Former Sapporo Court of Appeals 札幌市資料館（旧札幌控訴院庁舎）

A historic building at the western end of Odori Park, constructed in 1926 (Taisho 15) as the Sapporo Court of Appeals. Its construction was plagued by financial difficulties following the Great Kanto Earthquake, taking over four years to complete. The exterior blends a Renaissance base with Taisho Modernist decorative elements, and the walls are generously clad in locally quarried Sapporo soft stone. It is the largest surviving example of Sapporo soft stone architecture and was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 2020.

Of the eight court of appeals buildings once built across Japan, only two survive: this one in Sapporo and the former Nagoya Court of Appeals (now Nagoya City Archives). Open to the public since 1973 as the "Sapporo City Archives," the ground floor hosts gallery spaces for local art exhibitions. On the second floor, an exhibit called "Sapporo Detective Classics" recreates the former courtrooms and holding cells, offering a vivid sense of the building's judicial past.

Despite its central location, the building's quiet, greenery-framed presence makes it an inviting stop during a stroll through Odori Park. Admission is free.