🇯🇵 The ULTIMATE travel guide to Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

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Hello everyone my name is stream company and here is the conel of otaru the landmark of the city as you know otaru is the most easy and popular travel destination near saporo but it is basically a mod City historical modern city it means you need to know something

Before you come here uh what is this city is background features District things to do in this video I will tell you all things about otaro yes it’s time to discover this romantic City let’s go otaru is a small City in central Ido near saporo the distance from saporo is

Only 35 km more than close than between Liverpool and Manchester the population is about 120,000 it is only a 0.8% of Tokyo otaru is a poor City but not very active there are only few fairies that go to nigata and the hokiku region it wasn’t always like this the

Fishing industry was very active aund years ago and it functioned as a SeaWorld entrance to saporo hokkaido’s first railroad The Tam line was built in otaru too otaru grew into such a wonderful modern city you can still see trace of it in otaru today fancy buildings of financial institutions the

Warehouses of the transportation companies and the various shops but is the city’s amb bigest location that has always held it back in its early years otaru developed by inertia but once Japan’s economy was reset by the loss of Pacific War leaders took a second look at Hokkaido sapor location was still

Fine but otaro was something of an afterthought most of Japan’s big cities are on the east side of archipelago facing the Pacific Ocean so shipping is still dominated by the setle Inland sea and the Pacific Ocean when ships were sent to hokido from those Eastern cities they go through the sugaru straight and

Go around four over 400 kilm it’s quite long and there is another route that saves times and gas it was obvious that the latter would win the race and compared to otaru which has no Plains tomakomai near the Ishikari plane so it has lots of land as a result otaru has

Lost much of his formal Glory but it will gain a reputation as a romantic tourist destination even if Logistics shifted South the old Connel and modern and classic buildings are not going anywhere they are what you see in otaru the remnants of otaru prous past as a modern Port City

When you arrive in otaru the first place might be a otaru station but it also has a bus terminal attached to it so whatever you take a bus or train otaro station will be your first place and if you go straight down the street from the station you will face the famous otaru

Canel the most favorite attraction in whole city unusually is not died on the land but rather reclaim the shallow water offshore and turn into the canel the panel opened in 1923 the era of changing many modern warehouses were built and they are still standing in the’ 40s the canal lost its function as

A Waterway and now is only used for occasional tourist Cruise of course it’s very existence attracts tourist anyway the construction of conol was a good decision right the warehouses along the conel are now restaurants and retail stores one of them is a German St bar called otaru beer number one this place

Has a great atmosphere if you want to have a drink I recommend this place in otaru the food and service it doesn’t care the atmosphere is overwhelming and then there’s a part where the conel bands toward the land which is actually a river the long stretch of Sakai Mai

Street runs South from here if you’ve been disappointed by the lack of many shops in utaro cono you will make up for it here shops everywhere it’s not a long road about 700 M but there’s a lot to see first of all Tao glass house at

Roman at the North End they sell a lot of cool glass stuff kichi in the middle is also the a good place to buy them and you can find several restaurants and snacks too but I do recommend getting spu because these are not the only restaurant in otaru and

At the southern end of the street you will find oto’s famous sweet shops Lut locate and kakaro here is the best place in hoko tuy sweets finally the music box building that marks the End of the Street the steam clock in front of it is also a famous spot in otaru

Many people like to take a picture with it and also little main store in the background the conel is just a place to snap a quick photo but this sakay Maori street is where the real experience is that’s not all there’s more to see in downtown otaro back at at the station

You will find Triangle market right next to the station it’s a small sift Market with a similar atmosphere to saporo n Market it sells lots of seafood including kaisendon the seafood Bowl you will be in otaru early in the morning right it’s customary to start your day

With a bite to eat at the market if you’re staying overnight you can have a lunch before you leave otaru the station is also the center of Transportation in otaru so there’s also a modern shopping District in front of it there’s not much to see here but there are a few

Restaurants where local people go there’s also bar alley called Yura at night at the southern end of that shopping district is the famous otaru Sushi Street here is the hometown of Japanese manga Sha sshi but here looks quite empty not like any other famous alley and this treets are not packed

With sushi restaurants so please don’t get your hopes up the manga is based the sush masi and between the conell and Sakai Machi Street there’s another shopping district called Tanuki Koji it sells Ramen shisan k and the other food items it looks so fancy so you will never pass this

Place and the hill on the south side of sakay Machi Street you will find Seine you can get a little bit of view of the city unfortunately there are t so the view isn’t very clear still the atmosphere is nice so if you have time

You can can combine here with a visit to Sakai Machi street but be warned the stairs are a bit treacherous in Winter I prefer to just slide down with your hip and the area between oaro station and the conel there are a number of nice modern Stone buildings here most of them

Used to be Banks let’s look at the map for a second and in the center of it all is the Tamia line the first railroad in hoko although it’s just an empty train track now now we are going to broaden our scope a little bit first up is a tenguyama which

Overlooks otaru is a ski resort and observation deck but it’s pretty much the only observation deck on a simple trip to otaru the view from tenguyama itself is stunning but there’s more to in than that as otaro Park Tamia Park the other spots are just missing something first up is a Zama Observatory

Located in the mountain behind otaro station the location is great and the view is pretty but it’s not easy to get to there is no public transportation and it’s quite a walk you cannot see otaro from otaro park there are lots of trees and the same goes to Tamia Park is

Also obscured by trees and the direction are confusing in the end your only option is tenguyama from otaro station you can take a bus to the cable car platform the combined cost of cable car and bus is about 1,300 y the minor disadvantage is that you’ll probably get a better view

Than this in the city of saporo most people go to otaru for a day trip or overnight stay and it’s a bit tricky to spend 2 or 3 hours at Observatory next up is the famous otaru aquarium itself is just old local aquarium however it is famous for its winter penguin walk that

Utilize its northern location admission fee is 1,800 yen in summer and 1,300 in Winter plus you have to pay for the bus from otaro station unlike tanguy the aquarium has a few sseeing spots attached to it there’s a small Observatory on the hill where the aquarium

Is and then there is an old aama Villa in the neighboring town you can walk from the aquarium to here then you can return to otaru by bus in front of it and finally the naika whiskey distillery in yichi the seran area there’s a free guided tour which

You can book in advance I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone because of the time it takes I’d only recommend to the people who know I am a whiskey Mania first of all the proximity of otaro to saporo is a huge plus other nearby destinations can take up two or three

Hours of travel and the coast rail passes rental cars bus tours Etc you have to pay more than 7 or 8,000 Yen but the round trip to otaru is only 1,280 Yen except for the aquarium and uyama where the entrance fee is bit high you can walk around the city by your

Foot the city center is small so you don’t even need to take a bus even the most buet Travelers will not break the bank otaru is a small City but it has lot to offer for starters the canal is unique site on their own sakay Mai Street which shares the same modern

Theme has a different feel the triangle Market is a traditional sift market and there’s also aquarium and separate Observatory it’s much smaller than saporo but otaro has a lot more to offer otaru is a based on modern era the buildings are basically beautiful it’s different sensibility than contemporary

Buildings of concrete and glass so even though it’s Ser of saboro is a completely different feeling maybe it’s not beautiful in the daytime for some people but in the evening and at night otar is covered with orange street lights that nobody deny that the city is super romantic and gorgeous otaro is

Famous for its seafood seafood Bowl in Triangle Market or sushi in sushi Al but that’s not all otaro has to offer there is a local specialty called anag yakisoba it madees up with Crispy yakisoba noodles Chopped with seafood vegetable and meat proo made sticky with stretch and then there’s Hani which I

Really like they cook fried chicken that’s like an oldfashioned Fried Chicken but it’s really juicy and the oil is fantastic if you go to aaro I highly recommended and the sweets and bakeries along Sak machor are a bonus otaru a city of 120,000 people is inevitably small in size the conal very

Famous but is only a little over a kilometer long and only 350 M of it is actually photographed by tourist it is really short the shopping street T Maori is actually just a street and the aquarium is much smaller triangle Market is less than a 100 m long you can walk

Around there less than 5 minutes it’s a shame for people who like grander they might think is this all of this town the penguin walk where penguins roam around the aquarium this is winter only content and the street lights in otaro are orange color this creates a Synergy with

The white snow and streets in Winter I could say that the Romantic scener of otaru completes only with snow whether is the of Sak Mai street but then again otar is very snowy in winter so even though it’s beautiful in the winter there are bers you need a lot to have a

Joyful otaro travel otaru has a lot of stairs and slops especially compared to saporo which is all Plains there’s a gentle slop from the raow station to the Connel and the conel requires a slop or stairs to get down to the perminate one of the main attractions sangu Shrine is

Also High high up so it can be a hardcore process and when it’s all icy is quite dangerous when you go and step on the slops and you realize oh this is slippery but overall there really are not any major disadvantages there are two main ways to

Get to and from saporo train and bus they share same departing and arriving locations and the prices are similar too travel time is also similar but I personally recommend the train because the route is closer to the Sea you want to enjoy the scenery right the first train from saporo leaves around 6:30

A.m. and the last train back from otaru is almost 11:00 p.m. if you don’t go to aquarium or the observatory you will have plenty of time but if you going to those two places your schedule will be pretty tight so I recommend taking the first first or last train as close as

Possible otara City Center is not very large so you can easily get around by your foot it’s only 2 kilm from the station through the colel to the music bus Museum the city has a nice atmosphere so let’s just walk so there are really only two bus routes you can

Take one to tenguyama and one to aquarium and the bus terminal has all the information you need to get there so you don’t have to worry for getting the wrong bus Sika and other Transportation cars are accepted in otaro City whether it’s a bus or train just charge your IC

Card and tap it even buses to aquarium or tenguyama but this icy card doesn’t work Beyond otaro I’m talking about going to yichi naika Distillery you have to buy a ticket at the station so let’s summarize what we learned today girl Me A Reason evenin show me where we got in love girl

Give me a re yes this is it now you learn about the city of otaro itself uh this is the same place with opening but it’s night time and it’s getting romantic and romantic and become super romantic actually the reality is more beautiful than camera I’m guaranteed with that and I’m sure

That you can travel otaro alone very very well thank you for watching this long video and thank you again