Best around Hokkaido Spot List

Taste and enjoy natural treasures

A scene immortalized in cigarette packaging

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

The vast nature of Otaru has a new look every season

The powerful scents and sounds of a hot spring area

A lifetime's worth of paintings

Biei's hills and the Daisetsuzan mountains are visible from this observatory park

The largest collection of art pieces in Hokkaido

A beautiful event that puts Sounkyo on the map

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

A round island in the Sea of Japan, famous for having one of Japan's top 100 mountains, Mt. Rishiri

Enjoy sushi from Otaru at a reasonable price

A grove of oak trees surrounds this home of art

Serving a popular range of Western-style dishes prepared using post-war recipes

Includes a wide-angle observation deck to enjoy

A slow-paced tour through the center of the Kushiro Shitsugen wetlands

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

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

Savor dishes made with herring, a Shukutsu delicacy

Hokkaido's only large-scale government managed park