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Hokkaido Ainu Center: Location & Nearest Station (1 km from Sapporo Station)

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Hokkaido Ainu Center is a museum in Chūō-ku, Hokkaido, about 1 km in a straight line from Sapporo Station. It is close enough to fit into a half day from central Sapporo.

Hokkaido Ainu Center
Photo: K. Takeda at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
TypeMuseum
Name in Japanese北海道立アイヌ総合センター
LocationChūō-ku, Hokkaido
Nearest station (straight line)Sapporo Station – about 0.6 km
From Sapporo Stationabout 1 km (straight line)
From Sendai Stationabout 535 km (straight line)
From Tokyo Stationabout 832 km (straight line)
Established1991
Coordinates43.06305, 141.34543
MapOpen in Google Maps
Official websitehttps://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ks/ass/new_ainu-center.html

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