Traditional Streets/Houses Spots in Hokkaido Area

  • Matsumaehan Yashiki
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    Hokkaido Matsumaegunmatsumaechou Nishidate 68
    A theme park located in Nishidate, Matsumae Town, Matsumae County, Hokkaido Prefecture. A recreation of a townscape of Matsume as it looked when it was a prosperous castle town in the Edo period, the park consists of 14 buildings, including a samurai mansion and merchant homes. Visitors can try on Japanese armor, make Matsumae-zuke (Matsumae-style pickles), and taste the atmosphere of Edo period.

    松前公園の一番奥、外れにあります。隣には広い駐車場もありますが、天守からはちょっと離れています。天守から歩くと上り坂を10分ほどかかります。途中に松前藩の墓所があったり楽しめますが。 藩屋敷は小さなテーマパークになっていて、通りに面して当時を再現した家屋が並んでいます。旅籠や商家、民家などで靴を脱いで自由に出入りすることができます。奥には門構えも立派な武家屋敷もあります。ただ、ども家屋も通りに面し...

  • Lake Akan-ko Ainu Kotan
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Kushiroshi Akanchouakankonsen
    About 120 Ainu people live on the banks of Lake Akan, the largest Ainu Kotan (Ainu settlement) in Hokkaido. At the Ainu Theater Ikoro you can enjoy the ancient dance of the Ainu, designated as a National Important Intangible Ethnic Cultural Property. It is also a place for the production and sales of traditional folk craft. There are tours for you to be able to experience Ainu culture, so please make sure you have plenty of time when you visit.
  • Otaru Historical Plaza
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    Hokkaido Otaru-shi Sakaimachi 2-12
    "This retro-style area is located facing Sakaimachi Street. It conveys the glory of Otaru's historic past to the present era and embodies the concept of ""Cityscape is industry. Cityscape is culture."" In the time of the early Showa, business leaders, conglomerates and the great merchants known as Japanese shipping kings established a gorgeous mansion atop the hill behind the plaza. So that, it is said that the road leading to the hill was named ""Success-slope"", and the bottom of the slope was named ""Pre-success"" with the meaning of being one step short of success.I The area surrounding the plaza is wrapped in a retro atmosphere, almost as if it had slipped into the past, and first-time visitors are said to experience the nostalgia. Some of the buildings that have deteriorated with the passing of time and household items have been collected and restored to display the lifestyles of the people of the time."

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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.

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