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

The largest collection of art pieces in Hokkaido

An art museum with exhibits and concerts

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

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

Take a stroll and observe art

Showcases the culture of northern tribes in expert detail

Learn how Lake Toya was formed

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

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

Includes a wide-angle observation deck to enjoy

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 modern art museum to the south of Goryokaku

Discover the history of a beer dating back to Hokkaido's frontier age

A grove of oak trees surrounds this home of art

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

The curious silhouette of this church draws the attention of passersby

Venetian glass collected in one place