Otaru
City in Hokkaido, Japan
Otaru, a port city on Hokkaido (Japan’s northernmost island), lies northwest of Sapporo on Ishikari Bay. The city is known for glassworks, music boxes and sake distilleries. Nishin Goten (“herring mansion”), a former fish processing plant built in...
Population: 121,924 (2015)
Area: 94.14 mi²
Bird: Aobato (Japanese Green Pigeon)
Flower: Azalea
Prefecture: Hokkaido (Shiribeshi Subprefecture)
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