Rendering image of InterContinental Sapporo. Credit: © InterContinental Hotels Group 2023.

IHG Hotels and Resorts has signed an agreement with French insurance company AXA Life Insurance Company to open InterContinental Sapporo in late 2025.

InterContinental Sapporo will be IHG’s fifth hotel in Hokkaido and its 11th InterContinental-branded hotel in Japan. It also marks the debut of a luxury hotel in Sapporo.

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The property will be situated on the upper levels (9th to 14th floors) of a new structure in the AXA Sapporo Nakajima Park Project, as revealed by AXA.

Along with two dining locations, a lounge, bar, a function room, an indoor pool and a gym, the hotel will have 149 guest rooms ranging from a 42m² lead-in room to a 159m² suite.

IHG Hotels and Resorts Japan and Micronesia managing director and IHG ANA Hotels Group Japan CEO Abhijay Sandilya said: “I am honoured that AXA Life Insurance Company will introduce IHG’s flagship InterContinental brand to Hokkaido with the opening of InterContinental Sapporo.

“As the world’s largest luxury hotel brand and one with a strong presence and heritage in Japan, we are confident that the InterContinental brand will attract both domestic and international tourists as it debuts in Sapporo as the first international luxury hotel in Sapporo City.”

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The food and beverage choices include an all day dining area with views of the Toyohira River, a show kitchen and a kappo style Japanese restaurant with counter seats, as well as a lounge and bar for teatime or evening cocktails.

AXA Life Insurance Company president and CEO Seiji Yasubuchi said: “I am very happy that IHG Hotels and Resorts has partnered with us to operate its luxury hotel brand in the AXA Sapporo Nakajima Park Project, which will create the future of Sapporo City, Hokkaido, by introducing InterContinental Sapporo to debut as the first international luxury brand in Sapporo.

“We strongly hope that Nakajima Park, rich in nature and depth history, will play a role in the development of the city by working together as a new landmark of Sapporo that brings bustle, hospitality and well-being.”