Best Visiting Spot List

The powerful scents and sounds of a hot spring area

A themed garden from a plant nursery

Brown bears, just a pane of glass away

Learn about the nature of Mt. Taisetsu with varied displays

Featuring fun shows and an Aqua Tunnel

The largest collection of art pieces in Hokkaido

High ground facing Hakodate Bay; a great place to view sunsets

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

Hokkaido's oldest railway played an important role during the frontier age

Learn how Lake Toya was formed

Japan's northernmost ice-free lake

One of Hokkaido's three most famous bridges

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

Survey the islands of Kunashiri, Rebun, and Sakhalin

Houses that gave new life to waste materials

Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture

Venetian glass collected in one place

Travel back in time to the frontier age

A seven kilometer stretch of stunning cherry blossom trees

A faithful reconstruction of a mid-19th century government office