Other Factory Tour / Demonstration Spots in Hokkaido Area

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Category

Travel / Tourism

Factory / Workshop

Sapporo Beer Museum

4.0

1251 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Higashi-ku Kitashichijouhigashi 9-1-1

Sapporo Beer Museum, located to the east of Sapporo Station, is the only museum in Japan where you can learn about the history of Japanese beer. Admission to the museum is free, but the paid tour (about 50 minutes) is recommended if you have the time. You can learn about the history of Sapporo Beer with the powerful 6K wide-screen theater and easy-to-understand guide. Also you can only sample the “Fukkokuban Sapporo-sei Bakushu” (Reproduced Sapporo Beer) that recreates the flavor at the time of Sapporo Beer's establishment as well as the iconic Black Label Sapporo Beer on the paid tour. Reservations through the website are required.

This old Sapporo beer facility is like 70% a historical site, 30% a museum. The place tells a somewhat interesting story on how the Japanese started brewing beer in Hokkaido, showcases some...
Nikka Whisky Hokkaido Factory Yoichi Distillery

4.5

1281 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Yoichigunyoichichou Kurokawachou 7-6

The first Nikka Whisky distillery built in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru who after visiting Scotland became the first Japanese person to master the whisky manufacturing process. Here you can come and see for yourself the whole distillery process. Inside the distillery you can find many things of interest such as displays on the history of whisky and its manufacturing process, a whisky museum where you can sample some whisky for yourself, and you can also see the former residence of Masataka Taketsuru which was originally in Yamada Town in the suburbs of Yoichi Town but dismantled and rebuilt here in the distillery. There are nine buildings on the distillery premises which have been designated as tangible cultural assets of Japan such as the distillation building and the first whisky storehouse.

As a fan of the products and being in the neighborhood, I went for a visit to this complex. I was unable to book a tour of the facility, which I understand are only conducted in Japanese, but did...
Kamaei (factory direct shop)

4.0

430 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Otarushi Sakaimachi 3-7

Kamaei is a long-standing kamaboko seasoned fish paste company founded in 1905. In addition to conventional kamaboko served on a wooden plank, Kamaei offers a wide variety of kamaboko products, including Shiokaze kamaboko formed by steaming it in a plastic film to shape it; kamaboko steamed with crab and other seafood on top; and Noshi Kamaboko, a terrine-like dish made by combining layers of kamaboko. The Kamaei plant offers factory tours as well as selling kamaboko direct to customers. There's also a cafe space where you can enjoy fresh-cooked kamaboko and unusual kamaboko dishes served no place else.

Big range of fish cakes from sweet, spicy and savoury. And it stayed fresh overnight too as we bought some to eat in our hotel room the next day and it was still delicious. There is also a souvenir...
Tanaka Sake Brewery Kikkogura

4.0

109 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Otarushi Nobukachou 2-2

Located only a 5-minute walk from the JR Minami Otaru Station, this is only sake brewery in Otaru. It proudly makes the Japanese sake brand, Takaragawa, Otaru Bijin liqueur, and Maho-no-Itteki hon-mirin, a sweet rice wine for cooking. Its stone masonry warehouse, built around 1905 is designated as one of Otaru's historic building. At the store, one can enjoy free sake-tastings of sake shipped direct from the brewery, Shiboritate fresh bottled sake without pasteurization, and approximately 10 other varieties of seasonal sakes. Brewery tours where one can observe the production process are offered for free all year round. *Reservations needed for groups over 10.

Visited this factory on a guided tour and found the process of how they make sake very interesting. Our guide explained all of the processes and at the end of the tour we could drink as much sake as...
Wine Castle

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Nakagawa-gun Ikedacho Kiyomi 83-4

The Tokachi Wine research and manufacturing facility has been nicknamed the “Ikeda Wine Castle” because of its resemblance to a medieval European castle. Visitors can look round the exhibition rooms, which have displays on the grape cultivation and wine-making techniques used to produce Tokachi wines, and can also visit the wine maturation cellars where vintage wines are aged. The wine tasting area, restaurant, and shopping area selling wines and other local specialties are all very popular with visitors.
Royce’ Chocolate World

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Chitoseshi Bibi New Chitose Airport Terminal Building 3F Smile/Road

Located inside the New Chitose Airport terminal building, Royce’ Chocolate World is a chocolate-related entertainment facility operated by Royce’ Confect Co., Ltd. Inside the facility there is a small-scale chocolate factory where visitors can watch chocolate being made through a transparent glass window, a museum with displays on the raw materials used to make chocolate, the history of chocolate, and other chocolate-related topics. There is also a shop selling the confectionery and pastries made in the factory. Both children and adults will have a great time here.
Hokkaido Wine Inc.'s Otaru Wine Gallery

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Otaru-shi Asarigawaonsen 1-130

This wine gallery has approximately 100 kinds of wines on offer, including the prize-winning Tsurunuma and Otaru wine series. Besides usually being able to enjoy tasting approximately ten kinds of wine, they also offer guide tours. You can also buy snacks that go perfectly with wine and wine goods.
Furano Winery

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Furanoshi Shimizuyama

Furano Winery is a red brick winery located on a hill. On the winery tour, you can see the wine bottled so far and its state of maturation, as well as production processes such as bottling. On the second floor of the winery, you can taste wine and grape juice while enjoying the mountains of the Tokachi range. The shop handles original goods and products made using wine juice not to mention Furano Wine. As Furano is famous for lavender, you can also enjoy early blooming lavender from late June to mid-July in the winery square.
Megmilk Snow Brand Nakashibetsu Plant

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Shibetsu-gun Nakashibetsu Cho Maruyama 2-9

Snow Brand Meg Milk factory is located ten minutes from Nakashibetsu Airport by car. Visitors can enjoy videos and a factory inspection of cheese production at no charge. Factory inspections require reservations by telephone at least ten days prior to the date you plan to visit. The factory tour takes between 60 to 90 minutes. Gouda cheese, produced only at the Nakashibetsu plant, is available for purchase, and other unique cheeses can be tasted. Please note that the factory tour is for children over the age of three.
Ryugetsu Sweetpia Garden

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Katougunotofukechou Shimotofuke Kita9sennishi 18-2

This confectionery factory of fresh Japanese sweets can boast the largest factory floor space in the country with a total site area of 33,119 square meters, a building area of 16,582.31 square meters, one basement floor and four floors above ground. Needless to say the confectionery shop typifies the confectionery town of Obihiro in Tokachi. Within the large premises you can watch how the hugely popular sweet, Sanporoku is made, there’s a workshop kitchen where you can make sweets, and also a cafe area where you can buy and enjoy the wonderful Ryugetsu sweets.
Kirin Beer Hokkaido Chitose Brewery

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Chitoseshi Kamiosatsu 949-1

Kirin Beer Hokkaido Chitose Brewery is a brewery the design concept for which aimed to create a “brewery that reflects the spirit of Hokkaido by being in harmony with nature.” The “Secrets of Kirin First-press Beer Experience Tour” brewery tour, which gives visitors the opportunity to learn about the special secrets and attention to detail that underpin the deliciousness of Kirin Beer, and also provides a sensory experience of the production process, is very popular. Following the tour, visitors have the opportunity to taste freshly-made beer. Besides the regular brewery tours, this brewery also holds a variety of special events throughout the year; Kirin Beer Hokkaido Chitose Brewery is an “open” brewery that maintains close links with the local community, and has won the hearts of many people.
Kobayashi Shuzo sake brewery

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Yubarigunkuriyamachou Nishiki 3-109

A long-standing sake brewery founded in 1878 and located in Kuriyama Town, Yubari County, Hokkaido. The Kita no Nishiki Memorial Hall is popular with tourists and contains displays concerning Japanese sake as well as a tasting corner. With an advance reservation, visitors can also tour the brewery. 13 of the brewery's buildings, such as a kura warehouse and preserved home, have been Registered Tangible Cultural Properties by the national government.
Higashimokotonyurakukan

4.0

32 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Abashirigunozorachou Higashimokoto 409-1

この一帯だけ牧場の雰囲気です。外で散策するのもいいです。建物の2階が売店と乳牛に関する展示で、1階が製造工場です。夕方6時には閉館してしまうので、出かける際は注意が必要です。
Hokkaido Kikkoman Chitose Plant

4.0

8 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Chitose-shi Izumisawa 1007-53

This tour needs to improve and be upgraded. Video and audio needs update. Anyway the free sample at the tour end was a good gesture .
Asahi beer Hokkaido kojo go Annaigakari

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Shiroishi-ku Nangoudori 4-chomeminami 1-1
Rusutsu Fukakusakama

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Abutagunrusutsumura Toyoka 251-6
Shibuya Brewing

Life / Living / Hospital

Hokkaido Nakagawa-gun Honbetsucho Kyoei 14-3
Hokuren Pearl rice kojo Fan Factory

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Ishikarishi Shinkounishi 2-792
Calbee Hokkaido Plant (Tour)

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Chitose-shi Kitashinano 779-4
Eco ERC Toyokoro Plant

Travel / Tourism

Hokkaido Nakagawa-gun Toyokorocho Moiwa 49-16

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Hokkaido Areas

Not just a prefecture but an island of its own, Hokkaido is the most northerly prefecture and island of the Japanese archipelago. Arriving in Hokkaido, which is rural and bursting with breathtaking nature, means entering a world where vast national parks, towering mountains, and natural hot springs can be found at every turn. Come December, these natural splendors freeze over and morph into a winter wonderland.