HokkaidoCulture & HistoryHokkaido
Hachiman-zaka
A cobbled slope running straight down to Hakodate harbour. The sea and the ferry lie directly ahead.
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HokkaidoCulture & History
HokkaidoHistoric DistrictsOtaru
Otaru Canal
A canal made by reclaiming offshore land for loading cargo. After it fell out of use a plan to fill it in was met with a citizens' campaign, and half of it was kept.
HokkaidoCulture & HistoryHokkaido
Trappist Monastery
Japan's first monastery for men, opened in 1896. An avenue of cedars climbs to it.
HokkaidoCulture & HistoryHokkaido
Kamui Kotan
A gorge the Ishikari River cut through rock. The Ainu held it to be where gods dwell; the old station building remains.
Hokkaido
Otaru Canal Cruise
A roughly 40-minute cruise along the Otaru Canal, past stone warehouses and on into the North Canal.
HokkaidoArt & CraftsOtaru
Kitaichi Glass Building No. 3
A shop in a stone warehouse built in 1891, known for its dim interior lit by many oil lamps.
HokkaidoCulture & HistoryHokkaido
Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse
Warehouses built in Hakodate in 1887, now holding shops and restaurants along a harbour-side walk.
Hokkaido
Temiyasen Atochi
The bed of the railway that linked Otaru and Temiya, kept as a walking path with the rails still in place.
HokkaidoCulture & HistoryHokkaido
Otaru Music Box Hall
A music-box shop in a Meiji-era building, gathering and playing boxes from around the world.
AomoriMuseumsGoshogawara
Dazai Osamu Memorial Museum Shayokan
The house where the writer Osamu Dazai was born, built by his landowner father, with its original interiors intact.
AomoriArt & CraftsAomori
Aomori Museum of Art
A museum beside the Sannai-Maruyama site. Its white architecture takes its form from the earthen walls of the dig.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Jogakura Bridge
A 360-metre bridge over a Hakkoda ravine. The drop is long, and crowds come in the autumn colours.
Aomori
Miyakoshi-ke Hanare / Teien
The estate of an old family in Nakadomari, with main house, storehouses and an Oishi-Bugaku-style garden preserved together.
Aomori
2026 Tatehana Wharf Morning Market
A morning market on the Hachinohe quay. Only at dawn on Sundays, several hundred stalls stretch for about 800 metres.
AomoriArt & CraftsTowada
Towada Art Center
A museum on Kanchogai Avenue. Works stand outside as well, making the whole street part of the display.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Nakamachi Komise-dori
Wooden arcades that Kuroishi's merchant houses extend over the street, a snow-country passage kept since the Edo period.
AomoriArt & CraftsHirosaki
Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art
A museum converted from a Meiji and Taisho sake factory, keeping the brick walls and steel frame as they were.
AomoriShrines & TemplesAomori
Utou Shrine
A shrine held to be the birthplace of Aomori City, carrying the name of Utou village, from which the city takes its own.
Aomori
Hirota Shrine
A shrine said to date from 996, its grounds planted with the flowers of Tsugaru.
Aomori
Horo-yoi Stroll with Dr. Shimokita
A walk through Tanabu in Mutsu with a local guide, hearing how the town came together, including the alleys ringing the shrine.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Former 59th Bank Head Office (Aomori Bank Memorial Hall)
A bank building founded in 1879. Moved and preserved, its interior decoration remains as it was.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Tsugaru Kaikyo Bunkakan Arsas
A cultural centre in Sai village, next to the pier for boats around Hotokegaura.
AomoriCulture & HistoryAomori
Tsugaru Shamisen Kaikan
A hall in Kanagi, held to be the birthplace of the Tsugaru shamisen, where you hear it played and learn its history.
Tsugaru
Kamegaoka Stone Age Site
A Jomon site in Tsugaru, known as the place the goggle-eyed clay figure was unearthed.