Nantaru Market is a bustling market where both local residents and visitors love to shop.
There are 31 shops in the market building. Fresh fruits, vegetables and marine products of the season always attract the shoppers. As the market is conveniently located near JR Minami Otaru Station, not a few customers come from Sapporo areas to get particularly Otaru’s fresh seafood at great price.
Otaru Snow Gleaming Festival is the popular annual winter festival of Otaru. It is going to be held from 8th (Friday) to 17th (Sunday) of February this year.
Some of the visitors to Otaru in Hokkaido get off the train Nantaru Market, a popular market among both the locals and tourists, is about 10-minute-walk distance from JR Minami Otaru Station.
There are also nice eating and drinking places and cafes popular with the locals within half a kilometer radius of JR Minami Otaru Station. Minami Otaru area is worthy visiting to find part of Otaru’s various charms.
Sake or rice wine is produced in various regions in Japan, like every region has wine or cheese of its own in France. There used to be about forty micro-brewed sake breweries in Otaru Hokkaido, but only four of them remain at the moment.
Takana Sake Brewery is one of them. Its history dates back to 1899. At Kikko-gura, built in 1899 in Nobuka, you can see the process of sake brewing in the original brewery building of stone construction. Renovated main shop, initially built in 1927, in Ironai is like a small museum to show how the shop in the days of startup was like.
If you like soul music, "Thirsty Soul" is the right place to visit. You can enjoy soul music and drinks in a cozy atmosphere created by the old-established building built in Taisho Period (1912-1926) and modern interior design.
It’s another Christmastime. Glass Christmas ornaments appear in JR Hokkaido Otaru station concourse this year again.
The street along the upper side of former Temiya line that is abolished railway in Otaru Hokkaido is an interesting area. There is a series of old buildings of low eaves that used be pubs or bars many years ago.
The shop, maybe bistro, in the photo got into my eyes over the small alley between some of those small buildings. There are some things that you can pass over unless you are walking at leisure.
Autumn tints are at closing stage in Otaru, Hokkaido. Autumn is another colorful season of the year after flowery spring. We have a special feeling on this brilliant autumn leaves period, as the world will be like a monochrome drawing being blanketed with snow soon.
You can come across the scene like in the photo while rambling in Otaru at this time of year.
Myoken Marché may be the smallest bakery in Otaru, Hokkaido. It is in Myoken Market that was once a thriving market in Otaru. The market does not have the bustle of old days any more, and only several shops keep up their business, but they are still popular with some customers.
In Otaru, Hokkaido, you may come across some strange and interesting scenes spontaneously created by aging buildings like these in the photographs. If you would like to see something interesting in Otaru, the best way is walking around the town at random.
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