You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. After we pass the third glassware shop within 100 metres I turn to our guide, Tosh, who reads my ...

Tranquil and blanketed in pristine white snow, the Japanese city of Otaru serves as the backdrop of a popular 1995 romance blockbuster that continues to bring starry-eyed travelers to the region every ...

Japan's northern island of Hokkaido was fully pioneered only around 150 years ago! Otaru, one of the leading port cities of Hokkaido, holds much of that history. The Otaru Canal in the port and the ...

Otaru is a small city located in Hokkaido Prefecture and you can get there in around thirty minutes from Sapporo Station, using the rapid line. The city has a modern, but nostalgic feel to it and many ...

Northwest of Sapporo, the port city of Otaru is most famous for the Otaru Canal Cruise. The cruise is an immersive way to learn about the history of the port town and Hokkaido as a whole. In the ...

OTARU, Hokkaido -- Otaru Onsen Osupa is not a natural setting for the airing of great issues. It is a faded child's-birthday-cake of a building on a windswept highway skirting the Sea of Japan, some 5 ...

OTARU, Hokkaido -- A Renaissance-style former branch office of the Bank of Japan in this northern city is now serving as a museum sharing the history of the central bank and resources for learning ...

OTARU, Hokkaido -- JR Otaru Station is familiar as the gateway to this northern Japan port city, and as you enter the station's central concourse, you will see glass lamps hanging in front of the ...

The Hokkaido port of Otaru is less than an hour by train from downtown Sapporo. Same neighborhood, different world. Sapporo is big and growing. Otaru is small and shrinking. The future, no doubt, is ...

A small and picturesque port city in Japan has hired security guards to police selfie-taking tourists. Known for its pretty canal lined with well-preserved 19th and 20th-century warehouses, Otaru is ...