If you are interested in experiencing Japanese food, seeing the sights of Sapporo or just chatting with a local and learning a bit about Japanese culture do a tour through Cityunscripted as we did a couple of days ago.
My 19 year old daughter and I did a 3 hour personalised tour of Sapporo with a lovely local girl, Asuka.
Through Cityunscripted we requested that we wanted to try some local specialties, visit some interesting stores and learn a bit about Sapporo.
They then match you with a local English speaking guide who then contacts you and works out an itinerary.
The communication process via email was faultless.
You can also nominate your start time.
Asuka met us at our hotel, she was lovely, we learned about her life in Japan, and about her family and her travels.
She took us to 2 different restaurants, a soup curry place( a Sapporo delicacy) where we had a wonderful curry soup.
Then on to a beautiful store selling good quality goods made in Japan.
Then to a seafood izakaya restaurant where we of course had some great seafood inc drinks.
Obviously the guides have a food budget to adhere to depending on your requests, had to pay a bit extra for some extra drinks but that was understandable and fine.
Very full after all that!
Asuka also emailed a few other sights and restaurants to go to in our spare time.
To sum up, this experience was well worth it and I would highly recommend using Cityunscripted and meeting the locals.