Spots in Hokkaido
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By prefecture:Hokkaido (40)Aomori (17)Iwate (23)Miyagi (40)Akita (17)Yamagata (26)Fukushima (26)
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Not on the map (location not confirmed on an official source yet): Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples, Kushiro Washo Market, Lake Shikotsu Visitor Center, Manabe Garden, Noboribetsu Jigokudani / Hell Valley, Onuma Quasi-National Park, Otaru Museum: Main Building and Canal Building
- No photo yetAbashiri, HokkaidoAbashiri Prison MuseumAn open-air museum preserving the old buildings of Abashiri Prison, including four Important Cultural Properties, on a site about 3.5 times the size of Tokyo Dome.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 欅 (Keyaki) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Asahikawa, HokkaidoAsahiyama ZooA zoo run by Asahikawa City, open in a summer and a winter season, with houses for penguins, seals and polar bears and a penguin walk.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Lkj12344321 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Abashiri, HokkaidoAurora Drift Ice Sightseeing Icebreaker, AbashiriA one-hour icebreaker cruise into the Sea of Okhotsk drift ice, running only from late January to March; with no ice nearby it becomes a coastal cruise to Cape Notoro.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: MIKI Yoshihito / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (resized)Obihiro, HokkaidoBanei Tokachi, Obihiro RacecourseThe only horse race of its kind in the world: draft horses weighing about a ton pull iron sleds over two slopes on a 200 m straight course. Entry is free.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetWakkanai, HokkaidoCape SoyaThe northernmost point of Hokkaido's main island at 45°31'22"N, marked by a triangular monument; on clear days you can see Sakhalin more than 40 km away.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Jolly Yau / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Nakafurano, HokkaidoFarm TomitaA flower farm famous for its lavender fields, with free entry and free parking; the lavender peaks in early to mid July.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Shift / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized)Kamikawa, HokkaidoGinga and Ryusei Falls, SounkyoTwo falls on the Sounkyo gorge cliffs, among Japan's Top 100 Waterfalls: the slender, silky Ginga and the single powerful Ryusei, seen up close from the car park.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetHakodate, HokkaidoGoryokaku TowerA tower whose observation deck, 90 m up, looks straight down on the star-shaped Goryokaku fort, a Special Historic Site, and across Hakodate to Mt. Hakodate.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACHakodate, HokkaidoHakodate Morning MarketAbout 250 stalls and eateries next to Hakodate Station selling crab, salmon and other seafood, with rice-bowl restaurants open from early morning.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetSapporo, HokkaidoHistorical Village of HokkaidoAn open-air museum where buildings from across Hokkaido, built from the Meiji era to the early Showa era, have been moved and restored on 54.2 hectares, opened in 1983.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Sapporo Tourism Photo Library (City of Sapporo)Sapporo, HokkaidoHokkaido Jingu ShrineA Shinto shrine in Sapporo, 15 minutes on foot from Maruyama-Koen subway station, whose gates open and close at different times through the year.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetAbashiri, HokkaidoHokkaido Museum of Northern PeoplesA museum on Mt. Tento in Abashiri about the peoples of the far north, from the Inuit of Greenland to the Sami of Scandinavia, and the ancient Okhotsk culture.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
- No photo yetHakodate, HokkaidoKanemori Red Brick WarehouseRed-brick warehouses on Hakodate's bay, rebuilt in 1909 after the great fire and turned into shops, a beer hall and a hall in 1988; some are still working warehouses.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: lienyuan lee / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (resized)Kushiro, HokkaidoKushiro Japanese Crane ReserveA park 10 min from Kushiro Airport where red-crowned cranes, a Special Natural Monument, can be seen all year; in 1970 it achieved the world's first artificial hatching of the species.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Kushiro, HokkaidoKushiro Marsh ObservatoryA city-run observatory over Kushiro Marsh, Japan's first Ramsar wetland, with exhibits, a rooftop view and a 2.5 km boardwalk loop.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Midori / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (resized)Kushiro, HokkaidoKushiro Washo MarketKushiro's market by the station, where you build your own "katte-don" rice bowl by buying rice at one stall and seafood toppings at others.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetKushiro, HokkaidoLake Akan Ainu Theater IkorAn indoor theatre in the Ainu village (kotan) at Lake Akan, where traditional Ainu dances and a digital-art performance are staged daily without booking.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: melvil / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Ashoro, HokkaidoLake OnnetoA lake about 20 min by car from Lake Akan, known for its reflection of Mt. Meakan; there is a viewing deck on the shore with room to park.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 (resized)Chitose, HokkaidoLake Shikotsu Visitor CenterThe national-park visitor centre by Lake Shikotsu, with exhibits on the volcanoes, forests and lake life, a kokanee salmon tank and a 15-minute film; the bus from New Chitose Airport takes about 55 min.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 (resized)Toyako, HokkaidoLake Toya and Toyako OnsenJapan's third-largest caldera lake, with Mt. Usu and Mt. Yotei in view and a lakeside hot-spring town that holds a 20-minute firework show every night from late April to October.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: melvil / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Obihiro, HokkaidoManabe GardenA garden in Obihiro combining a Japanese garden, a conifer-filled European garden and a landscape garden; open late April to late November, with pets and wheelchairs welcome.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetMatsumae, HokkaidoMatsumae CastleJapan's last castle built in the traditional style (completed 1854) in Hokkaido's only castle town; the rebuilt keep is a museum, and the park has about 10,000 cherry trees of 250 varieties.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACHakodate, HokkaidoMt. Hakodate RopewayA three-minute ropeway ride up Mt. Hakodate (334 m) to one of Japan's best-known night views of the city.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Sorah Fukumori / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (resized)Sapporo, HokkaidoMt. Moiwa Ropeway, SapporoA ropeway and mini cable car up Mt. Moiwa, the classic spot for Sapporo's night view; open until 22:00 and wheelchair accessible all the way to the summit deck.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetYoichi, HokkaidoNikka Whisky Yoichi DistilleryNikka's Hokkaido distillery, 5 min on foot from JR Yoichi Station: a free guided tour of the outdoor production area with tasting (booking required), plus a museum, shop and restaurant you can visit without booking.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Photo ACNiseko, HokkaidoNiseko Takahashi Dairy Farm Milk KoboA dairy farm shop in Niseko selling soft-serve, cream puffs and drinking yogurt made with its own milk.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Calistemon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Noboribetsu, HokkaidoNoboribetsu Jigokudani / Hell ValleyAn explosion crater about 450 m across, full of steaming vents, that supplies some 10,000 tonnes of hot-spring water a day to Noboribetsu Onsen.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Sapporo Tourism Photo Library (City of Sapporo)Sapporo, HokkaidoOdori ParkA 1.5 km park strip through central Sapporo, from West 1-chome to West 12-chome, and the main venue for the Snow Festival, Autumn Fest and other events.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: lumoplank / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (resized)Nanae, HokkaidoOnuma Quasi-National ParkLakes Onuma and Konuma, dotted with 126 islets joined by bridges and walking paths, beneath Mt. Komagatake; 10 min by limited express from Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetOtaru, HokkaidoOtaru Art BaseFive museums in Otaru's old bank buildings and stone warehouses near the canal, including the former Mitsui Bank Otaru Branch, an Important Cultural Property.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
- No photo yetOtaru, HokkaidoOtaru Museum: Main Building and Canal BuildingOtaru's city museum: the Main Building in Temiya, where you can ride carriages pulled by the steam locomotive "Iron Horse", and the Canal Building beside the Otaru Canal, 1.5 km away.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
- No photo yetNakasatsunai, HokkaidoRokka no MoriA 100,000 m² forest garden of the wildflowers drawn on Rokkatei confectioner's wrapping paper, with galleries in relocated Croatian farmhouses; open from late April to mid-October.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
- No photo yetSapporo, HokkaidoSapporo Beer MuseumA museum telling the story of beer-making that began in Sapporo as a Hokkaido development project, with a smartphone audio guide in Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese, and paid tastings.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: Sapporo Tourism Photo Library (City of Sapporo)Sapporo, HokkaidoSapporo Clock TowerThe former drill hall of Sapporo Agricultural College, built in 1878 and now a museum; a National Important Cultural Property in the city center.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetSapporo, HokkaidoSapporo TV TowerA 144 m tower by Odori Park, with an observation deck at 90.38 m open until 22:00, right by exit 27 of Odori subway station.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: lumoplank / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (resized)Biei, HokkaidoShikisai-no-Oka Flower FieldsHillside flower fields in Biei with an alpaca farm and tractor-bus rides; entry is charged only from July to September, and most payments are cash only.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: lumoplank / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (resized)Biei, HokkaidoShirahige FallsA 30 m waterfall where groundwater gushes from the rocks into the cobalt-blue Biei River at Shirogane Onsen, lit up every evening all year.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 (resized)Shari, HokkaidoShiretoko Five LakesFive lakes in virgin forest below the Shiretoko mountains, seen from a free elevated boardwalk or, with rules that change by season because of brown bears, from ground trails.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
Photo: AndyLeungHK / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (resized)Biei, HokkaidoShirogane Blue PondA pond formed behind an erosion-control dam below Mt. Tokachi, whose water looks strikingly blue among standing dead larches.Official check: 25 Sept 2026- No photo yetSapporo, HokkaidoShiroi Koibito ParkThe theme park of Hokkaido's famous Shiroi Koibito biscuits: factory lines, a sweets workshop, a rose garden and a clock tower, 5 min from Miyanosawa subway station.Official check: 25 Sept 2026
