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!

Kitaichi Glass's largest store, offering a wide range of products

Savor dishes made with herring, a Shukutsu delicacy

Conveniently right next to JR Otaruchikko Station

Hokkaido's oldest railway played an important role during the frontier age

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

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Create your own original candle

Enjoy sushi from Otaru at a reasonable price

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

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

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

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

An irregular five-forked intersection near Otaru Music Box Museum

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

Use a burner to try creating dragonfly jewelry

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

An innovative inn heralding a new style