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Eniwa Karimba Remains (Eniwa City Local Museum)

Designated a national historic site, the Eniwa Karimba Remains date back over 3,000 years. This La…

• Area around Sapporo

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Imomochi(potato rice cake)

Imomochi is a traditional home-cooked snack that emerged in Hokkaido when settlers began arriving …

• Sapporo/Jozankei

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Hidaka Mountain Range Museum

The Hidaka Mountains Museum is a geo-museum of the Hidaka Mountains that exhibits the relationship…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Kushiro Ramen

Actually, Hokkaido has more to offer than just the three famous ramen types. In addition to Sappor…

• Kushiro, Lake Akan, Lake Mashu, Nemuro

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Yufutsu Museum

Settlers from Hachioji, Tokyo arrived in the Yufutsu area in the late 1800s, tasked with protectin…

• Area around Sapporo

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Kotokuji Temple

First established in 1897 and named in 1928, Kotokuji Temple has much to offer the spiritually inc…

• Area around Sapporo

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Mt. Apoi Geopark Visitor Center

Mt. Apoi Geopark, recognized as a "Japan Geopark" in 2008 and a member of the "UNES…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Engaru Town Shirataki Geopark Exchange Center (1F) / Buri…

The important cultural property "Artifacts from the Shirataki Site Cluster in Hokkaido,"…

• Shiretoko, Abashiri, Monbetsu

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Nitay-To Shibecha Museum

Located on the shore of Lake Toro, the Nitay To (“Forest Lake” in the Ainu language) S…

• Kushiro, Lake Akan, Lake Mashu, Nemuro

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Shogakuin Temple

Shogakuin Temple, located near Matsunotai Park in Esashi, is said to have been founded 400 years a…

• Matsumae, Esashi, Okushiri

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Octopus Shabu

Upon the northern tip of the Hokkaido mainland, tucked in between the Sea of Japan and the Sea of …

• Wakkanai, Rishiri, Rebun, Rumoi

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Nakajima Lake Forest Museum

A museum located on Nakajima, an island in the approximate center of Lake Toya. It offers easy-to-…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Hakodate Ebisuya Rickshaw

Take a ride on a rickshaw to explore the streets of Hakodate. While in this rich sight of internat…

• Hakodate, area around Hakodate

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Jigoku-zaka Slope

Jigoku-zaka Slope is a 1.5 km long slope leading to Otaru University of Commerce. In the old days,…

• Area around Otaru, Niseko

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Mukawa Smelt

Smelt, a Hokkaido specialty, lives off the Pacific Coast. The smelt found around the town of Mukaw…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Tobetsu Shrine

This shrine has its origins in the settlement of Tobetsu by Kuninao Date of the Sendai clan, who d…

• Area around Sapporo

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Aikoku Station

Aikoku Station, which became a huge boom along with Kōfuku Station in the 1970s with the catchphra…

• Tokachi, Obihiro

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Stroll the Streets of Otaru in Traditional Style

What better way to wander the nostalgic avenues of Otaru than by wearing kimono with friends and f…

• Area around Otaru, Niseko

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Former Hanadake Banya

From 1868 to 1950, the coasts along the Sea of Japan made herring fishers wealthy and prosperous. …

• Wakkanai, Rishiri, Rebun, Rumoi

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Stroll the Rekimachi Arcade in a kimono

Put on an authentic kimono and have your hair styled to match before setting off on a walking tour…

• Matsumae, Esashi, Okushiri

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