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Goryokaku Park/Hakodate Goryokaku Festival

The Goryokaku Ruins, designated as a special historic site by the national government, is Japan…

• Hakodate, area around Hakodate

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Rinyu Morning Market

This market is the first to open every morning in Otaru. There are 12 specialty stalls here that t…

• Area around Otaru, Niseko

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Notsuke Peninsula

Located between the Shiretoko Peninsula and the Nemuro Peninsula, the Notsuke Peninsula stretches …

• Kushiro, Lake Akan, Lake Mashu, Nemuro

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Ryusei no Taki Falls / Ginga no Taki Falls

These two beautiful waterfalls, selected as one of the top 100 waterfalls in Japan, are the repres…

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Goryokaku Tower

The 107-meter-high tower is located in Goryokaku Park. From the second floor of the 90-meter-high …

• Hakodate, area around Hakodate

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Cape Soya

Looking to trek to Japan’s most extreme frontiers? For the northernmost reaches, you should …

• Wakkanai, Rishiri, Rebun, Rumoi

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Biei Senka Market

The Biei Senka Market offers visitors to Biei a small window into the varied flavors of the city. …

• Area around Furano, Biei

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Otaru Art Base

Otaru Art Base occupies four historical buildings dating back to the early 1920s when the once pro…

• Area around Otaru, Niseko

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Matsumae Park・Matsumae Cherry Blossom Festival

Japan’s northernmost castle town, Matsumaecho, retains the atmosphere of an Edo Period city,…

• Matsumae, Esashi, Okushiri

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Maruyama Park

Located only 3 kilometers west of the heart of Sapporo lies the beloved paths of Maruyama Park. Th…

• Sapporo/Jozankei

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Lake Shikaribetsu Bottom Rail

Known as the lake in the sky, Lake Shikaribetsu is located at the highest altitude in Hokkaido. A …

• Tokachi, Obihiro

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Sahoro Resort Bear Mountain

This facility allows visitors to see Hokkaido's representative wild animals, the Ezo brown bea…

• Tokachi, Obihiro

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Mikuni Pass Observation Deck

Mikuni Pass, at 1,139 m, is the highest among all the national highways in Hokkaido. A vast sea of…

• Tokachi, Obihiro

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Cape Tachimachi

Cape Tachimachi is located on the south side of Mt. Hakodate. Jutting out into the Tsugaru Straits…

• Hakodate, area around Hakodate

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Kita no Arashiyama

Mt. Arashiyama in Asahikawa shares a namesake with the better-known location in Kyoto due to the t…

• Asahikawa, Sounkyo, Tenninkyo

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Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park

As a center for the revival and development of Ainu culture, this facility is a place to learn abo…

• Area around Toya, Noboribetsu, and Hidaka

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Mashu Viewpoint 1

One of three observatories on Lake Mashu along Highway 52. It is commonly known as "Omote Mas…

• Kushiro, Lake Akan, Lake Mashu, Nemuro

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Hiraoka Jugei Center

The Hiraoka Jugei Center in Sapporo’s suburban Kiyota Ward is well-known for its flowers and…

• Sapporo/Jozankei

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Special Historic Site, Goryokaku Fort

Goryokaku is a star-shaped pentagon with five corners called ryoho, and this unusual shape was ins…

• Hakodate, area around Hakodate

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The Old Aoyama Villa（Otaru Kihinkan）

Using their great wealth amassed through the herring fishing trade, the Aoyama family constructed …

• Area around Otaru, Niseko

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