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Museum & Ruins
Ruins in Hokkaido
There were many mines in Hokkaido. Almost all of them have been closed.
Around those mines, there were towns. Some of them are in ruins today. So you can see them as heritage.
Also there are some remains places of the ancient in Hokkaido as well.
For example, there is the MOYORO shell mound in Abashiri. The shell mound belongs to the Okhotsk culture.
If you are interested in history, please discover your own Hokkaido.
- Coal Mine Museum in Yubari
- There are also "Mining Lifestyle Museum" and "Yubari Fossil Museum" as well.
- Kounomai Gold Mine
- It was the third biggest gold mine in Japan. Today, the town is in ruins, and you can see the ruin of school, the ruins of walls of house and so on in forest.
- Hayopira Park
- It is the ruins of a park in Biratori. This park was built by the association
which's called "Cosmic Brotherhood Association".
The park seemed to be for contacting with UFO. - Moyoro Shell Mound
- Ruins of Moyoro show the difference from other ruins in Japan. The house of Moyoro people was like to the house of Gilyak. And it is said that Moyoro people was different from Ainu. The culture and people of Moyoro disappeared suddenly in the 13th century.
Museum in Hokkaido
- Art
- Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art (Sapporo)
Sapporo Art Park (Sapporo)
Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art (Sapporo)
Hakodate Museum of Art (Hakodate)
Otaru City Museum of Art (Otaru)
Kushiro Art Museum (Kushiro)
N43ﾟ Museum of Art (Akan)
Asahikawa Museum of Art (Asahikawa)
Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture In Honor for Teijiro Nakahara
Obihiro Museum of Art (Obihiro)
Ebetsu City Ceramic Art Center (Ebetsu)
Kaneda Shinsho Museum of Calligraphy (Horonobe)
Kida Kinjiro Museum of Art (Iwanai)
Arai Memorial Museum of Art (Iwanai)
Keiyu Nishimura Museum of Art (Kyowa)
Kanda Nissho Memorial Museum of Art (Shikaoi)
Arishima Takeo Memorial Museum (Niseko)
Links of boldface have English site.
Many museums are closed on Monday except bank holiday. - History and Others
- Ainu Museum Poorto Kotan (Shiraoi)
Historical Village of Hokkaido (Sapporo)
Hokkaido University Museum (Sapporo)
Ashoro Museum of Paleontology (Ashoro)
Shiroi Koibito Park (Chocolate Factory / Sapporo)
Abashiri Prison Museum (Abashiri)
Numata Fossil Museum (Numata)
Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples (Abashiri)
Links of boldface have English site
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