The small harbor city of Otaru is just 30 minutes by train from Sapporo on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido. Otaru is easy to visit as a day trip from Sapporo or a great place to spend ...

In Otaru, Hokkaido Prefecture, a popular rock climbing site can be found, and its difficult route with a 70-meter change in elevation will be challenged. What kind of amazing view lies in store at ...

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The city of Otaru in Hokkaido Prefecture is famous for its glass making tradition more than a century old. Fascinated by Otaru glassware, Chen Yu-Chin moved here from her native Taiwan to train to ...

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Keeping everybody happy on a multigenerational holiday to the Japanese island proved to be far simpler than feared.

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 ...

A project planned by Sojitz Corp., a Tokyo-based trading company, in the Otaru area of Hokkaido was canceled in June, while JRE withdrew from a project in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture. Tokyo-based ...

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Global warming caused Hokkaido to receive up to 20% more snow in December 2021 than usual, a team of Japanese scientists ...

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