It was amazing and the restaurant is also very good -- do not hesitate to go but please bring comfortable shoes as you need to remove your shoes to enter most of the buildings and put on slippers. Also, if you are going in the winter (as I did - just got back) boots are provided. Definitely worth a visit... More

There's the Village and the Museum. The Museum does have a good collection of relics from the past, describing Hokkaido's history and the ethnology of Ainu people. People should visit the Museum first to fully acknowledge the complex issues behind the process of Japanese plantation with Western technical aid in Hokkaido. The comments on Western style architecture as an interest... More

The Hokkaido Historical Village is a very impressive place. What is striking is that many of the late 19th and early 20th Century buildings have been gathered from different parts of Hokkaido, largely in the face of development in the 70s and 80s, and transplanted to this location so they can be preserved in perpetuity. These buildings would simply not... More

This is a collection of buildings from the early period of Hokkaido's *Japanese* history. Hokkaido had a native people -- the Aniu -- who aren't represented here. So this is a collection of buildings from the early settlement (Meiji) period of Hokkaido. Because many of the invited consultants were westerners, most of these early buildings will seem familar to westerners.... More