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Hakodate Morning Market
Hokkaido's Premier Seafood Market
A bustling morning market just steps from Hakodate Station, famous for ultra-fresh seafood and li...
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Otaru Canal
Romantic Gaslit Canal in a Historic Port Town
A canal lined with stone warehouses and gas lamps in the old port town of Otaru.
Noboribetsu Onsen
Hokkaido's Premier Hot Spring Resort
A volcanic hot spring town with nine different types of natural thermal water and a dramatic Hell...
Farm Tomita
Furano's Famous Lavender Fields
Vast lavender fields creating a purple carpet against Hokkaido's rolling hills, with peak bloom i...
Tobetsu Trappist Monastery
Japan's First Trappist Monastery, Near Hakodate
Founded in 1896 in Hokuto, the first Trappist monastery in Japan and home to the monks who create...
Sapporo
Hokkaido's capital known for its snow festival, soup curry, beer, and grid-pattern streets.
Lake Akan
A volcanic lake cradled by forested mountains, famous for its rare spherical marimo moss balls an...
Sapporo Clock Tower
Sapporo's Western-Style Landmark
A historic wooden clock tower from 1878 that has become the enduring symbol of Sapporo and Hokkaido.
Asahiyama Zoo
Asahiyama Zoo - Japan's Pioneering Behavioral Zoo
Japan's most innovative zoo, pioneering 'behavioral exhibits' that showcase animals' natural move...
Shiretoko Peninsula
Shiretoko Peninsula: Utoro, Rausu and a Cape No Road Reaches
A UNESCO World Heritage peninsula at the northeast tip of Hokkaido with two gateway towns: Utoro ...
Biei
Biei Patchwork Hills
Rolling patchwork hills of lavender, wheat, and wildflowers set against the Tokachi mountain rang...
Lake Toya
A beautiful caldera lake with a forested island at its center and the active volcano Usu-zan near...
Trappistine Convent
Japan's First Contemplative Convent, Above Hakodate
Founded in 1898, the first contemplative convent for women in Japan. The cloistered nuns are not ...
Daisetsuzan National Park
Japan's Largest National Park
Japan's largest national park spanning over 2,200 square kilometers of dramatic volcanic peaks, a...
Sapporo Beer Museum
Japan's Only Beer Museum
Japan's only beer museum, housed in an atmospheric red-brick Meiji-era building with tastings ava...