Best around Otaru Spot List

The Otaru Canal is a sightseeing spot emblematic of Otaru. About 1.1 km long, old warehouses stand side by side along one edge; along the other runs a promenade ideal for a pleasant stroll.

A full-featured snow resort just 60 minutes from Sapporo! Enjoy this resort's world-famous powder snow all the way until May!

A ski resort with an abundance of some of Hokkaido's finest powder snow! Enjoy natural snow throughout a long ski season!

Conveniently right next to JR Otaruchikko Station

Listen to the soft melodies of music boxes in a red-bricked building renovated from a storehouse

A famous restaurant preserving the flavor handed down through the generations since its founding 40 years ago

Visit the brewery free of charge

A sweet aroma wafts past the customers who line up every day to visit this veritable palace of sweets

Create your own original candle

Fukumatsu Tanaka, the ”Herring Magnate” leader of a fisherman's union, built this lodge in Tomari-mura. Displays include implements related to the herring industry

A masterpiece of bank architecture from the early 20th century, stately but elegant

A 20-minute drive from central Otaru; a hot spring town surrounded by nature

An irregular five-forked intersection near Otaru Music Box Museum

Venetian glass collected in one place

A fantastic array of lights brightens the canal

The early 20th century comes alive on this street of restaurants

An innovative inn heralding a new style

Use a burner to try creating dragonfly jewelry

Many great varieties of whisky were born here

This hot spring inn recreates a late 19th century merchant estate on Otaru Canal