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Shiroi Michi
A road in Wakkanai laid with crushed scallop shells. The white surface runs about three kilometres over the hills toward the sea.
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Cape Erimo
The cape where the Hidaka range sinks into the sea. Windy days are the norm, and a facility here lets visitors feel that wind.
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Mikuni Pass Observation Deck
A pass where the old provinces of Ishikari, Tokachi and Kitami meet. Below lies a sea of trees crossed by a single bridge.
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Bihoro Pass
An observation point at a pass 525 metres above sea level. It takes in Lake Kussharo and the mountains beyond.
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Hosooka Observation Deck
A hilltop lookout over Kushiro Marsh. Also called Daikanbo, it draws people at dusk.
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Kushiro Washo Market
A Kushiro market that opened in 1954. It is known for the katte-don, a bowl of rice topped with sashimi of your own choosing.
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Nijo Market
A Sapporo market beside the Sosei River. It began in the Meiji era and still has fishmongers and greengrocers side by side.
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Farm Tomita
A lavender farm that began as a crop grown for perfume. In July the hillside turns purple.
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Makomanai Takino Cemetery, Atama Daibutsu, and Lavender Garden
A cemetery where lavender covers the slope and a great Buddha shows only its head above it. Designed by Tadao Ando.
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Shikisai-no-Oka (the Hill of Four Seasons)
A garden laid out in bands of flowers across the hills of Biei. Stripes of colour run over some 15 hectares.
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Otaru Sankaku Market
A market on a triangular plot right beside Otaru Station. About 20 shops line a steep slope.
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Asahiyama Zoo
Japan's northernmost zoo. It is known for arranging its enclosures so that the animals' movement can be seen.
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Shimamui Coast
A shore that appears at the end of a short tunnel cut through rock. The colour of the Shakotan sea shows well from here.
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Mount Asahi
The principal peak of the Daisetsuzan range. It is reckoned the first mountain in Japan to turn to autumn colour.
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Trappist Monastery
Japan's first monastery for men, opened in 1896. An avenue of cedars climbs to it.
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Cape Tachimachi
A cape on Hakodate's southern tip facing the Tsugaru Strait. The grave of the poet Takuboku Ishikawa's family stands nearby.
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Nikka Whisky Hokkaido Yoichi Distillery
A distillery opened in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru. The pot stills are still heated over direct coal fires.
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Cape Shakotan
The cape at the northern tip of the Shakotan Peninsula. From the lookout you see Shimamui Coast and the Shakotan sea.
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Sapporo TV Tower
A 1956 observation tower at the east end of Odori Park, looking straight down the length of the park.
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Abashiri Ryuhyo Kanko Saihyosen Aurora
An icebreaker that pushes through the winter Sea of Okhotsk, cracking ice at the bow as it enters the drift-ice field.
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Hoshino Resort Tomamu
A resort at the foot of the Hidaka Mountains, with a viewing terrace built for watching the sea of clouds.
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Cape Chikyu
The southern tip of Muroran's Etomo Peninsula. Cliffs about 100 metres high run along the shore, and the horizon shows its curve.
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Kamui Kotan
A gorge the Ishikari River cut through rock. The Ainu held it to be where gods dwell; the old station building remains.
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Northern Horse Park
A horse theme park in Tomakomai. Besides riding and carriage rides, there are wide gardens to walk.