Hokkaido directory
39 makers (industry & tech 38 / studios & kilns 1). To filter them or go through them one at a time, open the directory.
Industry & Tech / Food & Drink 24 entries
JA Shihoro Food Processing Business
JA士幌町 食品加工事業Hokkaido / Shihoro / Agricultural cooperative & food processingA food processing business run by the agricultural cooperative of Shihoro Town. It processes and ships potatoes.
DetailsOtaru Wine Gallery / Hokkaido Wine
おたるワインギャラリー/北海道ワインHokkaido / Otaru / Wine & agricultureA winery in Otaru. It makes wine only from grapes grown in Hokkaido.
DetailsHakodate Wine Budokan
はこだてわいん葡萄館Hokkaido / Nanae / Wine & food manufacturingA winery in Nanae. It does everything from growing the grapes to making the wine.
DetailsFurano Wine Factory
ふらのワイン工場Hokkaido / Furano / Municipal wine & agricultureMunicipal wine begun by Furano City in 1972. It is run by the city.
DetailsYotsuba Milk Products Tokachi Main Plant
よつ葉乳業 十勝主管工場Hokkaido / Otofuke / Dairy farming & dairy productsThe main plant of a dairy company that began with investment from the dairy farmers of Tokachi. It handles everything from receiving raw milk to turning it into products.
DetailsCalbee Hokkaido Plant
カルビー北海道工場Hokkaido / Chitose / Food manufacturing & agricultureA snack factory located in a potato-growing area. The fields and the factory are close together.
DetailsKirin Brewery Hokkaido Chitose Plant
キリンビール北海道千歳工場Hokkaido / Chitose / Brewing & quality controlA beer brewery in Chitose. Visitors can tour the process from brewing to quality control.
DetailsSapporo Breweries Hokkaido Brewery
サッポロビール北海道工場Hokkaido / Eniwa / Brewing & environmentA beer brewery in Eniwa. It shows the raw materials, barley and hops, and environmental measures such as wastewater treatment.
DetailsSecoma Group
セコマグループHokkaido / Sapporo, Across Hokkaido / Retail, logistics & food manufacturingA retail group that combines a network of stores spread across Hokkaido with its own logistics and food manufacturing.
DetailsNikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery
ニッカウヰスキー余市蒸溜所Hokkaido / Yoichi / Distilling & agingA distillery opened by Taketsuru Masataka in 1934. It still continues the method of heating pot stills by direct coal fire.
DetailsRoyce' Cacao & Chocolate Town
ロイズカカオ&チョコレートタウンHokkaido / Tobetsu / Chocolate & food educationA facility that shows how chocolate is made. It follows the process from cacao beans to chocolate bars.
DetailsHakodate Carl Raymon
函館カール・レイモンHokkaido / Hakodate / Meat processing & history of technologyIt has made ham and sausages in Hakodate since the 1920s. The method was introduced by the German Carl Raymon.
DetailsHokkaido Kikkoman
北海道キッコーマンHokkaido / Chitose / Fermentation & food manufacturingA soy sauce factory in Chitose. It carries out fermentation and food manufacturing.
DetailsHokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling Sapporo Plant
北海道コカ・コーラボトリング札幌工場Hokkaido / Sapporo / Beverage manufacturing & automated logisticsA plant in Sapporo that makes beverages. Visitors can tour the automated warehouse and the logistics system.
DetailsKunimare Sake Brewery
国稀酒造Hokkaido / Mashike / Sake & historic architectureA sake brewery in Mashike founded in 1882. It is said to be Japan's northernmost sake brewery, and its Meiji-era buildings remain.
DetailsMeiji Naruhodo Factory Tokachi
明治なるほどファクトリー十勝Hokkaido / Memuro / Dairy industry & cheese makingA factory that makes cheese in Tokachi. Visitors can tour the production process and learn how cheese is made.
DetailsRyugetsu Sweetpia Garden
柳月スイートピア・ガーデンHokkaido / Otofuke / Confectionery manufacturing & craftsmanshipA confectionery factory in Otofuke. You can watch baumkuchen being baked through the glass.
DetailsIkeda Town Grape and Wine Research Institute (Ikeda Wine Castle)
池田町ブドウ・ブドウ酒研究所(いけだワイン城)Hokkaido / Ikeda / Municipal wine & researchMunicipal wine begun by Ikeda Town in 1963. The town bred its own hybrids with wild mountain grapes that withstand cold damage.
DetailsTanaka Sake Brewery Kikkogura
田中酒造 亀甲蔵Hokkaido / Otaru / Sake & year-round brewingA sake brewery in Otaru. It practices shiki jozo, brewing throughout the four seasons.
DetailsShiroi Koibito Park / Ishiya Seika
白い恋人パーク/石屋製菓Hokkaido / Sapporo / Confectionery manufacturing & brand experienceThe factory that makes Shiroi Koibito. Visitors can tour the production line and try making sweets.
DetailsFukutsukasa Sake Brewery
福司酒造Hokkaido / Kushiro / Sake & cold-region brewingA sake brewery in Kushiro. It ferments for a long time at the low temperatures of a cold region.
DetailsAbashiri Beer
網走ビールHokkaido / Abashiri / Craft beer & local productsCraft beer from Abashiri. It is known for products in a color inspired by drift ice.
DetailsMegmilk Snow Brand Museum of Dairy Farming and Milk History and Sapporo Plant
雪印メグミルク 酪農と乳の歴史館・札幌工場Hokkaido / Sapporo / Dairy farming history & dairy industryA museum that tells the history of dairy farming and the dairy industry. Attached to the Sapporo Plant, it displays tools for making butter and condensed milk.
DetailsMaoi Distillery
馬追蒸溜所Hokkaido / Naganuma / Craft distilling & wineA craft distillery in Naganuma Town. It produces both wine and spirits.
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Industry & Tech / Crafts 5 entries
Conde House
カンディハウスHokkaido / Asahikawa / Furniture & woodworkA furniture maker in Asahikawa. It uses domestic timber and has techniques for bentwood and joinery.
DetailsThe Glass Studio in Otaru
ザ・グラススタジオ・イン・オタルHokkaido / Otaru / Glass craftA glass studio in Otaru. It offers glassblowing demonstrations and hands-on sessions.
DetailsNibutani Ainu Culture Museum and Crafts Center
二風谷アイヌ文化博物館・工芸館Hokkaido / Biratori / Ainu crafts & local intellectual propertyA museum and crafts center that convey Ainu culture in Biratori Town. They pass on the techniques of wood carving and embroidery.
DetailsKitami Mint Memorial Museum and Mint Distillation Hall
北見ハッカ記念館・薄荷蒸溜館Hokkaido / Kitami / Fragrances & history of farm product processingKitami once produced 70 percent of the world's mint. The distillation equipment and history are preserved here.
DetailsRyuhyo Glass Museum
流氷硝子館Hokkaido / Abashiri / Glass craft & circular manufacturingA glass studio in Abashiri. It uses glass recycled from spent fluorescent lamps to produce the color of drift ice.
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Industry & Tech / Manufacturing & Technology 8 entries
SHIRO Minna no Kojo
SHIRO みんなの工場Hokkaido / Sunagawa / Cosmetics & local industryThe factory of a cosmetics company born in Sunagawa. It uses local materials such as sake lees and gagome kelp as raw ingredients.
DetailsToyota Technocraft Shibetsu Proving Ground Culture, Including the Former Lexus LFA Test Course
トヨタテクノクラフト レクサスLFAテストコース跡を含む士別試験場文化Hokkaido / Shibetsu / Automotive testing & cold-region technologyA cold-climate vehicle proving ground in Shibetsu. It verifies performance on snow and ice.
DetailsToyota Motor Hokkaido
トヨタ自動車北海道Hokkaido / Tomakomai / Automobiles & precision manufacturingA plant in Tomakomai making drivetrain components such as transmissions. It is the only integrated site for automotive parts in Hokkaido.
DetailsHokkaido Spaceport (HOSPO)
北海道スペースポート(HOSPO)Hokkaido / Taiki / Space & aviationA rocket launch site in Taiki Town. It is being developed with the aim of private-sector space transportation.
DetailsTakumi Kogei
匠工芸Hokkaido / Higashikagura / Furniture & craftsA furniture workshop in Asahikawa. It centers on handmade craft.
DetailsFormer Taiheiyo Coal Mine Exhibition Hall
旧太平洋炭礦炭鉱展示館Hokkaido / Kushiro / Undersea coal mines & machineryAn exhibition hall that tells of the Taiheiyo Coal Mine in Kushiro. It was the undersea coal mine that survived longest in Japan.
DetailsAsahikawa Design Center
旭川デザインセンターHokkaido / Asahikawa / Furniture & designA showroom where Asahikawa's furniture makers gather. It shows the design of the area as a furniture-producing region.
DetailsTomakomai Eastern Area (Tomatoh)
苫小牧東部地域(苫東)Hokkaido / Tomakomai, Atsuma, Abira / Industrial cluster & energyAn industrial cluster in eastern Tomakomai. Energy-related sites are located there.
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Industry & Tech / Services & Others 1 entries
MechanoCross
メカノクロスHokkaido / Sapporo / University-born deep tech & green chemistryA venture company spun out of Hokkaido University. It works in mechanochemistry, in which chemical reactions are brought about by mechanical force.
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Studios & Kilns / Crafts 1 entries
Kitaichi Glass Hall 3
北一硝子三号館Hokkaido / Otaru / Crafts & potteryA glassworks that made fishing floats and oil lamps; a hall lit by 167 of those lamps became the image of the whole town.
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