Hoshioki Skating Rink

札幌市手稲区 · Public skating times & prices

Opened in December 1985 and still used chiefly for hockey and figure skating

Public skating at Hoshioki Skating Rink: the next 7 days

Sunday, October 18

  • · 一般開放 · ¥640

Admission and skate rental

Admission
¥150–¥640 · Official source
Address
星置2条1丁目12-1, 札幌市手稲区, 006-0852
Phone
+81 11 681 8877
Website
sapporo-sport.jp
The grey-clad hall of Hoshioki Skating Rink seen from the car park on a sunny day, with the entrance at the right. — Hoshioki Skating Rink
The grey-clad hall of Hoshioki Skating Rink seen from the car park on a sunny day, with the entrance at the right. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The empty ice sheet of Hoshioki Skating Rink seen from the boards, with red circles, a blue goal crease, orange cones and the steel-truss roof of the hall. — Hoshioki Skating Rink
The empty ice sheet of Hoshioki Skating Rink seen from the boards, with red circles, a blue goal crease, orange cones and the steel-truss roof of the hall. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

A Sapporo ice rink funded by a hockey leader's gift

Hoshioki Skating Rink in Teine Ward, Sapporo, opened in December 1985 after a donation from the late Emori Eisaku, a Sapporo native who was then president of the Tokyo Ice Hockey Federation. The building still keeps an Emori Memorial Corner.

Its 60 by 30 metre sheet is in use all year, chiefly as a dedicated rink for ice hockey and figure skating, so public skating is squeezed into a monthly timetable around weekends and holidays.

The operator runs a kids' figure skating course that starts from the basics and casual hockey classes for personal skills such as passing, stickhandling, skating and shooting. On some public days a third of the ice is coned off as a beginners' space, and skaters can request background music at the counter.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

A single ticket costs ¥640 for adults, ¥310 for high school students and ¥150 for seniors aged 65 and over; junior high school students and younger skate free. Six-ticket books cost ¥3,200, ¥1,550 and ¥750, and one-month passes ¥6,400, ¥3,100 and ¥1,500. Payment at the rink is in cash only.

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Skates & rentals

Hire skates cost ¥300 for one hour or ¥400 for two hours, plus ¥100 for each extra 30 minutes. Figure skates come in 16 to 31 cm and hockey or half-speed skates in 18 to 30 cm, and helmets are lent free at the counter.

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Booking & check-in

Single and multi-ticket users buy their ticket from the automatic ticket machine and hand it in at the counter.

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Skating with children

Children who have not started elementary school need a guardian skating with them, and gloves that cover the fingers must be worn. Skaters of junior high school age and younger pay nothing.

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Parking & arrival

The car park holds 30 cars and can be full at busy times, so using public transport is requested.

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Accessibility

Skaters with a disability certificate are admitted free of charge on showing it.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.