Recommended by Sone-san from the Sorachi General Promotion Bureau

Japanese Heritage "TANTETSUKO" spots!

Experience the Industrial Revolution of Hokkaido! Four recommended photogenic spots of the Japanese Heritage "Tantetsuko." These are spots related to "Tantetsuko," where the "Tantetsuko Meal" served for breakfast and lunch at SAPPORO STREAM HOTEL BAR & GRILL Splish originates from.


Since the Meiji era, the rapid modernization of Japan was supported by Hokkaido's coal, steel, ports, and the railway network that connected them. The history that unfolded with Sorachi's "coal mines," Muroran's "steel industry," Otaru's "ports," and the "railways" that connected them, is the story of the northern industrial revolution known as "Tantetsuko."

A 1 hour and 20 minutes drive from the hotel

Akahira City
Coal Mine Heritage Guidance Facility

The former Sumitomo Akabira Coal Mine Headframe, which was once called "the best in the East".

Visitors can tour the inside of the yard and the self-propelled frame maintenance shop, which exhibits large excavation equipment actually used in the coal mine, with a guide provided by a former coal miner. The scale of the inside of the building and the guide provided by a former miner are still the best in the East!