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Otaru Port is located on the eastern side of the Shakotan Peninsula in western Hokkaido, and is a naturally excellent port surrounded by mountains on three sides: north, west, and south. When the Meiji government established the Hokkaido Development Commission in 1869 (Meiji 2), renamed Ezo to Hokkaido, and decided to build its headquarters in Sapporo, Otaru Port became a key point for the development of Hokkaido.

Looking at the harbor from a high vantage point, you can see breakwaters extending from Temiya on the north side and Hiraiso Cape on the south side, as if embracing the port of Otaru. The north breakwater extending from the north side was designed by Dr. Isamu Hiroi in 1908 (Meiji 41). Over 100 years have passed since its construction, and it has withstood the daily rough waves and is still in use today as it was back then.

The North Breakwater was the first in Japan to be built with a concrete diagonal block structure. Its success is said to have advanced the development of modern ports in Japan, and it has been selected as a "Civil Engineering Heritage Site Selected by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers" and a "Hokkaido Heritage Site."

Facility name: Otaru Port North Breakwater

Address: 1-2 Takashima, Otaru City, Hokkaido 047-0048

Opening hours
24 hours

Closed days <br>Open everyday

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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.