The City of Hakodate Guide
Hakodate City (Hakodate-shi) was founded in 1454, when Kono Kaganokami Masamichi, the head of a powerful family, built a palace…
Best Onsens At Shikotsuko Lake
If you’re wanting to reset and heal both body and soul at the same time, then an onsen (hot springs…
Daisetsuzan National Park
Daisetsuzan (Taisetsuzan) National Park is at the center of Hokkaido and is the largest national park in Japan. At the…
Hokkaido Seabird Center, Haboro Town (Haboro-cho) – Environment & Nature Conservation, Haboro
The Japan Environment Agency, in an effort to protect wildlife in danger of extinction, has founded a number of wildlife…
Things To Do In Asahikawa
This city, the second largest in Hokkaido, is roughly at the center of the Kamikawa Basin. Under the system of…
Hyosetsu-no-Mon (Gate of Ice and Snow) in Wakkanai Park
Japan’s northernmost city, Wakkanai sits on a cape, which juts out northward into the Soya Straits, and is the major…
Hakodate One/Two Day Passes for Bus and Street Car (City Tram) – Hakodate Day Pass information
There are various forms of transport in Hakodate. The trams, or streetcars are the most convenient way of getting to…
Shikaoi Town (Shikaoi-cho) – Borders on the Mt. Taisetsu (Daisetsu)
The name “Shikaoi” is based on the Ainu word “kuteku’ushi” (to chase after deers). In ancient times, deers were easily…
Fukidashi Park, Kyogoku Town (Kyogoku-cho)
JapanGuides.net Spring water of Fukidashi Park in Kyogoku, at the foot of Mt. Yotei, was selected in 1985 as one…
Special Historical Remain: Goryokaku Pentagonal Fort, Hakodate City (Hakodate-shi)
JapanGuides.net The first Western style fort built in Japan. Because of its star-shape, it is called “Goryokaku” (pentagonal fort). Built…
Rishiri and Rebun Islands of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park,
Wakkanai, Japan’s northernmost city, is across the Soya Straits from Sakhalin. It is the base for travel to Rishiri and…
Konsen Pilot Farm in Betsukai
JapanGuides.net The Town of Betsukai, known as a town of dairy farming, established “Konsen Pilot Farm” using loans from the…
Lake Utonai, Tomakomai City (Tomakomai-shi)
JapanGuides.net This inland-sea lake located on the Yufutsu Plain northeast of Tomakomai is 17 kilometers in circumference and 3million in…
Japanese Crane (Tsuru) Viewing In Kushiro Shitsugen National Park
Reduced to a population of over a dozen, the Japanese crane became endangered as a result of indiscriminate hunting. Thanks…
Furano City (Furano-shi) – Daisetsuzan (Taisetsuzan) National Park
Located at the very center of Hokkaido (43゜20′ N. lat., 142゜23′ E. long.), the city is known as “the naval…
Notsuke Peninsula, Betsukai Town (Betsukai-cho)
JapanGuides.net Shaped like an arched prawn, the Notsuke Peninsula is a shoestring peninsula that stretches approximately 28 km from the…
Kushiro City (Kushiro-shi), Hokkaido Prefecture
JapanGuides.net Kushiro, the largest city in eastern Hokkaido, is a marine food production center that boasts one of the top…
Trappistine Convent, Hakodate City (Hakodate-shi)
JapanGuides.net The beautiful green roof and brick contrast the religious institution; the Trappistine convent was built to house only nuns…
Susukino Entertainment District, Sapporo City
JapanGuides.net Susukino is one of Japan’s largest entertainment districts, serving sushi and other local cuisine, clubs, bars, and “karaoke” venues….
Russian Orthodox Church, Hakodate City (Hakodate-shi)
JapanGuides.net Many buildings in and around Motomachi have been designated as landmarks. Thus, the district attests to the history of…
Enjoyment of Mt. Daisetsu, Daisetsuzan (Taisetsuzan) National Park
Daisetsuzan (Taisetsuzan) National Park is at the center of Hokkaido and the largest national park in Japan. At the centre…