Otaru Canal Japan

Otaru Canal

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Our canal boats offer water-level views, and allow you to enjoy the canal’s scenery from a perspective different to that from on land. On our day cruises, you …

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Mar 8, 2025
We visited about two days before the winter illumination and surprisingly there wasn’t a lot of activity going on to prepare. There were a bunch of students working on a couple of sculptures but see…Full review by TheLeongOhana
Feb 4, 2025
My visit to the Otaru Canal was truly exceptional. It was during the annual lantern festival in February, where lanterns made of snowballs, or carved into the snowbanks are lining the streets and th…Full review by 639geoffreys
Nov 30, 2024
Too cold for a cruise so enjoyed ourselves with a short stroll along the pedestrian path adjacent the canal. Lovely to see the canal and the old buildings preserved on either side thanks to the effor…Full review by Dan L
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For those who visited the snow festival this year is the Otaru canal lighted up with candles?
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Got light up very year for the Otaru Snow Light Path Festival, this year from 9 -18 Feb.
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Answer by Low C · Feb 6, 2018
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is there any halal food or purely seafood Restaurant in Otaru?
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No halal food here but there are a lot of seafood reataurants along the main road.
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Is there enough time on a one day visit to go from Otaru to Sapporo via train and have time to see attractions and …
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Is there enough time on a one day visit to go from Otaru to Sapporo via train and have time to see attractions and also time to view canal in Otaru ? Or is it better to stay in Otaru as only one day visit while cruising Japan ? Look forward to replies
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If the rapid trains are running, the JR train from Sapporo to Otaru is only about 30minutes, hence plenty of time for day trip. However, if traveling during the winter season, please …
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If the rapid trains are running, the JR train from Sapporo to Otaru is only about 30minutes, hence plenty of time for day trip. However, if traveling during the winter season, please check train schedules as there were bad delays during heavy snow (took us over 2 hours one day). The walk from the train station to Otaru Canal would be about 10-15mins at adults pace. My view would be a day trip with Sapporo as base would be more than sufficient. Have fun!
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the canal would be O.K. but how do I get to see the rest of interesting areas of Otaru, is there a decent tour that will …
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the canal would be O.K. but how do I get to see the rest of interesting areas of Otaru, is there a decent tour that will show us the wonderful side of this area city. we are off a cruise ship, the Celebrity Millennium, September 14 2016. Would like to go atop of the local mountain for a view of the city. Meet people, shop eat, check out the distillery and Canal area.
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Hi, Mostly everything around is at walking distance, Except the mountain for view point (TENGU YAMA), you may need to take a Taxi, Most of the people dont speak english...but if you …
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Hi, Mostly everything around is at walking distance, Except the mountain for view point (TENGU YAMA), you may need to take a Taxi, Most of the people dont speak english...but if you use the below location, everyone will be pleased to help you, my advice would be to have a map with you, or to write on a paper the place you want to go, to avoid accent misleading... 3 Things you MUST see : *SAKAIMACHIHONDORI street (with all shops and KITAICHI glass museum) *OTARU CANAL *TENGU YAMA (Mount Tengu) for the view point with this 3 things your day would be full^^
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I'll be travelling to Hokkaido with my family in Sept and Otaru is 1 of the town that we're planning to visit. I'm wondering is …
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I'll be travelling to Hokkaido with my family in Sept and Otaru is 1 of the town that we're planning to visit. I'm wondering is that necessarily to take the canal tour or would it be better if I'll just be walking around the canal path?
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Hi Carmen, I think it depends whether you have older family members. If they can't walk much and might need to rest in between, then it might be good to stay 1 night. I only went …
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Hi Carmen, I think it depends whether you have older family members. If they can't walk much and might need to rest in between, then it might be good to stay 1 night. I only went for 1 day and it was sufficient for me but of course there is a limitation to how much you can do / eat in one day :) If you are going there for a day, then I will recommend you to buy the one day pass (if you are taking the train). You can get the pass from JR Travel Service Centre at Sapporo Station. It comes with the return JR ticket to Otaru and a subway pass for Sapporo city which you can use any day in the city.
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