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

Learn how Lake Toya was formed

Learn about the nature of Mt. Taisetsu with varied displays

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 art museum with exhibits and concerts

Venetian glass collected in one place

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

The largest collection of art pieces in Hokkaido

Includes a wide-angle observation deck to enjoy

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

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

A lifetime's worth of paintings

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

A world of mystery and illusion

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

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Showcases the bountiful nature in and around Lake Akan