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Lake Toya Gurutto Art Park

The 43km perimeter of Lake Toya is dotted with 58 different works of art from famous sculptors aro…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Nibutani Ainu Culture Museum

The story of Hokkaido begins with its original people, the Ainu, whose way of life is preserved an…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Fukuyama Castle (Matsumae Castle)

Matsumae is the only castle town in all of Hokkaido, making it home to the northernmost castle in …

• Matsumae, Esashi, Okushiri

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Akan International Crane Center [GRUS]

The Akan International Crane Center is the only facility in Japan specializing in the research and…

• Kushiro, Lake Akan, Lake Mashu, Nemuro

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Asahikawa City Museum

The early history of humankind in the Kamikawa basin in Hokkaido can be traced back approximately …

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

Come to the Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples to learn about life in northern climates throughou…

• Shiretoko, Abashiri, Monbetsu

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Former Site of Sendai Clan Manor House

The fort on the site of this museum, the Sendai Shiraoi Motojinya, was originally built in 1856 to…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Shiretoko Museum

The Shiretoko Museum celebrates the natural history and human cultures of this Hokkaido peninsula.…

• Shiretoko, Abashiri, Monbetsu

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Yufutsu Museum

Settlers from Hachioji, Tokyo arrived in the Yufutsu area in the late 1800s, tasked with protectin…

• Area around Sapporo

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Esashi Oiwake Kaikan, Esashi Yama Kaikan

Esashi Oiwake KaikanLocated in Esashi, a port town in southern Hokkaido, exhibits the long history…

• Matsumae, Esashi, Okushiri

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Kitami Mint Memorial Museum, Mint Distillation Hall

This building once housed administration and research facilities for Kitami, Hokkaido’s mint indus…

• Shiretoko, Abashiri, Monbetsu

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Moyoro Kaizuka-kan (Moyoro Shell Mound Museum)

Hokkaido’s Moyoro Kaizuka-kan (Moyoro Shell Mound Museum) focuses on the lives of the Okhotsk peop…

• Shiretoko, Abashiri, Monbetsu

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SOMOZA

SOMOZA brings together the history, tradition, craftsmanship, and spectacular scenery that make Ho…

• Area around Otaru, Niseko

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Nitay-To Shibecha Museum

Located on the shore of Lake Toro, the Nitay To (“Forest Lake” in the Ainu language) S…

• Kushiro, Lake Akan, Lake Mashu, Nemuro

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Rokka no Mori (Hokkaido Garden Path)

The Rokka no Mori garden is another serene example of Hokkaido’s lush and varied landscape. …

• Tokachi, Obihiro

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Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Memorial Museum120-^

Japan’s oldest Ainu (Hokkaido’s indigenous population) memorial hall, the Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Mem…

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Eniwa Karimba Remains (Eniwa City Local Museum)

Designated a national historic site, the Eniwa Karimba Remains date back over 3,000 years. This La…

• Area around Sapporo

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Di-Maccio Art Museum

Opened in 2010, this art museum features almost 250 works by renowned French painter, Gerard Di-Ma…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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