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Old Soma Residence

4.5

98 Reviews

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Hokkaido Hakodate-shi Motomachi 33-2

"This manor was built as the private residence of wealthy merchant Teppei Souma in 1908. Teppei Souma amassed his wealth in selling rice and grains, contributing to the development of Hakodate by investing his personal money in ""Old City Hall of Hakodate Ward."" The Souma house has a structure decked out in luxury, and featuring a merging of Japanese and Western styles, so it is well worth a look. Volunteer guides are always available, and there are many audio guides (Japanese/English). In the adjacent cafe, they provide freshly brewed coffee, and healthy aronia fruit juice. The cafe overlooks the streets of Hakodate, including Hakodate Bay, and the Former British Consulate of Hakodate."

A gem not too miss when in Hakodate. This former merchant home is unique in many ways snd definitely worth a visit. The architecture and interior design is rarely to be seen in such a good...
The Old Hanadake Banya Lodge

4.0

31 Reviews

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Hokkaido Rumoigunobirachou Onishikahirotomi 35-2

This historic structure is a herring fishery lodge in Obira Town. This structure, an Important Cultural Property (nationally designated) built around 1905, is in the farthest north of all the registered properties in Japan. This large herring fishery lodge is the largest in Hokkaido, housing over 200 workhands at the peak of its operation. The timber structure was built completely from lumber cut from the regional Otodo hills. The building, open to the public, displays valuable historic tools. With a roadside station annexed to the lodge, the area is full of festive visitors around the end of May, when the Nishin Banya Festival is held with various games and events for all.

「旧花田家番屋」は1905年頃に建築された鰊御殿で、地元の網元であった花田家によって建てられた2階建ての家屋です。花田家の一族と漁師たちのほか、船大工や鍛冶職人、屋根職人などが居住しており、200人ほどが住むことができたそうです。建物の中央にある玄関から中に入ると右側が使用人の作業と住居エリアになっています。驚くことに使用人のエリアは1階建てで、窓際だけが2段になっているだけです。窓際の寝台の下階...
Statue of William Smith Clark

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Hokkaido Sapporoshi Toyohira-ku Hitsujigaoka 1 Sapporo Yankegaoka Observatory

A statue of American professor William Smith Clark, famous in Japan for the phrase, Boys, be ambitious. The professor's statue on the grounds of Hokkaido University was famous, but due to the numerous visitors obstructing campus business, a new statue was erected on the tourist destination of Hitsujigaoka. Today, this statue is now the more famous of the two. Clark's pose, pointing far off into the distance with his outstretched right hand, has become a symbol of Hokkaido tourism.
Japan’s Northern Most Point Monument

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Hokkaido Wakkanaishi Souyamisaki

This monument at the tip of Cape Soya marks the northernmost point of mainland Japan, located at 45 degrees 31 minutes 22 seconds North latitude. The monument depicts one angle of the North Star while the N in the middle represents North and the circular base represents peace and cooperation. If the weather conditions are right you can just about make out Sakhalin Island in the distance.
Foreigners’ Cemetery

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Hokkaido Hakodateshi Funamichou 23

The “Foreigners’ Cemetery” is located on a hill overlooking Hakodate Bay. After the opening of the port in the late Edo period many people from overseas came in and out of Hakodate and many of them died here never returning to their homeland. The first to be buried were two American sailors from Perry’s fleet and since then many foreigners from countries such as England, Russia and China, etc. who died in Hakodate are buried here.
Monument to Toshizo Hijikata's Last Stand

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Hokkaido Hakodate-shi Wakamatsucho 33

This monument, Ippongi Kanmon (a barrier) Remain, is where Hijikata Toshizo, vice-commander of the Shinsengumi, is claimed to have met his end during the end stage Battle of Hakodate. Fans come from all over the country to visit, and an annual festival is held on the first day of the Hakodate Goryokaku Sai where people parade in period costumes.
Black Slide Mantra

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Hokkaido Sapporo-shi Chuo-ku Odorinishi 89

"This statue is in Odori Park, in the heart of Sapporo. It was made to represent children playing. It was designed by world-famous sculptor Isam Noguchi. Its location is perfect, located between Nishi 8-Chome and Nishi 9-Chome, and is accessible from all four directions. It's not only respected as a work of art for its gentle curves, it's also a fun slide! The artist said, ""This piece will be completed by the children's behinds,"" so don't stay away like it's precious art, but climb on and play!"
Former Hokkaido Bank Head Office

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Hokkaido Otaru-shi Ironai 1-8-6

This building was erected in 1912 to serve as the head office of Hokkaido Bank. The external appearance of the two story stone structure is almost unchanged from the day it was completed, giving visitors today a glimpse at the culture and architectural techniques prevalent at the time of its construction. The building was designed by Uheiji Nagano, who also worked on the design of The Former Otaru Branch of Bank of Japan, a Tangible Culural Property designated by Otaru City, standing on the opposite side of the street. Characteristic of bank architecture, the building has a design which exudes a solemnity which can be sensed coming from its tiniest constituent components, from the entrance, window design, and corners, down to even in the intervals between the windows. Today, Otaru Bine, a wine cafe and shop, operates in of the building.
Shiraoi Sendai-han Encampment Remains

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Hokkaido Shiraoi-gun Shiraoicho Jinyamachi 681

This historical park is located approximately a five-minute drive from Shiraoi Station, or approximately a 10-minute drive from Shiraoi Interchange. The Sendai-han Shiraoi Motojinya Museum is also located within the park grounds. The encampment was constructed in 1856, and it is said that more than 100 feudal retainers were stationed here over 12 years. The encampment played an important role in guarding Japan from foreign invasion when the county's borders were opened, and was only dismantled after the Boshin War and a revolt in Shiraoi. Since the encampment was the largest of its kind in Hokkaido, it has been designated as a nationally important historic site, and even now, the remains of the encampment and the retainers' burial site can be clearly seen.
Shiryokaku

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Hokkaido Hakodate-shi Jinkawacho 59

This is a nationally designated historic site located about three kilometers north of Goryokaku and about a one-minute walk from Shiryokaku bus stop. As the name suggests, it looks like a butterfly shape when viewed from above. The site has an area of about 20,000 square meters, and toilets and drinking fountains can be used in all seasons except in the winter. It is said that it was built by soldiers of the former Tokugawa shogunate during the Battle of Hakodate in 1869, to overlook Hakodate city and protect the Toshogu shrine. The designer is not specified, but there is a theory that it was Keisuke Otori, the army magistrate of the time. Other than the monument, cherry blossoms can be seen in spring.
Hekketsu Monument

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Hokkaido Hakodate-shi Yachigashiracho 1

The Hakodate Goryokaku Memorial Hall is located behind Myoshinji Temple at the foot of Mt. Hakodate. The Hakodate Goryokaku Festival is held every year in mid-May, with people dressed as the former shogunate and new government forces touring the historic site, and a memorial service is held on June 25.
Gotenyama No. 2 Battery Ruins

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Hokkaido Hakodate-shi

Hakodate Ropeway Station, and is a 10-minute walk from the Mt. Hakodate Ropeway Summit Observation Deck Station. The site was closed to visitors in 1899, but was opened to the public after the war ended.
Lourdes Cave

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Hokkaido Hokuto-shi Mitsuishi 392

A statue of the Virgin Mary, standing in the grounds of the Trappist Monastery, the first male Catholic monastery in Japan. The statue is enshrined in a carved rock face, recreating the Lourdes Cave, a French pilgrimage site. While making your way along the undulating mountain path to the cave you can enjoy the avenues of poplar and cedar trees and scenery unique to Hokkaido. The site of the cave is also famous as an observatory and on a fine day you may be able to see across the ocean to Mt. Hakodate or Aomori prefecture.
Monument to Commemorate the First Step onto Hokkaido

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Hokkaido Hakodateshi Suehirochou 21 (Old pier beside)

In the period after the Meiji Restoration, Hakodate became the gateway to Hokkaido. Monument to Commemorate the First Step onto Hokkaido was erected in 1968 at the foot of Higashihama Pier (which was the first place that new arrivals would set foot on in Hokkaido) to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening up of Hokkaido to large-scale Japanese settlement from Honshu. Today, there is a footpath where visitors can stroll while enjoying the views of Hakodate Bay.
Shima no Kakehashi (Four-Island Bridge)

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Hokkaido Nemuroshi Nosappu

The symbol statue commemorating the return of the Northern Territories stands in Bokyonomisaki Park at Cape Nosappu. It was constructed with the strong desire for the return of the northern territories and the “Fire of Prayer” at the base of the statue burns continuously during opening hours of the Hoppokan (Northern Hall).
Enmado

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Hokkaido Noboribetsushi Noboribetsuonsenchou

This is “The Enma King of Hell mechanical festival float” which was produced in commemoration of the thirtieth “Noboribetsu Hell Festival”. Enma, the King of Hell stands overlooking the passersby in the main street called Gokuraku (meaning Heaven) of Noboribetsu Onsen. Six times a day (five times in winter), at the time of “judgment of hell”, it raises his arms frighteningly and judges the sins of people. A huge crowd forms at the time of the judgement. The mechanical gimmick has great impact and has become the symbol of Noboribetsu Onsen.
Fugoppe Cave

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Hokkaido Yoichigunyoichichou Sakaemachi 87

These historic remains from the post Jomon period is located on a roughly 200 meter-high plain on the Sea of Japan’s south coast. Primitive iconic images of people, animals and boats are engraved everywhere on the walls giving the place a mysterious atmosphere. Earthenware and stoneware have been excavated, and this cave is a highly valued historic site.
Old Seto House (Seto-tei)

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Hokkaido Wakkanaishi Chuou 4-8-27

Only five minutes from JR Wakkanai Station, Old Seto House (Seto-tei) is a historic inn (ryokan) style architecture built in the Meiji to Taisho eras. The kiritsuma-style red tin roofing with the characteristic crest ornaments tell of the Wakkanai history of that period. The proprietor, Tsunezo Seto, operated a fixed netting herring business from 1921, and later established the Seto Fishing Co., Ltd. The Seto-tei is open to the public. Along with many displayed Wakkanai fishing items, one can enjoy the replicated dinner banquet scene. In the inner garden, open to the public, are sakura trees, the blooms of which can be enjoyed through mid-May. The Seto-tei was the first tangible cultural property registered in Wakkanai, in 2013 (registered name: The Old Seto family residential main house).
Kaminokunikan, and Katsuyamakan Historic Site Information Center

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Hokkaido Hiyamagunkaminokunichou Kachiyama

This is a national historic site preserved in Kaminokuni Town, Hiyama County. Incorporated in this military outpost of the ancestral Japanese, are the vestiges of the three historic Hanazawa structure, the Suzaki structure, and the Katsuyama structure. Among them the Katsuyamakan is described in Japanese History textbooks as an important historic site telling of the medieval north, providing insight into the life and trade on the Japan Sea northern regions during medieval times. The Katsuyama Historic Site Information Center guides one through informative models and video-graphic descriptions of the Katsuyama site. There is an observation path where one can canvas the structures and get a sense of the people's lives while enjoying a walk.
Hoheikan

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Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Nakajimakouen 1-20

It is located about five minutes from Nakajima Koen Station in a Western-style hotel that was completed in August 1881 by the Hokkaido Colonization Bureau. The building is an American-style wooden two-story building with a basement, and the roof has eight chimneys. It is very impressive with white outside walls and vivid ultramarine blue window frames. You can see five-pointed stars decorating the front center and gables on the left and right wings, beautiful Japanese-style ceiling decorations made with traditional techniques, fireplace mantelpieces finished with plaster and other amazing plaster work from the time it was built. There is a cafe corner which was formerly a dining hall on the first floor where you can spend a grand time.

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Hokkaido Areas

Not just a prefecture but an island of its own, Hokkaido is the most northerly prefecture and island of the Japanese archipelago. Arriving in Hokkaido, which is rural and bursting with breathtaking nature, means entering a world where vast national parks, towering mountains, and natural hot springs can be found at every turn. Come December, these natural splendors freeze over and morph into a winter wonderland.