Phone: 0138-75-2139 (It's difficult to get through on this number but I was able to call them at 4:45pm on April 9th, 2024 to check when they open.)
Address: 392 Mitsuishi, Hokuto, Hokkaido, Japan 049-0283
Open: 9am to 5pm (Shop)
The monks start their day at 3:30am and sleep around 8pm. Regular visitors aren't allowed to enter the monastery.
URL: https://www.trappist.or.jp/
For The Taxi Driver:
〒049-0283 北海道北斗市三ツ石392 (本修道院)
GPS: 41.74030435139451, 140.56919821333622 (Google Maps)
Red-brick, 19th-century monastery with a shop selling butter, jam, cookies and soft serve ice cream made by the monks. The monks wake up at about 3:30am and sleep around 8pm. The monastery is a 30 minute walk from Oshima-Tobetsu Station. It's a 40-minute drive from Hakodate.