Otaru Canal If you want a vacation to a romantic place, this is the place. Otaru Kanal was a central part of the busy port of the city in the first half of the 20th century. Large ships are unloaded by smaller vessels, which then carry the goods to warehouses along the canal. The canal becomes obsolete when modern dock facilities allow the dismantling of larger ships. Thanks to the citizen movement, some canals were beautifully restored in the 1980s rather than being stockpiled, while the warehouses were turned into museums, shops and restaurants.
This place becomes very interesting during the day because many artists spend their time here, if at night you can also enjoy a variety of romantic lights because this canal also serves as the main site of the Snow Light Path Festival in this city. Otaru is a port city located northwest of the city of Sapporo. Otaru directly borders by the sea of Ishikari Bay and becomes the entrance goods of production and consumption from the north Hokkaido The port city of Otaru is famous for being became one of the herring fish producers in Japan, at where most of the population work as a fisherman. Friendly community added beautiful natural scenery of hills and oceans the calm makes Otaru a tourist attraction a favorite near Sapporo. In addition, there are many historic buildings with fine European-style architecture that are still preserved to this day.
Otaru is best known for the worldwide otaru canal. Previously, ships could enter the middle of the city through this canal, and then be taken to buildings along the canal that functioned as warehousing. From this warehousing, trucks or trains will distribute it to Sapporo and all over Hokkaido. Since the 1980s, this channel has not been used anymore as ship traffic. Harbor building and a wider dock with more facilities complete has been built directly in Ishikari Bay. Otaru residents then changed the face of this canal become a tourist attraction. The road was built on either side of it, complete with shops and restaurants for tourists or locals who want to enjoy a moment beauty of the canal. The location is only an hour from Hokkaido's capital city of Sapporo makes the city Otaru became one of the famous tourist cities in Hokkaido
