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Daioji Temple

Daioji Temple (Watari Date Family Temple) is one of the only open temples in Hokkaido, where you c…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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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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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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Di-Maccio Art Museum

The Di-Maccio Art Museum is a unique "forest of art" created within a former elementary …

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Kunimare Sake Brewery

Kunimare Sake Brewery is the northernmost sake brewery in Mashike Town along the Sea of Japan that…

• Wakkanai, Rishiri, Rebun, Rumoi

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Former Nakamura Family Merchant House

Esashi in southern Hokkaido was a flourishing fishing village during the Edo period (1603-1868); s…

• Matsumae, Esashi, Okushiri

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Nakajima Lake Forest Museum

Located on Nakajima Island at the center of Lake Toya, this museum is a symbolic site of the UNESC…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Ice no Ie and Etcetera Naganuma Main Store

Made with 100% Hokkaido fresh milk, this popular shop offers 40 flavors of gelato along with handm…

• Area around Sapporo

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Shosanbetsu Astronomical Observatory

Located on the northern shore of Hokkaido along the Sea of Japan, the remoteness of Shosanbetsu of…

• Wakkanai, Rishiri, Rebun, Rumoi

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Kamui Kotan Potholes

Witness the awe-inspiring power of nature at Kamui Kotan, where massive stone basins up to 5 meter…

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Funadama Shrine

The oldest shrine in Hokkaido, Funatama Shrine is said to have been built by a high priest named R…

• Hakodate, area around Hakodate

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Aikoku Station

Capture the Giant Ticket of Happiness and Cherish Warm Memories in Hokkaido!Aikoku Station became …

• Tokachi, Obihiro

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Gyokusenkan Atochi Park

This Japanese garden was restored and redeveloped as a park in 2001 on the site of the former hot …

• Area around Sapporo

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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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Hokuchin Memorial Museum

This historical museum in Asahikawa, once a prominent military hub, offers an engaging introductio…

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Miura Ayako Literature Museum

Located in the heart of the forest that served as the setting for the masterpiece Hyoten (Freezing…

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Shirataki Geopark Visitor Center & Engaru Archaeological C…

At Shirataki, one of the world’s premier obsidian sources, you can witness Japan’s fir…

• Shiretoko, Abashiri, Monbetsu

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Hoheikan

Hoheikan was opened in 1881 during Hokkaido’s colonial period and is known as the only hotel…

• Sapporo/Jozankei

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Former Site of Sendai Clan Manor House

The fort on the site of this museum, the Sendai Shiraoi Motojinya, was originally built in 1856 to…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Bibai yakitori

Bibai-style yakitori (grilled chicken) is founded upon an enduring and sustainable principle: usin…

• Area around Sapporo

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