Best Other Architecture Spot List

Super-tall floats light up the night sky

Displaying works by master artists

It is the palace where the generations of Emperors and Empresses of Japan have lived starting in the Meiji era (1868-1912) to this day. You can visit the palace site as long as you obtain prior permission.

A chalk lighthouse standing on a cliff

A mysterious building with a unique structure that has two separate stairways

Motomachi Roman Catholic Church has one of the longest histories of any church in Japan. A large octagonal tower characterizes the church, which was rebuilt in 1924.

Houses that gave new life to waste materials

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

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

The biggest dome in Hokkaido, and most northern in Japan

Old forests and valuable buildings from the turn of the 20th century

A beautiful western-style building in white and ultramarine blue

A museum in memory of the opening of Hakodate's port

The past glory of herring fishing can still be sensed here

Known by locals as ”Gan-gan (bong-bong) Temple”, this church is a symbol of the Motomachi church district

A contemporary western-style hall reminiscent of the early 20th century

Tour a drama set and sense the humanity in its construction

Strong Chinese influence, rare in Kitano

A Western-style residence commissioned by former Prime Minister Ichiro Hatoyama. Various flowers such as roses bloom beautifully from season to season.

Travel around islands with black-tailed gulls