Best Visiting Spot List

Learn about the nature of Mt. Taisetsu with varied displays

Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture

One of Hokkaido's three most famous bridges

One of Hokkaido's biggest resorts

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Said to be one of Japan's finest observatories, a great place to watch the sunset

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

An art museum with exhibits and concerts

A popular outdoor bath near the lake shore

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

Sapporo's first park and social gathering center, built to receive noble guests of the Hokkaido Development Commission

A sloped street made famous in movies and commercials

The history and culture of Hokkaido's indigenous Ainu people come alive at this outdoor museum

A scene immortalized in cigarette packaging

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

Take a stroll and observe art

A gentle lake surface and billowing mountain make for a view of curious contrast

An easy way to get halfway up the mountain

A breakwater in the globally uncommon half-arch shape

Stunning views from 360 degrees of glass