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北海道 · Art & museums

Toyako Museum of Art

洞爺湖町道央

A small municipal gallery by the lake, showing landscape and daily life in a district that has lived through repeated eruptions.

北海道 · Art & museums

Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura

登別市道央

An Edo town rebuilt at full scale; the accuracy of the carpentry makes it a place to check period stage design on foot.

北海道 · Art & museums

Motomachi Catholic Church

函館市道南

A Gothic church whose altar was a gift from Pope Benedict XV, on a slope where Orthodox, Anglican and Catholic churches stand together.

北海道 · Art & museums

Matsumae Han Yashiki

松前町道南

Hokkaido's only castle town rebuilt fourteen of its buildings to show the port as it was - the northern limit of Kyoto-derived culture.

北海道 · Art & museums

Former Nakamura Family Residence

江差町道南

A shipping agent's house built into a slope, with the hoist that lifted cargo straight from the water still in place.

北海道 · Regional selections

Ten ni Tsuzuku Michi (the Road to Heaven)

知床・網走・紋別エリア

A road that runs dead straight across the hills of Shari. It holds its line for some 28 kilometres, and the far end appears to dissolve into the sky.

北海道 · Regional selections

Shirogane Blue Pond

富良野・美瑛近郊エリア

A pond created as a by-product of works built to hold back volcanic mudflows. Minerals dissolved in the water scatter the light, and the depth of blue…

北海道 · Regional selections

Mount Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

小樽・ニセコ近郊エリア

Its even cone has earned it the name Ezo Fuji. Spring water is abundant around its base and has long supplied the villages below.

北海道 · Regional selections

Shikaribetsu-ko Kotei Senro

十勝・帯広エリア

The highest lake in Hokkaido. It freezes over in winter, and the ice formations that appear on its surface have become a fixture of the season.

北海道 · Regional selections

Kamui Misaki

小樽・ニセコ近郊エリア

The tip of the Shakotan Peninsula. A narrow path follows the ridge of a cliff about 80 metres high, with sea on both sides.

北海道 · Regional selections

Lake Mashu

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

A caldera lake known for the clarity of its water. Fog is frequent, and visitors often leave without ever seeing the surface.

北海道 · Regional selections

Kushiro Shitsugen National Park

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

Japan's largest marsh. Red-crowned cranes breed here, and the Kushiro River meanders across it toward the Pacific.

北海道 · Regional selections

Noboribetsu Jigokudani

洞爺・登別・日高近郊エリア

The remains of an explosion crater about 450 metres across. Steam rises continuously from the vents, and this is the source of the Noboribetsu hot spr…

北海道 · Regional selections

Notoro Lake Coral Grass Colony and Notoro Lake Coral Grass Festival

知床・網走・紋別エリア

A colony of glasswort along Lake Notoro in Abashiri. In autumn the shoreline turns red.

北海道 · Regional selections

Cape Nosappu

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

The easternmost cape on Japan's main islands. The sun reaches it earlier than anywhere else in the country, and the Habomai islands lie offshore.

北海道 · Regional selections

Cape Soya

稚内・利尻・礼文・留萌エリア

The northernmost point of Hokkaido's main island. On clear days the outline of Sakhalin is visible across the Soya Strait.

北海道 · Regional selections

Hokkaido Ballpark F Village

札幌近郊エリア

A stay-and-play complex built around a ballpark. Alongside the games there is food, lodging and a hot spring.

北海道 · Regional selections

Lake Akan

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

A caldera lake formed by an eruption around 150,000 years ago. It is home to marimo, spherical algae designated a special natural monument.

北海道 · Regional selections

Jet Coaster Road

富良野・美瑛近郊エリア

A straight road that rides up and down the hills of Kamifurano. The size of the undulations gave it its nickname.

北海道 · Regional selections

Daisetsuzan Asahidake Ropeway

旭川・層雲峡・天人峡エリア

A ropeway toward the 2,291-metre summit of Hokkaido's highest peak. Alpine plants are abundant around Sugatami Pond.

北海道 · Regional selections

支笏湖

札幌近郊エリア

A lake ringed by old-growth forest. It is deep enough that it never freezes over completely, even in midwinter.

北海道 · Regional selections

Kushiro Shitsugen Norokko-go

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

A sightseeing train that runs along the edge of Kushiro Marsh. Carriages with open windows let the air of the marsh in.

北海道 · Regional selections

Biba Bridge

釧路・阿寒湖・摩周湖・根室エリア

A bridge near the mouth of the Kushiro River. Statues representing the four seasons stand on its railings, and it is known for its sunsets.

北海道 · Regional selections

Rin'yū Asaichi

小樽・ニセコ近郊エリア

A morning market by the sea in Otaru. Fresh fish sits alongside dried and cured goods, and the eating houses open early.