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Kobayashi Sake Brewery Buildings

This brewery dates back to the days when sake first began being brewed in the cold North. In fact,…

• Area around Sapporo

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Usu-Zenkoji Temple

Founded in 826, in 1613 Matsumae Keihiro, lord of the Matsumae domain, rebuilt the Nyorai-do hall,…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Furano Jam Garden / Rokugou Observatory

Using fresh vegetables and fruits as ingredients, they produce and sell delicious and healthy addi…

• Area around Furano, Biei

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Kaiyodai Observatory

About 15 km from the center of Nakashibetsu. Beyond the townscape and the grid-patterned windbreak…

• Kushiro, Lake Akan, Lake Mashu, Nemuro

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Rows of poplar trees/Rows of ginkgo trees

Hokkaido University is situated amidst a rich natural environment. The rows of poplar trees and gi…

• Sapporo/Jozankei

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Mt. Hakodate Ropeway

Hakodate, which rises 334 meters above sea level, in about three minutes. Hakodate. The view from …

• Hakodate, area around Hakodate

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Hakodate Orthodox Church

Built in 1860, it is the first Russian Orthodox church in Japan. This Western-style building repre…

• Hakodate, area around Hakodate

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Cape Erimo

Cape Erimo is located at the southernmost tip of the Hidaka Mountains and juts out spectacularly i…

• 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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Goto Sumio Art Museum

Goto Sumio was an acknowledged master of Nihonga, Japanese-style painting, made with naturally der…

• Area around Furano, Biei

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Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

Come to the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples to learn about life in northern climates throughou…

• Shiretoko, Abashiri, Monbetsu

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Housui Winery

The impressive landscape surrounding the Housui Winery may be one of its biggest draws, with rusti…

• Area around Sapporo

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Rebunge Coast

Toyoura Town, part of the Toya-Usu Geopark, faces Funka Bay (Uchiura Bay). To the north, it featur…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Sounkyo Gorge

The 24-kilometer Sounkyo Gorge is lined with dramatic visual reminders of the volcanic activity th…

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Hokkaido Sunpillar Park

Hokkaido Sunpillar Park is one of the Regional Parks under the Hokkaido Regional Green Space Plan.…

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Hakkenzan Winery

The Hakkenzan Winery is located right at the foot of Mt. Hakken, about 40 minutes from central Sap…

• Sapporo/Jozankei

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Lake Sapporo

Lake Sapporo was created in 1989 by the Jozankei Dam, which impounded the Otaru-Nai River.The upst…

• Sapporo/Jozankei

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Soya Hills

At Japan’s most northern frontier lies the city of Wakkanai and the vast expanse of rolling …

• Wakkanai, Rishiri, Rebun, Rumoi

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Former Seto House

Located in Japan’s northern frontier city of Wakkanai is the Former Seto House. Constructed …

• Wakkanai, Rishiri, Rebun, Rumoi

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Cape Shakotan

Located in the Cape Shakotan area, Shimamui Coast is so beautiful that it has been selected as one…

• Area around Otaru, Niseko

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