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Among Hokkaido, a popular tourist destination, Otaru is one of Japan's leading tourist cities, ranking in the top three alongside Sapporo and Hakodate. It is also known as a highly popular city with high international recognition, attracting many foreign tourists. Here, we introduce guesthouses, which are accommodations with a strong emphasis on public interaction, fostering connections between first-time travelers, staff, and locals.

Giving Otaru.

From UNGAPLUS, located in the "Former Otaru Warehouse" overlooking the canal,
we bring you the "Story of Otaru," which has walked hand-in-hand with the Kitamae-bune ships,
and introduce "Otaru's Must-Visit Spots."

Please enjoy Otaru.

Otaru Guesthouses - Otaru Sightseeing ①

Otarunai Backpackers Hostel
Mori no Ki

One of Hokkaido's oldest guesthouses.

Otarunai Backpackers Hostel Mori no Ki is an inn for travelers who enjoy free and easy backpack trips. It opened in 1999 after renovating an old private house built in the early Showa period.

Located an 8-minute walk from Minami-Otaru Station, it offers gender-segregated dormitories for lodging only, making it one of Hokkaido's oldest guesthouses. As time passes and travel styles change, this small inn, with a capacity of 18 guests, remains a constant, warmly welcoming travelers.

Otaru Guesthouses - Otaru Sightseeing ②

Community Base Tug-B

A cafe bar, guesthouse, and share house coexist.

Tug-B is a community base where a cafe bar, guesthouse, and share house coexist in one building, with the concept of playing, staying, living, and creating. Visitors have diverse purposes and ways of spending their time, offering many ways to enjoy themselves.

Here, encounters and memories are constantly being created. Tug-B aims to pull someone's tomorrow towards a slightly more interesting direction than today. The peculiar ship pulling Otaru is now setting sail.

Otaru Guesthouses - Otaru Sightseeing ③

OTARU TAPROOM

A Craft Beer Bar where you can stay.

OTARU TAPROOM opened in February 2019 with the concept of "a Craft Beer Bar where you can stay." It's a facility that combines a bar specializing in craft beer with a hostel that has been fully renovated from a historic building over 100 years old.

The bar offers various styles of beer differing in color, aroma, and taste, including those from local Otaru, nationwide, and overseas such as the United States. The 1-star hostel provides air-conditioned rooms (with free WiFi and shared bathrooms).

Otaru Guesthouses - Otaru Sightseeing ④

STONE and IRON

Cafe Bar & Exclusive Stone Warehouse Inn.

"STONE and IRON" is a cafe bar & hostel renovated from a stone warehouse with over 100 years of history. The first floor operates as a cafe restaurant from lunch to dinner, and the second floor has two guesthouse rooms.

The "stone" from the stone warehouses that still shape Otaru's unique townscape and the "iron" from Hokkaido's first railway that once ran through Otaru combine to create the atmosphere of "STONE and IRON," based on stone and iron, which feels distinctly Otaru yet simultaneously exotic.

Otaru Guesthouses - Otaru Sightseeing ⑤

Otaru YaDo

A guesthouse located in Otaru's central shopping district.

Otaru YaDo is a guesthouse-style hotel located in a corner of Otaru's central shopping district. On the third floor, where the reception is located, there is a spacious shared lounge that serves as a hub for interaction, and on the fourth floor, there is a free space that can be used for various events.

Each floor incorporates materials and designs that reflect Otaru's culture, including soft stone used in Otaru's historical buildings, creating a space that conveys the charm of the region to visitors.

Otaru Guesthouses - Otaru Sightseeing ⑥

Otaru Guesthouse Pasta Club

The city of Otaru can be viewed from the rooftop.

This is a hotel & restaurant housed in a renovated historic Western-style building from the early Showa period. There are a total of four guest rooms: three twin rooms on the second floor of the main building and an annex "Kura" (storehouse) using a stone warehouse from the Taisho period, all with private bathrooms.

The historical building retains traces of its past everywhere, such as sash windows and the iron fire door at the entrance. From the rooftop terrace, you can enjoy a panoramic view of Otaru's cityscape and port, and meals can be enjoyed at the "Pasta Club" restaurant on the first floor of the main building.

Otaru Guesthouses - Otaru Sightseeing ⑦

Little Barrel

A historical building mashed up with modern sensibility.

Little Barrel is a cafe bistro & guesthouse renovated from a historic building. The stage that has been reborn as a guesthouse is a former hospital mansion built about 100 years ago.

The architectural style of the time, which incorporated Western culture, has been thoroughly mashed up with modern sensibilities and reborn as a guesthouse. There are areas with abundant greenery and high ceilings, and areas with sofas and counter seats, which can be used in various styles.

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UNGAPLUS

Good fortune from Otaru, the city of shipping...
May your luck open up, with the unbroken flow protecting it.

Otaru flourished in the Meiji era as the gateway to the development of Hokkaido.
Kitamae-bune ships sailed across the vast ocean with their pure white sails, bringing many goods and cultures to this land through trade with Honshu.

UNGAPLUS delivers original products carrying the history and culture that still remain in Otaru from the "Former Otaru Warehouse Main Building," the first commercial warehouse in Hokkaido built by Kitamae-bune ship owners Sonzaemon Nishide and Shohachi Nishitani, as well as fine goods from Kitamae-bune port towns.

From this place, the story of Otaru, which has walked hand-in-hand with the Kitamae-bune ships.

We look forward to your visit, with a selection of original products found only here, which also make delightful souvenirs.

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