Otaru's trip in Otaru

Xiaozun Lantern City is a winter activity jointly organized by shops near Xiaozun Canal. All kinds of dazzling lights are hung on the main streets nearby, which are sparkling and touching, especially when it snows, and it presents a fairy-tale dream scene with a full atmosphere. In addition to street lamp decoration, there will be a series of wonderful activities in nearby shops around Christmas, such as small concerts, DIY experience of handmade glass, and special sales and gifts of various commodities, which will make the streets of Otaru city more lively and colorful in winter.

Time: 65438+early February to 65438+1October of the following year.

Activity consultation: 0134-32-6101

Venue: Xiaozun Canal District and City Street

Transportation: It takes about 15 minutes to walk to Otaru Station.

Road of Xiaozun Snow Lantern: There are many Xiaozun canals in old warehouses at night, and the romantic atmosphere created by gas lamps is even more charming. Every year in the middle of February in Otaru City, Otaru Snow Lantern Blessing Activities are held in several major venues. Every household will place lighted candle lamps in front of the snow to form a whole snow lantern road to pray for peace and happiness. On the other hand, glass floating balls for fishing will be hung on the ropes fixed at both ends of the canal, and candles will be lit inside to float on the canal, decorating Otaru's winter night with candlelight.

Every year, it also attracts many tourists to this place. It is worth mentioning that at this time, the Otaru Tourism Promotion Office will recruit volunteers from all over the world to keep the whole activity going smoothly. Interested readers may wish to seize the opportunity, pay attention to this news at any time, participate in the winter festival with Otaru from different angles, and feel different Otaru.

Time: every year in the middle of February, lasting about 10 days.

Venue: 2 1 venue, such as Xiaozun Canal and Tieshougong Line Station.

famous scenic spot

Otaru's Music Box Museum is also one of the famous scenic spots. Since the opening of Otaru, western musical instruments were gradually introduced to Japan, and many shops began to sell music boxes. Unconsciously, the music box has become one of Otaru's famous products. Otaru's music box hall is divided into two halls, this one and Hall 2. Otaru's Music Box Hall can be said to be one of the best music box halls in Japan. There are more than 3,000 music boxes in the exhibition hall alone, including doll music boxes and automatic music boxes with great collection value, which are quite memorable and valuable for collection. At present, traditional music boxes that are almost invisible in the market can be seen in Otaru's music box museum. In addition, there are some music boxes in the music box hall for tourists to buy, so that tourists who like music boxes can also take them home as souvenirs.

Otaru Traffic Memorial Hall, the birthplace of Hokkaido Railway, is also the largest traffic memorial hall in Japan. The Otaru Traffic Memorial Hall covers an area of 58,000 square meters. The exhibits in the museum can fully display the development process of Japan's land, sea and air traffic and other precious materials. Because Otaru is the birthplace of Hokkaido Railway, of course, there is also a train exhibition. There are nearly 50 classic steam trains on display in the museum. Train fans who love trains must not miss this rare opportunity.

In the early days, Otaru was not only a foreign commercial port, but also the most important distribution center for fishing goods in Hokkaido, and Otaru Central Imperial Market was an important distribution center. Since the Meiji period, Otaru has been the main distribution center for fishing goods in Hokkaido, so there are about 70 shops in Otaru's central imperial market, ranging from dry goods to wet goods. Shops in the Central Imperial Market also provide fresh catch or raw materials for nearby restaurants. Although it is not as big as Hakodate, it is also the favorite shopping place for local people. Otaru is located in the harbor town in the western half of Hokkaido, Japan. Otaru Canal is a scenic spot representing Otaru in Hokkaido, with a total length of1140m and a width of 20-40m. It was built in Taisho 12 (AD 1923).

1873 after the discovery of coal in sapporo, otaru, as a coal export port, became a prosperous commercial city because of its role as the outer port of sapporo. However, because the terrain of Otaru is mostly mountainous, with less flat land, Otaru began to fill the sea on 1989, and began to build artificial islands outside the newly formed coastline. In order to obtain reclaimed sand, the Otaru Canal was started in the inland of Otaru in 19 14. The construction method of artificial canal that fills the sea between land is called canal filling.

But this method of unloading by manpower began to shrink after World War II. In addition, because of the reduction of trade with Huatai and other places after the war, the Otaru Canal, as a logistics stronghold, has lost its function. However, due to the lack of use and management, abandoned canals began to be blocked and silted up at both ends. In summer, the stench of silt has become a major problem in the management of Otaru city, and burying useless canals and building them into main roads has become the mainstream voice unanimously supported by the government and the industrial and commercial circles.

It was Otaru City that decided to turn the Otaru Canal into a road around 1965. Although actions to preserve the canals have been carried out all over the country, some canals have been reorganized into roads, that is, the current Hokkaido Road 17 Otaru Port Line (Otaru Port Line of Minggang). However, when road construction was carried out in the canal area, and some unsightly sundries were cleared up in the stone warehouse next to the canal, residents unexpectedly rediscovered the beauty and charm of the Xiaozun Canal, and residents began to think it necessary to re-evaluate and adjust the policy of transforming the landfill canal into a main road. From then on, the preservation movement of the Xiaozun Canal began. Now the warehouses on both sides of the canal remind many people of that time.

You can walk along the canal covered with imperial shadow stones and enjoy the withered statue taken from the history of Otaru City. At night, 63 gas lamps will be lit, making the whole Otaru Canal seem to enter a fantasy world. Mt. Mt.Tengu is a ski resort overlooking the harbor, which has always been the most famous place for giant slalom skiers, and is deeply loved by Otaru citizens and skiers all over the country. It is more fun to ski here at night, and the scenery at night is unique.

The highest point of Mt.Tengu Ski Resort is 532m above sea level, and the slope ratio is: primary 30%, intermediate 40%, advanced 30%, and * * * six ski slopes, with an average slope of 30.2 degrees and a maximum slope of 42 degrees.

Transportation: Get off at Otaru Station on JR Hakodate Line and take Mt.Tengu Xueyuan Line in front of Otaru Station; It takes about 18 minutes to leave from Otaru Station. Hokkaido is a dream. There is only love in this dream. Perhaps because of the cold, we think there must be a fire there. Maybe because of the fire, I caught a cold instead. Just as there must be fire where there is ashes.

Love Letter, an endless and helpless love story: long birch trees, bright-eyed girls, unforgettable loneliness, and some cruel long winters, constructed a dream to pursue the love letter. In Otaru, there are two money orders.

Fujii Shushou

How are you?

I'm fine.

Hiroko Watanabe

In the snowy season in Hokkaido, I came to the most beautiful snow country town in northern Japan with this sad story. The names of JR stations traveling from Sapporo to Otaru are very poetic and romantic: Qin Pei, handmade rice, ear of rice, chilling cicada, setting of stars, seeing stars, money letter, Li Chao and Otaru stationed in Hong Kong. After the money letter, the car drove to the seaside. Looking out the window at the blue sea of Japan, it seems that it is not a car, but a ship. Very wonderful. In winter, the Sea of Japan welcomes everyone who comes to Otaru to look for Fujii trees.

Otaru is not as busy as Tokyo from nine to five, and the pressure of urban white-collar workers is not as crowded and noisy as Tokyo. Here, there is warm sunshine and exquisite eight-tone music in the morning; At noon, there are crystal clear glass products, delicious seafood and dairy products; As night falls, there are only empty streets and sporadic pedestrians.

The best place for Otaru to bring elegant travel and romantic atmosphere to tourists is Otaru Canal. From 19 14, it has been excavated for 9 years. There are ancient stone warehouses by the canal, and old shadows float on the shore. You can also see the words "North Japan Canggang Shipping Agency" by the river. Shicang, which used to be the distribution center of maritime cargo, quietly watched the circulation of the times. The gas lamp by the canal has always been a romantic decorator. As the sun sets, the gas lamp lights up, and the whole canal is full of romance in a warm yellow. This picture occupies all the covers of Otaru's tourist materials. Somehow, it always reminds people of a long time in memory or nostalgia for a distant hometown. Walking on the aisle paved with stone slabs by the canal seems to go back in time, going back to 100 years ago. With nostalgia, I can't help but have a hope that I will meet a girl as pure and beautiful as a "love letter" by this long canal.

Seeing the exquisite glass craft is another kind of romance for Otaru. The streets are full of dazzling glassware, handicrafts and home decorations, including high-end luxury shops and roadside stalls selling various trinkets and toys. There are many glass craft factories in the urban area, where there are a wide variety of glass crafts, from common coffee sticks to gorgeous vases. After eating the best fresh and delicious otaru seafood sushi in Japan, I took an ice cream from the Beizhi ice cream shop and strolled north. Yi Bei Xiaozi is a glass shop that can best represent the glass technology of Otaru.

Glass world, romantic music, warm candlelight, serious appreciation, and strive to remember this glass fairy tale world. I bought an exquisite glass merry-go-round music box with my favorite theme song "City of the Sky"-to accompany you and use it to carry my thoughts about Otaru's future. The most distinctive feature of Yi Bei Xiaozi is Hall 3, which consists of Yi Bei Pavilion, Oil Lamp Pavilion, Art Exhibition Hall and Village Pavilion. 167 The fascinating world composed of oil lamps is illuminated in Yi Bei Hall, and the glass artworks on the surrounding walls are shining under the reflection of oil lamps, as bright as the stars. You can see the Otaru Music Box Museum along the way. The building is really old, with dark red brick walls, arched windows and slightly prominent stone entrances and exits, accompanying each other's faint years. It is the largest music pipeline store in Japan, and its exhibits have a long history. The British steam clock at the door can make a sound and spew out steam. It records the time mercilessly and infinitely with the sound with musical rhythm, proclaiming another irreparable memory. Whenever the hour, music rings, steam gushes out, emitting a deep homesickness, making the whole town a fairy tale world in the snow.

It is easy to see road signs written in Russian in Otaru. This is because Otaru opened its port early and traded frequently with Europe as early as last century. In particular, Otaru has a profound urban friendship with St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Petersburg Art Museum can witness this history. Now some famous Russian paintings are on display in the art gallery. The exhibits are changed every three years and come from St. Petersburg National Art Museum. There is a special exhibition room, which is the original room of the great writer Dostoevsky. Obviously, the Petersburg Art Museum is proud of him, and Otaru also used the memory and commemoration of the friendship city.

Of course, the shooting location of Love Letter can't be missed. The colorful intersection where the tree and Bo Zi passed was once called "Wall Street in the North". Tree and colleagues discuss the old Japanese mail ship Junzu Temple branch where the strange letter is located; At first, Bozi was in a vast expanse of snow. Otaru has the Mt.Tengu Ski Resort at an altitude of 532 meters, overlooking Otaru Port, with beautiful scenery. Actually, there is no need to look for it. Love letters are everywhere. I walked along Otaru Port to Handpalace Park in Mt.Tengu. When I passed Otaru Port, there was no shoes in the thick snow and it was all white. Because no one came, only my footprints were left. The ship quietly docked in the harbor, facing the harbor, and behind it was the hillside of Handpalace, a small village on a steep hillside. After walking through the bicycle plot, I looked back at the panorama of Otaru, recalled the library with white curtains blown by the breeze, and recalled the parking shed where I shook my bicycle to read English papers. Think back to the sketch portrait of the girl Fujii on the back of the library card of the book "Memories of Time Past".

There is a guest book on the top floor of the Canal Art Museum in Otaru, which is a thick stack with a history of about 10 years. Tourists from all over the world left their wishes and love for Otaru here. I browsed it. Although it is in various languages, there is "I Love Otaru" in metropolis. I am no exception. I wrote down my New Year's resolution on the page of 65438+February 3 1.

In the evening, I went back to the canal again, and suddenly lost interest in the music box and Yi Bei glass that I had been obsessed with, and the colorful colors turned into pure white. Because all I can see is the canal under the winter snow, the small bottle canal that is always romantic and nostalgic.

The most beautiful moment of Otaru is in the cold winter, at dusk, at street lamps, in warehouses and in canals.

Otaru likes stones and glass too much. The old warehouse by the canal and the stone buildings of European architecture tell the prosperity of the past everywhere. At the same time, glass continues today's lead porcelain with its clever and transparent luster. Masonry warehouses with wooden frames are arranged by the river, and one of them has a big fish ornament called "Tiger Tile"-this is the Otaru City Museum, which was converted from the warehouse built by 1893. The museum is equipped with a model of the North Island ship that set sail from Osaka and arrived in Hokkaido after passing through the Seto Inland Sea, Yin Shan, and the Sea of Japan, relevant information about herring fishing, and exhibits that kept the original size and truly reproduced the modern shops at that time. Stroll from the canal to Seneben Street, once known as North Wall Street. Some stone houses built in the19th century have been preserved, one of which is still used by the Bank of Japan Otaru Sub-branch, and there are historical buildings nearby, as well as cultural centers, art galleries, small exhibition halls and so on. In addition, there are many small exhibition halls and business halls near Otaru Museum, with glass handicrafts and music boxes. In Otaru, there is the largest music box store in Japan-Music Box Museum. Built in 19 12, brick-wood structure. In front of the Music Box Hall, there is the world's largest steam clock, 5.5 meters high, which emits a whistle-like music every 15 minutes to attract tourists to stop and listen.

Otaru's most famous glass industry has also earned the city the reputation of "the hometown of lamps". Seeing the exquisite glass craft is another romance of Otaru. The streets are full of dazzling glassware, handicrafts and home decorations, including high-end luxury shops and roadside stalls selling various trinkets and toys. There are many glass craft factories in the urban area, where there are a wide variety of glass crafts, from common coffee sticks to gorgeous vases. There are also glass products, lampshade ornaments and many glass crafts from all over the world to choose from. Japanese craftsmen get inspiration from the ocean. Many glass crafts use blue and light green, which is the symbol of the sea.

In the music of wind chimes, people can't help falling in love with cold glass products. You can also watch the production process in the most famous glass product workshop "Yi Bei Nitrate". Visitors can visit the glass studio and see the varied blowing skills.

In Otaru, some cafes let tourists choose their own porcelain cups with Otaru's city and canal printed on them before drinking coffee. After drinking coffee, the cup allows tourists to take home as souvenirs, which is quite creative. Walking along the romantic old street by Xiaoyunyun River at night is full of European romance. Whether it is a street or an alley, the open space beside the sidewalk must be full of colorful flowers and plants. There are open spaces, potted plants, portable wooden pots and barrels beside the shops in front of the shops. Trash cans, chairs and other street furniture are also orderly and ingenious. Not only the old European-style buildings are strictly protected by the municipal government, but even new buildings or old houses have been renovated, and the facade fake walls of European-style buildings have been deliberately built to create the European style of the whole city.

As soon as tourists arrive at that place, they will like it, the quiet and gentle city of glass, and the romantic journey.

"On the glass street, there are only small bottles", which is an old saying widely circulated in Japan. It is a fact that Otaru's glass products are the best in Japan. The most famous one in Otaru is No.3 nitric acid pavilion in Yi Bei, where thousands of kinds of glass products are sold.

The building of glassware factory is a warehouse built entirely of stones in the Meiji 1920s. Although it is a little dark and not very bright, there are more than 4,000 pieces of glassware and 167 oil lamps in the North Hall, which makes the atmosphere of the whole hall extremely romantic and warm.

Otaru in Hokkaido is the embodiment of snow and fire. It's warm, leisurely and a little desolate. The atmosphere makes people forget their worries, cars come and go brightly lit, and there is a sad feeling on the snowy street corner. In ancient times, tourists were lonely, but they would leave their names in small bottles. It doesn't matter whether you leave a name or not. There are probably few tourists who don't leave money. Xiao Zun bought too many things. As a port opened to the west in Meiji era, Otaru spared no effort to serve the west. Naturally, there should be enough glass (saltpeter), and we should not learn from others and build a bunch of banks and churches. As a result, doors and windows are still made of paper. After the war, small bottles declined, but the production of saltpeter became a major feature. There are several saltpeter shops in the city center, and there are many fascinating places to visit.

Most of Otaru's glasses are hand-made, so each one is different. The pattern distribution, size, color density and close-up look are different, which is different from the mass products made by the factory. Therefore, it is more popular with tourists. In addition to several classic models, newly designed or developed products are put on the shelves every year. So if you go to Hokkaido every few years, you will find different glass products, and you may not be able to buy them if you want. The light bounced off the glass and flashed people's eyes like a flame. The glass bought by Otaru proves that Otaru is the fusion of snow and fire.