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Otaru Nishin Goten
小樽ニシン御殿Hokkaido
A herring baron's mansion of 1897, moved to Cape Takashima above Otaru and kept as a museum of the herring boom: the great beamed hall where crews of a hundred slept and ate, the master's quarters, and the sea below where the shoals once ran. It opens for the season only — the building is unheated and shuts for the winter.
- Best season
- Year-round
- Crowd level
- Hidden gem
- Rating
- 4.0· 397 reviews
- Opening hours
- Daily 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Nearest station
- Otaru Station
Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.
Today
9:00–17:00Closures
- Open for the 2026 season 4 April – 23 November only; closed 24 November – 3 April.
Stored weekly hours
Daily 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Note
- From 16 October the building closes at 16:00 instead of 17:00.
How to get there
From Sapporo Station · ~50 min by car
Tags
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