Best Museums around Hokkaido Spot List

Learn about the history of sake making, starting back in the Edo period (1603-1868)

Hokkaido's oldest museum of Ainu culture, with exhibits featuring lifestyle objects and clothing

Showcases the bountiful nature in and around Lake Akan

Exhibits include animal specimens and artifacts; this is only place you can see a stuffed Ezo (Hokkaido) wolf

The largest collection of art pieces in Hokkaido

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

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

An art museum with exhibits and concerts

Learn how Lake Toya was formed

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

A lifetime's worth of paintings

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

This museum was once a ferry that connected Japan's main island to Hokkaido

Take a stroll and observe art

A modern art museum to the south of Goryokaku

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

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 world of mystery and illusion

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

Learn about the nature of Mt. Taisetsu with varied displays