Best Visiting Spot List

Enjoy bird watching throughout the seasons

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

Hakodate Airport is the aviation gateway to the international tourist city of Hakodate, which enjoys more than 5 million visitors annually.

An equestrian park where people and horses meet and interact. With seasonal flowers such as cherry blossoms, the park is also a popular place to relax.

An ancient temple supported by common people

It takes five minutes to the mountain peak by ropeway. Near the top is the okumiya (rear shrine) of Hodosan Shrine, a small animal park and a Japanese allspice garden.

Famous since the Edo period (1603–1868) for its god of business prosperity. Site of the largest Tori no Ichi open-air market in Japan.

Lots of beautiful roses

This museum owns over 38,000 artifacts relating to the culture and history of tobacco and salt both from Japan and overseas.

Displaying works by master artists

An adventure full of thrills

The Higashi-yamato Municipal Folk Museum has ”the Sayama Hills and life” as its theme. The museum has a planetarium equipped with a Megastar projector, which casts images of stars.

Hie-jinja Shrine has a history of more than 600 years. The Sanno Festival, one of the three biggest Japanese festivals, is held in June.

A sacred place connected to Hideyoshi

Traditional Japanese bathhouses(SENTO).

Koyasan, a treasury of esoteric Buddhism art

Komagata Bridge on the Sumida River is 150 meters long and has over 80 years of history.

You’ll feel as if you’ve gone back in time to prehistoric times.

Super-tall floats light up the night sky

The first large cultural-arts complex in Japan. A creative and sophisticated space packed with culture.