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北海道 · Regional selections

Sapporo Ekimae-dori

札幌・定山渓エリア

The main avenue running north to south from Sapporo Station through Odori to Susukino, with an underground walkway alongside.

北海道 · Regional selections

Ryusei Falls / Ginga Falls

旭川・層雲峡・天人峡エリア

Two falls side by side across the gorge from Sounkyo, 90 and 120 metres high, both visible from one lookout.

北海道 · Regional selections

Meruhen-no-Oka (the Hill of Fairy Tales)

知床・網走・紋別エリア

Seven larch trees standing together on a hill in Ozora, with only field green and sky behind them.

北海道 · Regional selections

Mount Usu Ropeway

洞爺・登別・日高近郊エリア

A ropeway from the foot of Showa-shinzan to the rim of Mount Usu, looking down on the crater and Lake Toya together.

北海道 · Regional selections

Clark Statue

札幌・定山渓エリア

A bust of Dr Clark on the Hokkaido University campus. Another statue of him stands at Hitsujigaoka.

北海道 · Regional selections

Tokachi Bokujo Shirakaba Namiki

十勝・帯広エリア

About 1.3 kilometres of white birch along a Tokachi stock farm, planted originally as a windbreak.

北海道 · Regional selections

Lake Okotanpe

札幌近郊エリア

A quiet lake at the western foot of Mount Eniwa. No road comes near it; you view it from a distance at the lookout.

北海道 · Regional selections

Shiroi Koibito Park

札幌・定山渓エリア

A factory for a famous confection, opened to visitors. You can watch it being made and try making sweets yourself.

北海道 · Regional selections

Mount Io

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

The active volcano that feeds Kawayu Onsen. Vents crowd the slope and sulphur crystals form around them.

北海道 · Regional selections

Mount Hakodate Sancho Observation Deck

函館・函館近郊エリア

The lookout at the summit of Mount Hakodate. Sea cuts in from both sides, so the city lights take a narrow, pinched shape.

北海道 · Regional selections

Goryokaku Park and Hakodate Goryokaku Festival

函館・函館近郊エリア

Japan's first Western-style star fort. It was the last stage of the Hakodate War and is now open as a park.

北海道 · Regional selections

Otaru Canal Cruise

小樽・ニセコ近郊エリア

A roughly 40-minute cruise along the Otaru Canal, past stone warehouses and on into the North Canal.

北海道 · Regional selections

Lake Utonai

札幌近郊エリア

A lake at Tomakomai. Designated Japan's first wildlife sanctuary in 1981, it is a stopover for migratory birds.

北海道 · Regional selections

北一硝子三号館

小樽・ニセコ近郊エリア

A shop in a stone warehouse built in 1891, known for its dim interior lit by many oil lamps.

北海道 · Regional selections

Hokuryu-cho Himawari-no-Sato and Himawari Festival

札幌近郊エリア

About 23 hectares of sunflowers across the hills of Hokuryu, among the largest such fields in Japan.

北海道 · Regional selections

Todowara

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

A dead forest at the end of the Notsuke Peninsula, where seawater has left the Sakhalin firs as bare white trunks.

北海道 · Regional selections

Kotan-no-Yu

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

An open-air bath on the shore of Lake Kussharo. Bath and lake appear to join, and in winter swans come close.

北海道 · Regional selections

Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse

函館・函館近郊エリア

Warehouses built in Hakodate in 1887, now holding shops and restaurants along a harbour-side walk.

北海道 · Regional selections

Temiyasen Atochi

小樽・ニセコ近郊エリア

The bed of the railway that linked Otaru and Temiya, kept as a walking path with the rails still in place.

北海道 · Regional selections

Furano Rokugo-no-Mori (the Forest of Rokugo)

富良野・美瑛近郊エリア

A drama filming location in Rokugo, Furano. Buildings from the series are preserved among the trees.

北海道 · Regional selections

Otaru Music Box Hall

小樽・ニセコ近郊エリア

A music-box shop in a Meiji-era building, gathering and playing boxes from around the world.

北海道 · Regional selections

Furano / Biei Norokko-go

富良野・美瑛近郊エリア

A sightseeing train that runs only in summer. Open-sided carriages look out over the hills of Furano and Biei.

北海道 · Regional selections

Kanayama Lake

富良野・美瑛近郊エリア

A reservoir lake in the hills of Minamifurano, its still surface reflecting the ranges around it.

青森県 · Regional selections

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park Hotokegaura Koyazaki

津軽

A shore at the northern tip of the Tsugaru Peninsula. Cross the bridge over the rocks and Hokkaido lies north, Cape Tappi west.