Place names・Hokkaido

OtaruOtaru

Also known as: 小樽・小樽運河

A port town that made its name with a canal lined by stone warehouses and gas lamps. Net-master residences recall its old herring-fishing wealth, and it is loved as well for glasswork and music-box making.

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