Best around Hokkaido Spot List

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

Serving a popular range of Western-style dishes prepared using post-war recipes

Dig in the sand to unveil this hot spring

Both selected as part of Japan's 100 best waterfalls

*Temporarily closed for renovation work from Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019 to fiscal year 2022.

A grove of oak trees surrounds this home of art

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

Learn how Lake Toya was formed

Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture

Create your own original candle

A romantic shopping area in the middle of a forest

Old forests and valuable buildings from the turn of the 20th century

Stunning views from 360 degrees of glass

A round island in the Sea of Japan, famous for having one of Japan's top 100 mountains, Mt. Rishiri

Only an hour out of the city: Sapporo's own hot spring town

An active volcano protruding from Mt. Usu

Three oak trees have withstood blizzards and drought to stand together as family

Fresh fish for sale in the center of Sapporo, just off Sapporo's main thoroughfare

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

Enjoy home-roasted coffee in a nostalgic space beside a vintage clock