Sapporo City Nakajima Athletic Center — Local services in Sapporo

Little English/foreigner guide. You’ll need indoor shoes as you cannot wear your outdoor shoes in the gym. And it costs 430 yen for adult day pass.

So they accept day passes Enter the front desk and say you want a “day pass to training”. Clerk will say use vending machine. Vending machine is to the right and it costs 430 yen for an adult day pass Pay for that using coins/cash etc Give ticket to clerk and go to the left side. Remove your shoes (place on shoe rack) and walk with your socks to the changing room which is just in front of the shoe rack. Don’t wear shoes in the changing room! Get changed. You can use the locker for 50 yen but don’t need to since there’s a bag rack in the gym. Exit and wear your indoor shoes. Gym is on the 1st floor (or 2F in Japan locale). Place your bag in the bag rack and start your workout. There is only 1 bench press, 1 squat rack, one assisted rack. 3 barbells in total. Quite sparse free weights. Some machines are broken. And 5 trend mills. The racks have reservation times so you can place your name on the clipboard and use it in turn. Love that! Wipe after you finish! You’ll see a cloth next to the clipboard, so use that. Once you finish you can use the showers in the changing room as well.

And that’s about it. Super basic gym at a very...

The gymnasium is well equipped and easy to use. It is located right next to Nakajima Park and is easily accessible. The building is well cleaned and the receptionists are polite. Parking is scarce, so you will need a chuiga during busy times. Nakajima Sports Centre is in a rare location where you can do both cross-country and strength training, the training equipment is old but there is a wide variety, the changing rooms with the door open for some reason is strange but it is very spacious and showers are available.

The cross-country course is 600 metres and short. It is used by many people and is almost groove-free, so it is slippery underfoot.

The equipment they rent is new and, best of...

Simple public gym, went on a weekday morning and was moderately packed with mostly local students and elderly. Has sufficient equipment with multiple machines, a bench, squat rack, smith machine, some barbells, and light dumbells (up to 10kg pair only) and a single adjustable dumbell up to 22kg. Very accessible from Susukino area by walking or public transportation. I suggest taking a bike from Susukino area as you can stroll through the park or even take the bike route by the river...