Hokkaido Prefectural Government Red Brick Building (former main building) — Attraction in Sapporo

It is a building in Sapporo city which Hokkaido administration has jurisdiction. History is one of the oldest buildings in Hokkaido. This building is still used for parliament and meetings. It is possible to enter the room where the general public can also tour. There is no elevator inside, and there are many steep stairs. You can see the 12,13-storey building on the right side from the front, but this is also the Hokkaido Government Building. The inside is divided into the governor's office and each administrative section. There is a large dining room in the basement. Seicomart is included, too, and this Seicomart has a lot of seats in Eat-in space. In summer, there are also several events where stores open before the government office. There is a shop that burns the season's autumn sword fish in autumn, but this is very delicious and...

The museum is awesome. It contains a well arranged version of the history of Hokkaido, and a very verbose introduction of why the Japanese want the Northern islands(and perhaps even Karafuto{樺太}, Southern Sakhalin) back from Russia. Japan's logic is that the islands and Southern Sakhalin were territories that Imperial Russia had ceded after the Russo-Japanese war, and Russia's logic is that Japan relinquished control over those territories after WW2. Whether you agree with Russia or Japan, it's worth reading for an hour or two of your time... for no fee at all. If you liked Hokkaido, I can promise that this museum is head and shoulders over most paid museums.

The museum shop(baiten), however, is woefully understaffed and the lone lady had a very difficult time dealing with 4-5 customers buying various omiyage. I bought some stuffs from the shop too, but I think the real deal is the stuffed 'Kitakitsune' sitting in the back shelf of the cashier. The Kitakitsune is only 3800 yen. Buy him! Or I will buy him the next time I...

Ticket costs 300 yen. A few rooms were redecorated for exhibitions. There were also some paintings on the wall that explained on the past and formation of Hokkaido.

Overall, not very tourist friendly. They did try to make some virtual guide by tapping your phone on the board / cue - but the elaboration was too little and it was abit less user friendly having to tap and scan every single one.

Would recommend for a full virtual guide on their web page or make an app or even consider the audio guide.

They also did try to make it more accessible for people with disabilities with elevators and small ramp. But there wasn’t any chair to sit / or for older people to rest. Only one seating area (for the video being shown in the national treasure section) otherwise you can go to...