Stellar Place Sapporo

Sapporo Stellar Place is a shopping center directly connected to JR Sapporo Station. It has about 200 shops, cafes and restaurants, together with Sapporo Cinema Frontier.

The Center wing runs from B1F to 9F, while the East wing runs from B1F to 6F. The wings connect internally on floors 2 to 6, and Center 6F is the main dining floor. Regular shopping hours from B1F to 6F are 10.00-20.00. Center 6F restaurants generally open from 11.00 to 23.00. Individual businesses, the cinema and the rooftop plaza use different hours.

Basement 1 Floor

Natural Beauty Basic has moved to APIA Fashion Walk B1F, another shopping area connected to Sapporo Station.

Diana in East B1F sells women’s shoes, bags and accessories. Most shoe styles range from 21.5 to 25.0 cm, with some available from 20.5 to 25.5 cm.

1st Floor

L’Occitane En Provence is a very popular beauty products store selling skin care and hair care goods, cosmetics, home fragrances, soaps, and perfumes aimed at women and men.

In addition to the 1F Center branch of Starbucks coffee, there is another Starbucks branch on the second floor of the East wing.

GAP is no longer listed in Stellar Place. East 1F includes Paul bakery and cafe, Francfranc homewares, Ainz & Tulpe cosmetics, and several fashion shops.

2nd Floor

Glaciel is a cafe specializing in ice cream and decorated ice-cream cakes. Its menu includes seasonal sorbets, parfaits and ice-cream drinks, with a takeaway counter.

Other Center 2F tenants include Maison Special, Whim Gazette, Freak’s Store and Glaciel.

CA4LA, pronounced “kashira”, is a Japanese hat brand on East 2F. Its collection includes original hats made using Japanese production techniques.

3rd Floor

Unico is an interior goods and furniture store offering timeless designs that will add atmosphere and comfort to any home at reasonable prices.

Journal Standard Relume sells men’s, ladies, and unisex casual fashions targeted at young people in their twenties and early thirties and stocks both original and imported goods.

4th Floor

Ciaopanic on Center 4F focuses on women’s fashion and also carries a selection of unisex items.

East 4F’s music tenant is Shimamura Music, which sells instruments and operates a music school.

5th Floor

ABC-MART Grand Stage occupies East 5F and carries shoes and clothing from brands including Nike, Adidas and New Balance.

WEGO sells original and used clothing influenced by Harajuku street fashion.

A huge range of Disney themed goods are here featuring all your favorite characters. There is also a Snoopy Store next door for fans of the Peanuts comic strip.

The Sanseido Bookstore on East 5F sells books, stationery and other goods. Books & Cafe UCC is next to it, and customers may take selected books into the cafe before buying them.

6th Floor

The Stellar Dining Section on Center 6F has restaurants serving sushi, tempura and soba, Chinese and Taiwanese dishes, tonkatsu, curry, pasta and pizza, casual French food, ramen, omurice, pork bowls, Korean food, German food, seafood, yakitori and Western-style dishes.

The East wing of the 6th floor is occupied by a branch of the popular Muji household goods store.

7th Floor

To access the floors above the 6th floor you will need to use elevators in the Center wing of Stellar Place. Both the 7th and 8th floors are fully occupied by a large movie theater.

Sapporo Cinema Frontier is a large modern cinema showing all the latest movies and has 12 screens and 2705 seats.

9th Floor

On the 9th floor there is an upmarket French restaurant called Mikuni Sapporo and a seasonal rooftop plaza called Sora no Hiroba Stella 9.

The rooftop plaza has decks and views over central Sapporo. Its 2026 season runs from April 24 to October 31, from 10.00 to 17.00 in April, May, September and October and from 10.00 to 19.00 from June through August. Bad weather, events or a Stellar Place closure can change access.

Facilities & Services

The Sapporo Stellar Place information desk is on Center 1F on the Daimaru side. It handles facility inquiries, lost property, lost-child announcements and loans of strollers and wheelchairs. It is open from 10.00 to 20.00.

An ATM area on East B1F has machines from Hokkaido Bank, North Pacific Bank, Mizuho Bank, Rokin and Hokkaido Shinkin Bank. Hours vary by bank. International-card acceptance and English guidance depend on the individual ATM, so check the logos and on-screen language before use.

Major credit cards are accepted at most Stellar Place shops, including Visa, Mastercard, JCB, Diners Club and American Express, but some businesses are excluded. Electronic money includes the nine interoperable transit IC cards Kitaca, Suica, PASMO, TOICA, manaca, ICOCA, SUGOCA, Hayakaken and nimoca, together with iD, QUICPay, Rakuten Edy, WAON, nanaco and Apple Pay. Some shops accept QR services including PayPay, Alipay+ and WeChat Pay. Check the payment marks at the individual shop.

Free Wi-Fi

Free JR TOWER FREE WiFi is available around these Stellar Place locations:

Center B1F: Milk & Parfait Yotsuba White Cozy
East B1F: United Arrows Green Label Relaxing
1F: West Concourse and East Concourse
Center 1F: Starbucks Coffee
Center 2F: Glaciel
East 2F: Starbucks Coffee
Center 3F: The Johnson Burger
East 3F: J.S. Pancake Cafe
Center 4F: Nano Universe
East 5F: ABC-MART Grand Stage
Center 6F: West Escalator and East Escalator
East 6F: Tully’s Coffee

Select the network JR_TOWER_FREE_WiFi and accept the provider’s terms. The network is unencrypted. Each session lasts up to one hour, with up to four sessions per day.

Tax-Free Shopping

Participating Stellar Place shops display the Japan Tax-free Shop sign. For purchases made through October 31, 2026, eligible visitors can buy general goods tax-free when the total is at least 5,000 yen before tax per shop per day. Consumables such as food, drinks, cosmetics and medicines qualify between 5,000 and 500,000 yen before tax. A passport is required.

For purchases from November 1, 2026, Japan uses a refund method. Shoppers pay the tax-inclusive price and receive the consumption-tax equivalent after customs confirms at departure that the goods are being taken out of Japan. The minimum remains 5,000 yen before tax per shop per day. Check the participating-shop list and procedure before buying.

Location

Sapporo Stellar Place is one of JR Tower’s two shopping centers, alongside APIA. It occupies the south side of the JR Sapporo Station building, with Daimaru Sapporo on its west side and the JR Tower high-rise on its east side. ESTA, previously located farther east, closed in 2023 for the North 5 West 1-West 2 redevelopment.

Article and original photos by Michael Lambe. All rights reserved. Last updated 02-Sep-2026.