Open-air Museum of Sapporo Art Forest — Attraction in Sapporo

The sculptures were fantastic, but one of the major highlights was trudging through the snow paths to get to them!

The snow was so deep and soft, it really added to the experience. The snow added another element to the sculptures, allowing us to view them in another aspect.

Some of the sculptures were mind blowing! I seriously recommend going if you like art.

The snow was difficult to navigate. I recommend coming during the warmer months if you struggle with...

This review is for the open-air “sculpture forest” only. I had high hopes to see some inspiring artwork only to find sculptures that were mostly created in the 80s. It reflected the same poor aesthetic quality as hair styles and fashion from that period and felt incredibly dated. After finding out that the one artwork I was looking forward to seeing (by Susumu Shingo) was closed for renovation it was a net loss of time and parking/entrance...

Worth visiting in winter to walk around with snow shoes (kanjiki). It took about 2 hours of meandering to see the 70+ art pieces. Some were partially or completely covered in snow but you can still see a lot of them. Half the fun was walking off the intended path in the snow shoes since you are allowed to...