Hokkaido Hidden Gems
일본 최북단의 대자연, 뚜렷한 사계절과 풍부한 식재료로 유명한 곳. 여름엔 후라노의 라벤더밭과 비에이의 패치워크 언덕, 겨울엔 오타루 운하의 설경과 파우더 스노우 스키장까지. 하코다테의 야경과 아침 시장의 해산물, 각지의 온천도 놓칠 수 없다.
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Odori Park — Sapporo's Central Green Axis
Odori Park (大通公園) is a 1.5-kilometer-long boulevard running east-west through central Sapporo, dividing the city into no…
Sapporo Ramen — Miso Soul of the North
Sapporo is the birthplace of miso ramen — the rich, hearty cousin of tonkotsu and shoyu styles. Developed in the 1960s t…
Sapporo Beer Museum — Birthplace of Japanese Beer
The Sapporo Beer Museum (サッポロビール博物館) occupies a red-brick factory from 1890, when Hokkaido's cold climate and barley cul…
Soup Curry — Hokkaido's Spiced Comfort Bowl
Soup curry (スープカレー) is Sapporo's modern culinary invention — a thin, broth-based curry stew served with large chunks of…
Mt. Hakodate Night View — Million Dollar Vista
Mt. Hakodate (函館山, 334m) offers what Japanese tourism authorities rank among the world's top three night views (alongsid…
Hakodate Morning Market — Live Seafood & Donburi
Hakodate Morning Market (函館朝市, Hakodate Asaichi) is a labyrinth of 250+ vendors selling Hokkaido's ocean harvest — live…
Lucky Pierrot — Hokkaido's Beloved Burger Chain
Lucky Pierrot (ラッキーピエロ) is a Hakodate-only burger chain with 17 locations, each themed differently (pirate ship, carouse…
Otaru Canal — Romantic Waterway & Warehouses
The Otaru Canal (小樽運河) is a 1.3-kilometer waterway lined with preserved Meiji-era stone warehouses, now converted to res…
Otaru Sushi Street — Hokkaido's Seafood Showcase
Walk out of Otaru Station and you'll find yourself surrounded by sushi shops—twenty-something of them packed into two bl…
Furano Lavender Fields — Purple Summer Waves
Furano's lavender fields (富良野ラベンダー畑) transform the Tokachi mountain foothills into rolling purple waves each summer (Jul…
Biei Patchwork Hills — Agricultural Art Landscape
The Biei hills (美瑛の丘) are a living agricultural canvas — gently rolling farmland where each field grows a different crop…
Asahiyama Zoo — Revolutionary Animal Exhibits
Asahiyama Zoo (旭山動物園) revolutionized zoo design in Japan by creating 'behavioral exhibits' that allow visitors to observ…
Niseko Powder Snow — Japan's Premier Ski Resort
Niseko gets dumped on. Fifteen meters of snow every season, sometimes 50cm overnight when low-pressure systems cross the…
Noboribetsu Onsen — Hell Valley Hot Springs
Noboribetsu Onsen (登別温泉) is Hokkaido's premier hot spring resort, fed by Jigokudani ('Hell Valley' — 地獄谷), a volcanic cr…
Kushiro Shitsugen — Japan's Largest Wetland & Cranes
Kushiro Shitsugen (釧路湿原) is Japan's largest wetland, covering 280 square kilometers of marshes, reed beds, and meanderin…
Shiretoko Peninsula — UNESCO Wilderness & Wildlife
Shiretoko is the end of the road in Hokkaido—literally. The peninsula juts northeast into the Sea of Okhotsk, and there'…
Lake Akan — Marimo Moss Balls & Ainu Culture
Lake Akan (阿寒湖) is a volcanic caldera lake famous for marimo (毬藻) — rare spherical algae colonies that grow naturally on…
Sapporo Clock Tower — Meiji-Era Icon
The Sapporo Clock Tower (札幌市時計台, Tokeidai) is a white wooden building from 1878, originally built as a drill hall for Sa…
Susukino District — Hokkaido's Nightlife Capital
Susukino (すすきの) is Japan's largest nightlife district north of Tokyo, a 6-block area of neon-lit streets packed with 4,0…
Goryokaku Star Fort — Sakura Viewing Tower
Goryokaku (五稜郭) is a star-shaped fortress built in 1866, Japan's first Western-style citadel designed with artillery def…
Jingisukan — Hokkaido's Lamb BBQ Tradition
Jingisukan (ジンギスカン, 'Genghis Khan') is Hokkaido's signature BBQ dish — thinly sliced lamb grilled on a convex cast-iron…
Shiroi Koibito Park — Chocolate Cookie Factory Tour
Shiroi Koibito (白い恋人, 'White Lovers') is Hokkaido's most famous souvenir — delicate langue de chat butter cookies sandwi…
Sapporo Snow Festival — Ice Sculpture Spectacle
Every February, Sapporo clears out its snow dumps and trucks 5,000 tons of it to Odori Park, where teams spend four week…
Otaru Music Box Museum — Nostalgic Melodies
The Otaru Music Box Museum (小樽オルゴール堂) occupies a red-brick warehouse from 1912, housing Japan's largest collection of mu…
Kushiro Robatayaki — Fireside Grilling Birthplace
Robatayaki (炉端焼き, 'fireside grilling') was invented in Kushiro in the 1950s, inspired by fishermen grilling their catch…
Abashiri Drift Ice Cruise — Frozen Sea of Okhotsk
Every winter (late January to late March), drift ice (流氷, ryuhyo) from the Russian Far East floats south through the Sea…