JAPAN – HOKKAIDO

HOKKAIDO SOUTH AND CENTRAL (Sapporo, Iwamizawa, Hakodate)

JOMON PREHISTORIC SITES IN NORTHERN JAPAN WHS 

HAKODATE
Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse. Urban Legends: 
Museum of Northern Peoples
Art Museums: Hakodate Museum of Art
Urban Legends: Hakodate: Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse

Museums – Various: Hakodate: Northern Pacific Fishery’s Document Museum
Bizzarium: Hakodate: Hakodate Hot-Tubbing Monkeys (Botanical Garden)
Religious Temples
Hakodate: Catholic Church Hakodate Motomachi
Hakodate: Orthodox Church

OTARU 
Urban Legends: Otaru: Otaru Canal
Aquariums: Otaru Aquarium
Art Museums: Otaru: Art Base
Music, Film and Photography Museums: Otaru: Otaru Music Box Museum

SAPPORO
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Hokkaido Museum
Hokkaido University Museum
Urban Legends: Sapporo: Tanukikoji Shopping Street
Art Museums
Sapporo: 500m Museum
Sapporo: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
Architectural Delights
Sapporo: Sapporo Clock Tower
Sapporo: Sapporo Dome
Sapporo: Sapporo TV Tower
Religious Temples: Sapporo: Hokkaidō Shrine
Natural History and Earth Museums:  Sapporo: Sapporo City Maizo Bunkazai Center
Science, Technology and all Industry and Mining Museums: Sapporo: Sapporo Science Center
Markets: Sapporo: Nijo Market
Well-being:  Brewery: Sapporo Beer Museum
Sports Museums: Sapporo: Sapporo Winter Sports Museum
Open-Air Museums: Sapporo: Historical Village of Hokkaido
Museums – Various: Sapporo: Sapporo Beer Museum

DARE: Okushiri island
Villages and Small Towns: Esashi
Airports: Hakodate (HKD), Okadama (OKD), Sapporo (CTS)
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Sapporo Street Car, Sapporo: Mt. Moiwa Ropeway, Otaru Tenguyama Ropeway, Sapporo Municipal Subway, Shiki-Shima Luxury Train
Roads, Road Bridges and Tunnels: Scenic Road – The Hokkaido Scenic Byway
Castles, Palaces, Forts: Matsumae: Matsumae Castle
Religious Temples: Ebetsu: Ebetsu Jinja
World of Nature: Hidaka-sanmyaku Erimo Quasi-National Park, Noboribetsu Jigokudani Valley, Shikotsu-Toya NP
Lakes: Shikatsu Lake, Toya Lake
Trails 2 – Hikes: Toyako: Yu-kun crater hike
Aquariums: Chitose: Salmon Aquarium
Well-being
Distillery: Nikka Whiskey Distillery
Hot Springs: Jozankei Onsen
Thermal Spa: Noboribetsu Onsen
Ski Resorts: Niseko Ski Resort, Rusutsu Ski Resort, Sapporo Teine Ski Resort
Open-Air Museums: Shiraoi: Upopoy (National Ainu Museum and Park)

IWAMIZAWA
Botanical Gardens: Iwamizawa: Iwamizawa Park
The Dark Side: Iwamizawa: Tsukigata Kabato Museum
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HOKKAIDO NORTH AND EAST Taisetsu, Tokachi (Asahikawa)

SHIRETOKO WHS

ASAHIKAWA
History, Culture, National and City Museums
Asahikawa: Asahikawa City Museum
Kushiro: City Museum
Nemuro: Four Islands Exchange Centre of Hokkaido
Wakkanai: Karafuto Museum
Art Museums: Asahikawa: Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art
House and Biographical Museums: Asahikawa: Ayako Miura Memorial Literature Museum
House and Biographical Museums: Asahikawa: Ayako Miura Memorial Literature Museum
Religious Monuments: Ashibetsu: Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako park
Science, Technology and all Industry and Mining Museums: Asahikawa: Asahikawa Science Museum
Waterfalls: Asahikawa: Hagoromo Falls
Zoos: Asahikawa: Asahiyama Zoo
Bizzarium: Asahikawa: Ueno Farm (The Gnomes’ Garden)

DARE
Extreme east (Nemuro Peninsula)
Extreme North (Wakkanai)
Rishiri and Rebun islands
Russia/Japan (disputed) – Kuril southern Islands (Kunashir, Iturup, Urup)
Villages and Small Towns: Biei
Islands: Rebun, Rishiri
Airports: Asahikawa (AKJ), Kushiro (KUH), Memanbetsu (MMB), Nakashibetsu (SHB), Tokachi–Obihiro (OBO), Wakkanai (WKJ)
Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: Daisetsuzan Sōunkyō Kurodake Ropeway, Furano Line, SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen, Winter Shitsugen (Steam)
Roads, Road Bridges and Tunnels: Road – National Route 239 (Abashiri-Rumoi), Scenic Road – National Route 238 (Abashiri-Wakkanai)

Art Museums: Obihiro: Hokkaidoritsu Obihiro Art Museum
House and Biographical Museums: Wakkanai: Former Seto House
Monuments: Cape Soya: Japan Northernmost Landmark
World of Nature: Akan Mashu NP, Daisetsuzan NP, Kushiro-shitsugen NP, Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu NP, Shiretoko NP
Waterfalls
Biei: Shirahige Waterfall
Ryusei Waterfalls
Caves, Sinkholes and Saltmines
Daito: Hoshino Cave
Toma Limestone Cave
Lakes: Akan Lake, Lake Kussharo, Lake Kutcharo, Lake Mashū, Lake Saroma
Rivers: Ishikari River, Teshio River
Trails 2 – Hikes: Shiretoko Five Lakes Hike
Aquariums: Wakkanai: Noshappu Aquarium
Well-being: Factories – Furano Cheese Factory
Lighthouses: Nemuro: Nosappumisaki Lighthouse
Windmills and Wheels: Yūbetsu: Kamiyūbetsu Windmill
Ski Resorts: Asahikawa: Kamui Ski Links, Furano Ski Resort
Aviation Museums: Bihoro: Bihoro Aviation Park
The Dark Side: Abashiri: Prison Museum
Bizzarium: 
Mombetsu: Crab Claw Statue
Wakkanai: North Breakwater Dome