I was lucky enough to visit Hokkaido for a few days, so of course I had to go look at some Golden Kamuy related places!
1. Hokkaido Kaitaku village is a big outdoor museum that archives old historical buildings, many of which appear in GK. So many, in fact, that the museum handed me a map where they list the buildings that appear in the manga and it was most of them.
The church in which Tsurumi confronts Asirpa
Herring fishermen's communal lodge
The infamous otter hotpot location👀
I even saw two cosplayers dressed up as Inkarmat and Suenaga doing a photoshoot together in an old clinic!
I couldn't not buy a box of GK Tsukisappu Anpan too.
2. The old Sapporo Beer factory
3. I went to an Ainu cuisine restaurant. I had a bear meat hotpot, deer meat skewers, tonoto (Ainu wine made from millet), ento herb tea, among other things. They were all amazing.
They had copies of GK volumes as well. I miss you Kiroranke.
4. I soaked up in an onsen at Noboribetsu.
The beautiful sulfuric Hell Valley at Noboribetsu.
Here I went to the Noboribetsu Bear Park and saw many Ezo Higuma bears. The males are so big, and while they are cute they would be utterly terrifying to encounter in the wild.
The park also had exhibits showing Ainu living spaces, tools, clothing, and explanations about the Iomante bear ritual which were really interesting.
This was my first time in Hokkaido and it was an amazing experience. I only had a few days so I only saw Sapporo, Otaru, and Noboribetsu. I really wanted to see Abashiri prison but Hokkaido is a big island and I wasn't able to this time, but I aspire to go one day!
