Cruise Plan
- Get to know the Otaru Canal and Otaru City
- Tour in the Samurai house district in Kakunodate and the Lake Tazawa
- The historical city, Takaoka, and the World Heritage, Gokayama
- Strolling to touch the Kyoto culture along with the stone-paved approach and visit to Kiyomizu-dera
- Izumo-taisha (Izumo Grand Shrine), the home of Gods in Japan, and Matsue, City of Water
History -Cruise plan-
Port of Otaru
Get to know the Otaru Canal and Otaru City
Tour: About 7 Hours
Feel the historical flavor with touring around monumental buildings in Otaru city, formerly known as the “North Wall Street”
Port of Otaru
About 10 minutes
Otaru Canal Stay: About 30 minutes
Along the canal, which is a symbol of Otaru city, there is a row of stone storehouses. It preserves the appearance of the city at the old time. At night, gas lamps are lit. Very fantastic views give you a melancholic feeling for all four seasons. In the center of the city, there still remain old stone buildings. These give you the nostalgic atmosphere from the Meiji era to the Showa era.
| Address | Otaru City |
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| Contact |
Otaru Tourism Association TEL +81-134-33-2510 |
Close to
Otaru City General Museum Canal Building Stay: About 60 minutes
Former OTARU WAREHOUSE, built in 1893, is used for exhibiting about 20,000 materials to show us the history and nature of Otaru city. In the atmosphere of the historical building, feel the romance of old Otaru when it was called the “North Wall Street.”
| Address | 2-1-20 Ironai, Otaru City |
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| Contact |
Otaru City General Museum Main building TEL +81-134-33-2523 |
About 20 minutes
The Old Aoyama Villa Stay: About 90 minutes
This is a villa of the leading herring fishing tycoon. It took 6 years to finish building in the Taisho Era. It is a registered tangible cultural property in Japan. You enjoy seeing de force and masterpieces of artists at that time here and there in the villa area of about 5,000㎡.
| Address | 3-63 Shukutsu, Otaru City, Hokkaido |
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| Links | Otaru Kihin-kan |
| Contact |
Otaru Tourism Association TEL +81-134-33-2510 |
About 20 minutes
The Bank of Japan Otaru Museum Stay: About 30 minutes
The bank of Japan Otaru Museum was built in 1912. It gives us images of Otaru’s flourishing time. Since 2003, it has been used as a publicity facility exhibiting Hokkaido’s history of development and its financial system.
| Address | 1-11-16 Ironai, Otaru City |
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| Links |
The Bank of Japan Otaru Museum
Otaru City |
| Contact |
Otaru Tourism Association TEL +81-134-33-2510 |
約20分
The Sakai Street Stay: About 120 minutes
Otaru city used to be very busy as a merchant town from the Meiji era to the early Showa era. In the Sakai Street there still remain many stone merchant buildings and modern western style houses to project the old time of the city. Today in the street, there are many shops of Otaru’s specialties including glass crafts, musical boxes, and sweets Around the Marchen Crossroads, there are the night-light and the steam clock. Enjoy the ambience of the good old Otaru.
| Address | 1-1-6 Ironai, Otaru City |
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| Links | The Sakai Street of Shopping in Otaru |
| Contact |
Otaru Tourism Association TEL +81-134-33-2510 |
About 10 minutes
Port of Otaru