Best Architectures In Hokkaido・Tohoku
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Yamagata
Hokkaido
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It was designed by a archest Toyo Ito who has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, that is to say the Nobel Prize of architecture.
Name
Sendai Mediatheque
Address
Kazuga-machi Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, MiyagiGoogle Map
Tel
022-713-3171
Hours
9:00-22:00
How to get there
Very spacious park, you can enjoy arts and taking exercise.
Name
Moerenuma Park
Address
1-1 Moerenumakoen Higashi-ku, Sapporo-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Tel
011-790-1231
Hours
7:00-22:00
How to get there
By car, 60 min from Sapporo Station, or 80 min from Shin Chitose Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available
Otaru Canal is popular as a tourist spot. At night, gas lamps burn and make a fantastic scene differ from the canal at daytime. Beautiful reflection of illuminated warehouses on the water. You can take a night walk on the well-kept path for walkers♪◎Car: 1.5h from Shin-chitose Airport via expressway Train: 1h and 10 min by Express Airport Line, get off at JR Otaru and 8 min walk
Name
Otaru Canal
Address
Minato-machi, Otaru-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Chuson-ji was built in Heian Era. You can see the beautiful vivid fall foliage that give the colors to the temple and pagoda. Everywhere in the large precinct is photogenic! Hiraizumi has also unified and beautiful townscape.
Name
Chuson-ji Temple
Address
202 Koromonoseki Hiraizumi Hiraizumi-cho, Nishiiwai-gun, IwateGoogle Map
How to get there
Iwaki Mountain is called 'Tsugaru Fuji' and familiar with the local people. Iwaki Shrine stands at the foot of it. Its building is so beautiful that it's admired as 'a inner part of Nikko', so it's a place worth visiting.◎This is a day of 'Oyama Sankei', many people come to visit.
Name
Iwakiyama Shrine
Address
27 Terasawa Hyakusawa, Hirosaki-shi, AomoriGoogle Map
Many art works are dotted around the Art Center, and united with the woods, which are very unique!
Name
Aomori Contemporary Art Center
Address
1-52-6 Goushizawa, Aomori-shi, AomoriGoogle Map
Tel
017-764-5200
Hours
9:00-19:00
Risshaku-ji Temple is familiar as a name 'yama-dera' (mountain temple) in Yamagata. There are more than 1000 stairs from the gate to the depths, and you can enjoy a fine view becoming more and more beautiful as you climb up the stairs.
Name
Houjyu-san Risshaku-ji Temple
Address
4456-1 Yamadera Yamagata-shi Yamagata, Yamagata-shi, YamagataGoogle Map
Tel
023-695-2843
Hours
8:00-17:00
How to get there
By car, 15 min from Yamagata North IC, 30 min from Yamagata Station, 30 min from Yamagata Airport. 10 min walk from Yamadera Station.
Hakodate has many beautiful buildings. Many hills toward Mt.Hakodate command the nice view of the city. Night view is also worth seeing!
Name
Hakodate St. John Church
Address
3-23 Motomachi, Hakodate-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
There're lovely log house shops in the white snowy road in the woods. Every shop has a warm atmosphere and sells something related to Furano, and we'll be fascinated with each of them. In addition, you can see the lighted romantic scenery at night.
Name
Ningle Terrace
Address
Nakagoryo, Furano-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Hours
12:00-8:45
How to get there
By car or taxi, 10 min JR Furano Station, 60 min from Asahikawa Station, or 120 min from Sapporo Station.
Parking
Parking area is available
In the east of Hokkaido, the Senmou main line running across from Kushiro to Abashiri. At the Kawayu Onsen station, there is a space for a foot bath where was redecorated a comer of the station building. The water flows down from a wood carving bear is 100 % hot spring water comes directly from the source.
Name
Kawayu Onsen Station
Address
1 Kawayuonsen Teshikaga-cho, Kawakami-gun, HokkaidoGoogle Map
It used to be a flourishing place for mining silver, and recently it is a popular hot spring resort where you can enjoy the old townscape. I was impressed by the beautiful cityscape more than I expected. Even if you don't stay, the car park is located about 5 minutes walk from the old town.
Name
Ginzan Onsen
Address
Ginzanshinhata, Obanazawa-shi, YamagataGoogle Map
How to get there
60 min by car, from Higashine IC
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
100 years has passed since this church built in Nakashibetsu town Kamimusa area in 1916. There's an Icon drawn by Rin Yamashita, a first icon painter in Japan, and an image of Christ that is considered for a legacy of Northern Territories.
Name
Orthodox Church in Kamimusa
Address
1 Minami 9sen Nishi Musa Nakashibetsu-cho, Shibetsu-gun, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Tel
0154-41-6857
After the devastating damage by the Great East Japan Earthquake, it was rebuilt 4 years later. The new station building designed by Shigeru Ban has a characteristic white curved roof that images Japanese gulls. It has become a new spot of Onagawa as a symbol of revival.◎After the damage, it was moved to 200m inward place and extended 7~9m up the ground. In a three-storied building, there're station, foot bath, municipal onsen facility and a store of the local specialties.
Name
JR Onagawa Station
Address
Ohara Onagawahama Onagawa-cho, Oshika-gun, MiyagiGoogle Map
This huge breakwater is 14m high and 427m long in Wakkanai Harbor. It's like a symbol of Wakkanai and also acknowledged as a heritage of Hokkaido. A half-arched dome is rare in the world.
Name
Wakkanai Port Kita Bohatei Dome
Address
1-2-2 Kaiun, Wakkanai-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
There are many samurai residences extant in Kakunodate, the east of Akita. In each house, fine trees are planted and surround the area with fresh green in the beginning of summer.
Name
Kakunodate
Address
Kakunodatemachi, Semboku-shi, AkitaGoogle Map
Biei Shrine is famous as a spiritual power spot of fortunes for marriage and love. The shrine has striking decollations of heart on the red torii gate or the main shrine. The more you find the hiding heart shapes, the more you can get the good fortune!
About 20 minutes from Biei Station by car. A solitary blue pond is miraculously made by human and nature. Water pooled in a disaster prevention dam and made this blue pond. The secret of it lies in the water ingredients.
Name
Blue Pond
Address
Shirogane Biei-cho, Kamikawa-gun, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
By taxi or car, 20 min from Biei Starion, or 150 min from Sapporo city.
Parking
Parking area is available
Hakodate is related to people lived in the end of Edo era such as Ryoma Sakamoto. You can learn about the stories of Goryokaku that now become the wonderful view.
Name
Goryokaku Tower
Address
43-9 Goryokaku-cho, Hakodate-shi, HokkaidoGoogle Map
Tel
0138-51-4735
Hours
8:00-19:00 9:00-18:00
Thinking about Sankin-kotai (a policy of Edo period) on the arched stone bridge built in Meiji period. Enter the old house and enjoy listening to the history in Tohoku dialect and hospitality.
Name
Narageshuku
Address
Narage, Kaminoyama-shi, YamagataGoogle Map
Tel
023-674-3125
Hours
9:00-16:45
Closed
Mon
CHAPEL ON THE WATER is located inside of Hoshino Resort TOMAMU. It was designed by Tadao Ando, and one of the three best chapels by him. The cross floating on the water is fantastic. You can see the building at only night.
Name
CHAPEL ON THE WATER
Address
Tomamu Shimukatsubu -mura, Yufutsu-gun, HokkaidoGoogle Map
How to get there
5 min by free pick-up bus from Tomamu Station. By car or taxi, 90 min from Shin Chitose Airport, 120 min from Sapporo Station, or 120 min from Asahikawa Airport.
Parking
Parking area is available
