Best Museums Spot List

Take a stroll and observe art

Learn how Lake Toya was formed

A modern art museum to the south of Goryokaku

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

Buildings that saw actual usage offer a unique historical experience

Venetian glass collected in one place

A grove of oak trees surrounds this home of art

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

Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture

Includes a wide-angle observation deck to enjoy

Chock-full of discoveries about northern peoples

Showcases the bountiful nature in and around Lake Akan

A lifetime's worth of paintings

All sorts of history-rich trains on display

Learn about the nature of Mt. Taisetsu with varied displays

Founded by Kunio Kobayashi, the notable bonsai (potted plant) creator. Artistic bonsai are in line with each other at the Japanese garden. You can also purchase some of them.

Reproduces the streets of Fukagawa Saga-cho in the Edo Period so visitors can see the scene and lifestyle of that period.

A museum that illustrates the tradition, culture and origin of ”The Namahage of Oga,” passed down for generations on the Oga Peninsula.

Nippon Camera Hakubutsu-kan or the JCII Camera Museum is a museum operated by the Japan Camera Industry Institute, and you can have fun learning and familiarizing yourself with cameras by looking at and touching cameras. There are more than 300 cameras on display.

Meet the two famous cats that manage the station