the official site for availability.

Fri Nov 6 – Wed Nov 11, 10:00–18:00, free - DANNP Photo Exhibition "Kita no Katachi 2026" (北の貌) · Fujifilm Photo Salon Sapporo, Odori Nishi 6 — The annual show by DANNP (Document and Appeal of Northern Nature by Photograph), a group of amateur photographers formed in 1993 who record Hokkaido's wildlife and landscapes.

Through Sun Nov 8, 9:30–17:00 - MINIATURE LIFE Exhibition 2: Tatsuya Tanaka, final weekend · Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art — The globally followed miniature photographer who has posted a new diorama photo daily since 2011.

Sat Nov 7, 13:00–15:00 - Cricket with Shake Hokkaido · Ōasa Nishi Park, Ebetsu — Beginners and all nationalities welcome, followed by an Indian food get-together at a place announced on the day (you can join the cricket only). Sign-up is through a Google Form on the organizer's page.

Thursday–Tuesday, November 5–10. Sapporo Coffee Marche 2026. Marui Imai Sapporo Main Store, Odori Building, 9th-floor event hall
November 5 opens at noon; otherwise 10:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m., with a 5 p.m. closing on November 10.

This is more than a coffee-shopping stop: 31 vendors are participating, with award-winning roasters and baristas, and this year’s event collaborates with Sapporo Art Stage. Around 40 works by Sapporo Otani University students are displayed, alongside student-created music and special performances. A dedicated ¥1,700 cup is used for the paid coffee-tasting program.

Sat Nov 7, 19:00–21:00 - Let's Try Shodō (Japanese Calligraphy) · Akashiya Community Center, near Kita 24-jo Station, Kita-ku — A two-hour evening of calligraphy and meeting new people, run by Sapporo MUSUBU. Register through the QR code on the group's Instagram post.

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Through Sun Nov 8, lights on 16:00–21:00 nightly, free - Hakodate MOMI-G Festa, final weekend · Kōsetsuen Garden, Misarashi Park, Hakodate — The roughly 100m row of maples in Hokkaido's only nationally designated cultural-property garden is lit every night, with new colored lights this year. Peak color arrives in late October to early November, so the last weekend is the best one.

TOMAKOMAI

Saturday–Sunday, November 7–8. Tomakomai Cosplay Festival - Multiple locations around the city
Saturday 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Regular participation tickets: ¥2,500 for one day or ¥3,500 for both.

The festival uses Tomakomai’s harbor, industrial scenery, and other unusual locations as backdrops for cosplay photography, including some spaces that are normally difficult to access for shoots. There are also performances and other pop-culture activities.

ASAHIKAWA

Through Mon Nov 23, 9:30–17:00 (last entry 16:30) - Great Hiroshige Exhibition · Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Tokiwa Park — About 200 works, including the Tōkaidō series and “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo,” with the “Kimi-no-isu” chair-project exhibition in the second gallery.

OBIHIRO

Mon 23 Nov 2026, Momoko Sakura Exhibition. An exhibition of the creator of Chibi Maruko-chan at the Hokkaido Obihiro Museum of Art .

OTARU

Through Sun Nov 8, 9:30–17:00, free - "Deep Otaru: Photography, Discovering Otaru," final days · Otaru Municipal Museum of Literature — A photography exhibition that rediscovers the city. The museum is closed Mon Nov 9 and Nov 10–13 for the changeover.

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A rare afternoon with Sapporo's geisha

On Saturday, 11 geisha of the Sapporo Meigi-ren take over the Education and Culture Hall for the third Sapporo Odori, with shows at 11:30 and 15:30. It's a chance to see an art form that few visitors encounter, and it needs no Japanese: dance, song and shamisen carry it. Sapporo's geisha quarter dates to the pioneer era, and the Sapporo Chamber of Commerce serves as the group's secretariat. The hall is five minutes from Nishi 11-chome subway station, so you can pair it with the DANNP nature-photography show at Odori Park or an evening at the Foovie Bar.