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If you cross the main Rinkosen street from Asakusabashi, a famous photo spot for the Otaru Canal, and head straight down Nihongin-dori Street towards Otaru Station, you will eventually come to the intersection with Ironai-dori Street. In this area, many bank buildings remain from when Otaru was known as "northern Japan's leading economic city," and at its peak, as many as 25 financial institutions had head offices and branches.

Moreover, from the 113th Bank of Japan building from the Meiji period to the former Savings Bureau (Municipal Museum of Art and Literature), a pioneer of postwar modern architecture, various architectural styles from each era are lined up within a small radius of 500 meters, all designed by first-class designers. This scene represents the modernization of Japan and is unlike anything else.

Facility name : The Bank of Japan Otaru Museum

address
1-11-16 Ironai, Otaru 047-0031

phone
0134-21-1111

Opening hours
9:30~17:00 (10:00~ from December to March)

Closed Wednesdays

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This Tai Monaka chocolate features 23 lucky spots in Otaru on the packaging. Chocolate and rice puffs are placed inside a traditionally baked monaka shell made from 100% glutinous rice.

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This shop, renovated from the "Old Otaru Warehouse Main Building," said to be the oldest commercial warehouse in Hokkaido in the Otaru North Canal area, develops and sells original products that convey the charm of Otaru. The shop tells the story of Otaru's prosperity during the Hokkaido pioneering era and the history of the Kitamae ships, and displays and sells processed seafood and agricultural products from ports of call and Hokkaido, as well as original products by artisans and artists with ties to Otaru.