Otaru, Japan: Day trip from Sapporo - Hokkaido's beautiful port city and capital of glass-making By Tatyana Leonov Updated October 17, 2019 — 12.22pm first published October 16, 2019 — 12.15am ...

The glass craft shops representative of Otaru line the street, for example Kitaichi Glass and Taisho Glass. It is also a great place to stop by for lunch with its famous sushi bars and seafood bowls.

Kitaichi Glass. With a history of approximately 110 years behind, Kitaichi Glass in Otaru is the best place to go searching for glassware, beautiful music boxes and even delicious desserts. Sangokan ...

The main downtown area of Otaru is easy to navigate on foot, with all of the main things to do in Otaru clustered here. The area around the Otaru Canal is delightful in all seasons.

Otaru is a port city overlooking Ishikari Bay on Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, and is renowned as a great destination for skiing and snowboarding.With a population of around 100,000 ...

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 Otaru Art Base, inaugurated by the Nitori company from Hokkaido, was created to express gratitude to the community and its supporters. Repurposing historical buildings preserves architectural ...

The concourse of JR Otaru Station has transom windows on the platform side, right, and the ocean side, left. Glass lamps are seen lined up in front of the windows on Oct. 13, 2021.