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北海道 · Shrines & temples

Rishirizan Jinja

利尻富士町道北

An island shrine that faces Mount Rishiri. Mountain worship among a people of the sea.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Yamanoue Daijingu

函館市道南

Halfway up Mount Hakodate. A nephew of Sakamoto Ryoma once served here as priest.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Kaguraoka

旭川市道北

On a hill looking out to the Daisetsuzan range. The tutelary shrine of Asahikawa.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Ryugu Jinja

小樽市道央

Founded by Enomoto Takeaki. It looks down over Otaru.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Tarumaesan Jinja

苫小牧市道央

Faces the active volcano Mount Tarumae. The tutelary shrine of Tomakomai.

北海道 · Shrines & temples

Yusawa Jinja

登別市道央

The shrine that guards the hot waters of Jigokudani.

北海道 · Tourism

Esashi Togyosai

江差町道南

Said to be the oldest festival in Hokkaido. Floats parade the town in thanks for a good herring catch.

北海道 · Tourism

Goryokaku

函館市道南

Japan's first Western-style star fort, and the final stage of the Battle of Hakodate.

北海道 · Tourism

Otaru Canal

小樽市道央

A canal dug for loading cargo. Stone warehouses stand mirrored in the water.

北海道 · Tourism

Shiretoko Goko

斜里町道東

Five lakes scattered through primeval forest. The trail runs through brown bear country.

北海道 · Tourism

Noboribetsu Jigokudani

登別市道央

The remains of an explosion crater 450 metres across. Nine kinds of spring water rise here.

北海道 · Tourism

Furano

富良野市道央

In July the hills turn purple. It began as cultivation for the perfume trade.

北海道 · Tourism

Biei

美瑛町道央

Each crop takes a different colour, so the fields read like patchwork.

北海道 · Tourism

Sapporo Clock Tower

札幌市道央

The drill hall of Sapporo Agricultural College. The clock has kept running since 1881.

北海道 · Tourism

Lake Akan

釧路市道東

Algae that grow into spheres. Few lakes in the world grow them this large and this round.

北海道 · Tourism

Mt. Hakodate

函館市道南

The sea presses in from both sides, and the land narrows into an hourglass of light.

北海道 · Tourism

Yoichi Distillery

余市町道央

Still distilled over a direct coal fire. Taketsuru Masataka chose the site for a climate close to Scotland's.

北海道 · Tourism

Drift Ice

網走市道東

The southernmost sea in the northern hemisphere where drift ice reaches the shore. Icebreakers push through it.

北海道 · Tourism

Lake Shikotsu

千歳市道央

The second deepest lake in Japan, and one that never freezes.

北海道 · Tourism

Sapporo Snow Festival

札幌市道央

It started with snow sculptures made by junior high school students. Two million people now come.

北海道 · Tourism

Kushiro Shitsugen

釧路市道東

Japan's largest wetland. Red-crowned cranes breed here.

北海道 · Art & museums

Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art

札幌市道央

The province's central art museum, known for holding the Ecole de Paris painter Pascin in depth, alongside Hokkaido artists and studio glass.

北海道 · Art & museums

Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art

札幌市道央

A single-artist museum for Kotaro Migishi, born in Sapporo and dead at 31 - his whole restless change of manner fits in a few rooms.

北海道 · Art & museums

Sapporo Art Park Museum

札幌市道央

Forty hectares of woodland holding both an indoor museum and 74 outdoor sculptures, half-buried in snow for part of the year.