8 Sights in Abashiri, Japan (with Map and Images)

Moyoro Kaizuka is a representative archaeological site of the Okhotsk culture located from Kita 1-jo to Kita-3-jo Higashi 2-chome, Abashiri City, Hokkaido. It is located on the left bank of the mouth of the Abashiri River, near the Sea of Okhotsk. It is designated as a national historic site (the designated name is the nearest shell mound). The name of this shell mound was given by Yoshio Yonemura in 1918 (Taisho 7) because the Ainu people at that time called it Moyoro Kotan. Moyoro means "in the bay or place" in the Ainu language.

Wikipedia: モヨロ貝塚 (JA)

Ubaranai Station (Ubaranai Station) is a station (abandoned) of the Japan National Railways (JNR) Yuami Line, which was once located in Ubara, Abashiri City, Hokkaido (Abashiri Branch Office). The telegram abbreviation is Uy. The administrative code is ▲122413.

Wikipedia: 卯原内駅 (JA)

The Okhotsk Drift Ice Museum is a science museum in Abashiri City with the theme of drift ice and the Sea of Okhotsk located on the summit of Mt. Tento in Abashiri City, Hokkaido. Actual ice floes in the Sea of Okhotsk will be exhibited and the mechanism of their formation will be introduced. In addition, marine creatures such as the "angel of drift ice" clione and the fusenfish that inhabit the sea of drift ice will be bred and exhibited.

Wikipedia: オホーツク流氷館 (JA), Website

Eisenji Temple is a temple of the Shin Buddhist Otani sect located in Abashiri City, Hokkaido. It is located along National Route 244 in the Abashiri city area. It was a temple where the monk Teranaga Hosen, who served as the teacher of Abashiri Prison for a long time, was the abbot, and from that connection, in 1924 (Taisho 13), the main gate of the old Abashiri Prison was removed as the gate of this mountain. It is now widely known as the temple with the main gate of the former Abashiri Prison.

Wikipedia: 永専寺 (JA)

Cape Notori Lighthouse is an octagonal Western-style black-and-white lighthouse located on Cape Notori, which juts out into the Sea of Okhotsk in Misaki, Abashiri City, Hokkaido. The octagonal exterior of the lighthouse is said to have been influenced by the lighthouse of the Treaty of Edo, designed by the French engineer Léon Verny.

Wikipedia: 能取岬灯台 (JA)

Abashiri City Folk Museum opened as Kitami Kyōdo Yakata (北見郷土舘) in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1936, making it one of the oldest museums on the island. When the museum opened, the collection comprised some three-thousand archaeological and ethnographic objects collected by Yonemura Yoshio (米村喜男), including items from the Moyoro Shell Mound . In 1948, the museum was transferred to the city. A new building was added in 1961 to celebrate 25 years from the original opening. Both the main building and the new building were designed by architect Tanoue Yoshiya, a pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright, and mark the transitions in his style. They are national Registered Tangible Cultural Properties.

Wikipedia: Abashiri City Folk Museum (EN)

Katsuragaoka Park is an urban park located in Katsura Town, Abashiri City, Hokkaido. It is known as the ruins of Katsuragaoka Fort (Chashi) and a famous place for cherry blossoms. It has been designated as a "Landscape and Green Important Public Facility" in the landscape and greenery planning area of Abashiri City.

Wikipedia: 桂ヶ岡公園 (JA)

Abashiri City Museum of Art is a registered museum that opened in Abashiri, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1972, as the second art museum, and the first such to be purpose-built, on the island. The collection relates to artists of the Okhotsk region and temporary exhibitions are also held.

Wikipedia: Abashiri City Museum of Art (EN)