Best around Hokkaido Spot List

Vivid primary colors decorate this hill

A Japanese inn with a Japanese garden more than half a hectare in size

This long-running restaurant is a go-to in Sapporo and specializes in crab dishes

Plumes of steam and the scent of sulfur rise from this hot spring pond

Taste and enjoy natural treasures

A gentle lake surface and billowing mountain make for a view of curious contrast

Overwhelming in scale

A spectacular scene unfolds for early birds

A river of hot spring water winds through old-growth trees of Noboribetsu

Travel back in time to the frontier age

A scenic view of Sapporo's heart

Sixty varieties of flowers exhilarate you

A large-scale mall on the waterfront

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

Displays and taste tests spread the good word about sake

A breakwater in the globally uncommon half-arch shape

See Japanese cranes in the wild

Venetian glass collected in one place

Once a storehouse, now a museum showcasing Otaru's history and nature

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