Best around Hokkaido Spot List

Hike to the summit for great nightscapes and a bite to eat

Keep an eye out for plentiful wildlife

Pick your sashimi and enjoy making your own seafood rice bowl

A modern art museum to the south of Goryokaku

Tourists like journey here for their own ”start to happiness” (kofuku)

A lifetime's worth of paintings

An inn that prides itself in having a free-flowing hot spring and in its cuisine

This commercial complex features many shopping malls and restaurants all in one place

A lone poplar tree stands amidst hills

Hakodate's greatest hot springs, ripe with history and port town charm

Two ways to explore this UNESCO World Heritage wilderness: hike the Shiretoko Five Lakes or cruise past its dramatic coastline

Observe Mt. Yotei from this hotel's panoramic deck. It also makes for some romantic stargazing

Offering a wide selection of sweets, processed seafood, and other products

An art museum with exhibits and concerts

A sloped street made famous in movies and commercials

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

Observe the antics of adorable bears

Go shopping in Hokkaido's largest outlet mall

A masterpiece of bank architecture from the early 20th century, stately but elegant

Daisetsuzan National Park's most famous hot spring town. It bustles with activity during the autumnal foliage season