1/17

Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival 　［ ］

Activities, Activity, English Post, February, Hokkaido, January, Lake Shikotsu, Sightseeing, Snow Festival, Winter

Phone: 0123-23-8288

About 200,000 people come to see this festival every year. See ice sculptures and light displays in a village made of ice and snow.

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Area

2/17

Sapporo White Illumination 　［ Sightseeing ］

Activities, Activity, December, English Post, Events, February, Free, Hokkaido, Ishikari Subprefecture, January, March, November, Sapporo, Sightseeing, Winter

See 4K Video of the Sapporo White Illumination Here.

Area: Odori Park, Ekimae Street, Minami Ichijo Dori Site, Sapporo Kita 3-jo Plaza (Akapla) Site, and JR Sapporo Station South Exit Plaza Site

Hours:

Website: https://white-illumination.jp/

You can see … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Hokkaido

3/17

Abashiri Prison Museum 　［ Sightseeing ］

Abashiri, Activities, Activity, All Seasons, Cultural Facility, Discounts, English Post, Hokkaido, Sightseeing

Phone: 0152-45-2411

Address: 1-1 Yobito, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099-2421

Opened: July 6, 1983

Hours: 
April 1-July 31 9:00 – 17:00
August 1-August 16 9:00 – 18:00
August 17-March 31 9:00 – 17:00

https://www.kangoku.jp/multilingual_english/

Free guided tour
(3 times a day) … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Abashiri, Hokkaido

4/17

Houriji Temple 　［ Sightseeing ］

Activities, Activity, English Post, Hokkaido, Places Of Interest, Religious Tourism, Sightseeing, Tomari

Phone: 0135-75-2958

Address: 58-7, Furu, Tomari, Hokkaido 045-0203

Access: 30 minutes from Iwanai bus stop (Chuo Bus – Kamoenai Line). … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Tomari, Hokkaido

5/17

Noboribetsu Date Jidai Village 　［ Sightseeing ］

Activities, Activity, Cash, English Post, Hokkaido, Japanese Food, Noboribetsu, Parking, Places Of Interest, Restaurants, Shops, Sightseeing

Phone: 0143-83-3311 (Business Hours)

Address: 53-1 Naka Noboribetsu, Noboribetsu, Hokkaido 059-0463

Summer 9:00 – 17:00 Open Every Day
Winter 9:00 – 16:00 Open Every Day*

Access

8 minutes by bus from JR Noboribetsu Station.
3 minutes by car from Noboribetsu-higashi IC. … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Noboribetsu, Hokkaido

6/17

SCUBA Diving in Shakotan 　［ Activities ］

Activities, Activity, All Seasons, Animals, English Post, Hokkaido, National Parks, SCUBA Diving, Shakotan, Sightseeing, Sports

About Shakotan

Shimamui Beach in Shakotan is listed as one of “Japan’s 100 most beautiful sea shores”. Shakotan also has the only underwater national park in Hokkaido and it is a popular diving spot for local divers during the warmer months of … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Shakotan, Hokkaido

7/17

Goryokaku Park 　［ Historical Area ］

English Post, Hakodate, Historical Area, Hokkaido, Oshima, Parks, Sightseeing

Fort Goryokaku (五稜郭, Goryōkaku) is a massive, star shaped, Western style citadel, which was built in the last years of the Edo Period for the defense of Hakodate against the imperialist threat posed by the Western powers. A few years later, the fort became the … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Hakodate, Hokkaido

8/17

Hokkaido Shrine 　［ Sightseeing ］

Activities, Activity, Alcohol, English Post, Feature Article, Historical Area, Hokkaido, Parking, Religious Tourism, Sapporo, Shrines, Sightseeing, Sweets

Hokkaido Shrine was built in 1869, when Emperor Meiji ordered the enshrining of three deities. At the time, Hokkaido was known as Ezo but was renamed Hokkaido (Prefecture). The shrine sits on 180,000 square-meters of land filled with cherry trees. It … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Maruyama, Sapporo, Hokkaido

9/17

Kushiro Marshland 　［ Nature ］

English Post, Hokkaido, Kayaking, Kushiro, Kushiro Subprefecture, Nature, Sightseeing

The Kushiro Marshland (釧路湿原, Kushiro Shitsugen) in Hokkaido was designated as a national park in 1987 in order to preserve the country’s largest wetland and marsh habitat which supports the only known population of endangered Japanese Cranes in Japan.

The park … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Kushiro, Hokkaido

10/17

Cape Stolbchaty, Kunashir Island 　［ Nature ］

English Post, Hokkaido, Islands, Nature, Sightseeing

Cape Stolbchaty on the eastern side of the Kunashir Island. … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Kunashir Island, Hokkaido

11/17

Meiji Park 　［ Historical Area ］

24/7, English Post, Historical Area, Hokkaido, Nemuro, Nemuro Subprefecture, Parks, Sightseeing, Summer

Phone: 0153-24-3104

Address: 81-Makinouchi, Nemuro, Hokkaido

Hours Open: 24 Hours

Meiji Park

Meiji Park has the oldest brick silos in existence in the country. The iconic silos were … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Nemoru, Hokkaido

12/17

Sapporo, Cherry Blossoms 2021 　［ Events ］

Activities, Activity, April, English Post, Events, Feature Article, Hokkaido, Ishikari Subprefecture, March, May, Parks, Sapporo, Sightseeing, Spring

The forecast of Japan’s cherry blossom season is published by Japan Meteorological Corporation (JMC) and the private weather service Weathermap. The cherry blossoms start blooming around the same time almost every year. Sometimes the dates are just a few days … Read More!続きを読む

Area

Maruyama, Sapporo