If you go sightseeing in Otaru, raise a toast with Otaru Beer! The Otaru Warehouse No. 1, a solid, old structure along the Otaru Canal, has been transformed into a brewery that makes German beer by ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 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 ...

Otaru Canal, a popular tourist attraction, is seen in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Jan. 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Haruka Ito) OTARU, Hokkaido -- This northern Japanese city implemented new measures on Jan. 28 to ...

OTARU, Hokkaido -- Following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, disaster countermeasures for tourist spots, particularly those catering to foreign visitors, have garnered attention. The ...

OTARU, Hokkaido--After sunset, the city’s renowned Otaru Canal takes on a magical ambience, courtesy of 10,000 blue LED lights. The Blue Canal illumination event runs until Jan. 31 along a roughly 300 ...

This weekend marks 40 years since the release of Juzo Itami’s tour de force “Tampopo.” The described the genre-bending, surrealist social satire as a “ramen Western,” placing it in the “spaghetti” ...