Sport and Recreation

Hokkaido University has a wide range of high quality sports facilities for students to utilize to keep fit and stay healthy. The largest sports facility on campus is located just north of the Student Communication Station. This complex consists of gymnasiums, a swimming pool, martial arts training hall and a training hall for kendo. While the sport facilities are mainly used for curricular and extracurricular activities.

The university also has a large range of outdoor facilities available for use: baseball grounds, an athletic track and field, soccer/rugby grounds, hockey/handball grounds, and tennis courts.

For more details, please contact the Student Support Division.

Sports Training Center

  • Size:
    • 81.54m2
  • Facilities:
    • 4 treadmills, 3 exercise bikes, 10 rowing machines, weight machines, free weights (including squat and power racks, weight lifting benches, etc.), changing rooms, shower rooms, lockers
  • Opening hours to faculty, staff, and students:
    • Weekdays: 7:00-22:00
    • Weekends and holidays: 9:00-22:00
  • Note on using the facility:
    • Bring your own towel and indoor shoes. Please also note that the facility may be shut at times for events, classes, etc. The training center’s calendar can be accessed (in Japanese only).

Gymnasium Building 1

  • Size:
    • 1,456.7 m2
  • Facilities:
    • 2 basketball courts, 2 volleyball courts, 8 badminton courts, 2 tennis courts, 18 table tennis tables

Gymnasium Building 2

  • Size:
    • 1,496 m2
  • Facilities:
    • 2 basketball courts, 2 volleyball courts, 8 badminton courts, 1 handball court
  • Procedure to use the facility:
    • Applications for the following month are accepted at the Student Center Office for Extracurricular Activities (Circle Kaikan Building) on the 20th day of every month (the following Monday if the 20th is a Sunday, Saturday or public holiday). If there are many applicants, a lottery is held at 9:30. Groups (those selected in the case of a lottery) are required to hand in a usage application form at the actual venue. A permit to use the facility is then handed out shortly afterwards.
  • Note on using the facility:
    • One group can use half of the floor for up to 70 minutes between 18:10 and 21:40 on Mondays and Thursdays

Small Gymnasium

  • Size:
    • 395.14 m2
  • Facilities:
    • Multipurpose space for dance, table tennis, etc.

Indoor Athletic Field

  • Size:
    • 1,828 m2
  • Facilities:
    • 50m straight running track, 2 pitching mounds
  • Procedure to use the facility:
    • Applications for the following month are accepted at the Student Center Office for Extracurricular Activities (Circle Kaikan Building) on the 20th day of every month (the following Monday if the 20th is a Sunday, a Saturday or a public holiday). If there are many applicants, a lottery takes place at 9:30. Groups (those selected in the case of a lottery) are required to hand in a usage application form at the actual venue. A permit to use the facility is then handed out shortly afterwards.
  • Note on using the facility:
    • One group can use the floor (excluding the pitching mound) for up to 70 minutes between 18:10 and 21:40 on Thursdays.

Swimming Pool

  • Size:
    • 7 lanes, 25m
  • Facilities:
    • Changing/shower rooms and toilets
  • Procedure to use the facility:
    • Please write your name and the time you enter and leave the pool on the roll sheet provided at the entrance of the pool. Before using the pool, be sure to read this rules and regulations document.

North Tennis Courts

  • Opening hours to faculty, staff, and students:
    • Individuals may book between 06:00 to 08:30 and when there are no regular courses over the summer (May to October)
  • Procedure to use the facility:
    • Applications for the following month are accepted at the Student Center Office for Extracurricular Activities (Institute for Higher Education Counter #3) on the 20th day of every month (the following Monday if the 20th is a Sunday, a Saturday or a public holiday). A calendar of available dates and times is issued with which you select the times you wish you use the courts. A permit is issued to you when the center arranges a formal schedule after processing all the applications.

Baseball Grounds

  • Opening hours to faculty, staff, and students:
    • From sunrise to 8:30 and when there are no regular courses or practice sessions by certified groups in the summer (May to October)
  • Procedure to use the facility:
    • Applications for the following month are accepted at the Student Center Office for Extracurricular Activities (Institute for Higher Education Counter #3) on the 20th day of every month (the following Monday if the 20th is a Sunday, a Saturday or a public holiday). A calendar of available dates and times is issued with which you select the times you wish you use the field. A permit is issued to you when the center arranges a formal schedule after processing all the applications.

Martial Arts Training Hall

  • Size:
    • 1,396 m2
  • Facilities:
    • Facilities for karate, judo, aikido and other martial arts

Hirota Kendo Training Hall

  • Size:
    • 1,396 m2
  • Facilities:
    • Facilities for kendo