ENGLISHHISTORICHERITAGE
VISITORGUIDE AND MAP

Please respect the environment and the property.

Historic Heritage Open to the Public *Dos & Don'ts
Do:[The following premises are open for visitors]⑤ Hokkaido University Museum

Pack out your refuse.
Beware of falling trees and branches.

Free admission
Closed on Mondays and Dec 28 - Jan 4

Don't: Drive into the campus.
Light a ﬁre/bonﬁre, light oﬀ ﬁreworks and cook over a ﬁre.
Smoke.
Feed birds and animals.
Pick plants and ﬂowers.

● Botanic Garden⑧ Main Museum⑪ Miyabe Kingo Memorial Building

Open only for summer season, admission fee required

University is a place for education and research.
Keep your voice down. No partying or loud music.

●The Second Farm
⑳ Model Dairy Barn
㉒ Corn Barn
㉓ Milking-Cow Barn

HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYFRONTIER FOUNDATIONFree admission. Closed for winter season, outside
view only.

Thank you for your gift - Hokkaido University would not exist
without the generosity of its benefactors. Your private gifts andendowments help the University provide top quality education
and research, conserve our historic heritage on campus andoptimize its use.
To make a donation online, scan the right QR
Code with your mobile device to go to thecredit card payment page.

● Archaeological Research Center

Find out more about donating at Hokkaido
University by visiting our web page.

HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY Facilities Department
Kita 8 Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0808
Phone 011 716 2111 (Switchboard)
http://www.facility.hokudai.ac.jp

Fre e a d mis sio n . Clo s e d we e ke n d s a n d p u blic
holidays＊ For further details pick up a leaﬂet at one of the above
visitor facilities or visit our website.

https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/fund/The photograph on the cover was taken in ⑨Ex-administrative oﬀice in
the Botanik Garden(Not open to the public)

1st ed.Feb 2017 3rd ed.1st printed March 2020

ＮＩＮＥ KEY ACTIONS
for conservation and eﬀective
use of the historic heritage of
Hokkaido University
These nine key action terms have been developedwith the feedback from the participants of "Hokkaido
University Symposium on Conservation and Eﬀective
Use of Historic Heritage", June 13, 2015.

L earn:D eve l o p h i s to r y：

O p e n u p a f u t u r e:

Learning about historic architecture, trees, landscape and scientiﬁc specimen is the ﬁrst step inconservation and eﬀective useof historic heritage.

Historic heritage is a valuableasset for the University developed by many people over many
years, and will be continuallydeveloped.

Historic heritage can carve out a
new future of Sapporo and Hokkaido, provided the University
and the local community work
together on heritage conservation and its eﬀective use.

C o n s e r ve:

O pt i m i z e:

U p g r a d e:

We should maintain University
Farms which retain the heritageand landscape values of thecity, and preserve architecture,buried cultural properties andmuseum collections.

Optimize creative use of historic
heritage through learning the150-year history of Hokkaido
University's campus and visualizing a future image.

We can add value to the historic
heritage through eﬀective use
aiming contribution to the local
community and our future.

C a r r y o n t h e to r c h :K e e p t r yi n g :G o s u s t a i n a b l e:

With conservation eﬀorts we cankeep using our historic heritageand pass it on in good condition
to future generations.

Continual trial and error
per f ormed o n c a m p u s k e e pdeveloping the historic heritagefor Hokkaido University and its
local community.

To achieve a sustainablecampus, historic heritage
together with architecture andlandscapes should be accessible to the public to enhance
culture and creativity.

HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYHISTORIC HERITAGE
VISITOR GUIDE❸ Former Reading and Stack Room of Sapporo Agricultural College(built 1902, 1-story wooden building)This ex-Central Library used to hold entrance ceremonies. It
was built with a tiled roof and the entrance hall was attachedafter the WWII. It has a brick stack room (1923).

National Important Cultural Properties
National Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (Structures)
Historic architecture on campus❹ Entomology and Sericulture Hall(built 1901, 1-story wooden building)

The oldest existing school building on campus today. It
originally had a tiled roof. A stone-built specimen room (1927)
stands behind it.

❶ Furukawa Memorial Hall(built 1909, 2-story wooden building)

Built as a forestry lecture room,
this western-style architecturee m ploys a n inte rio r d e sig npatterned after the Chinesecharacter of "forest". The donor
recognition signage reads"Endowed by Furukawa
Combine".

❺ Hokkaido University Museum(built 1929, 3-story RC building)

A rare large RC building of the time constructed for the Schoolof Science features continuous arches, terracotta decors,
scratch face bricks and "Einstein Dome" staircase.

❻ Security Guardhouse & South Gate(built 1904, 1-story wooden building & brickwork)❷ Main Building of the Faculty of Agriculture

The Guardhouse retains the taste of Sapporo Agricultural
College era in its white walls and green roof. The South Gate
used to be the Main Gate and its gateposts consist of layersof brick and hardstone(ﬁrst constructed 1935, 4-story reinforced concrete (RC) building)This is the second generationbuilding with a clock tower.
Original decor of the center
wing of the building has been
toned down to reﬂect changing
times. Side wings were built
after the WWII.

❼ Administration Bureau Main Building(East Wing, built 1937, 3-story RC building)

Built for University Preparatory Course (undergraduate prerequisite course), it was a large scale building structure of thetime with minimal decor.

BOTANIC GARDEN❽ Main Museum⓫ Miyabe Kingo Memorial Building(built 1882, 2-story wooden building)(built 1901, 2-story wooden building)Originally built with a shingle
roof, this is the oldest museum
building in operation in Japanshowing a symmetrical structure
and meticulous design. The stars
engraved on the walls are thesymbol of Hokkaido Develop ment Commissioner.

Originally built part of a lectureroom, this building was
rel o c a te d a n d u s e d a s t h e
director's oﬃce. It now houses
personal eﬀects of Kingo
Miyabe, an early graduate of
the C ollege a n d the ﬁrst
director of Botanic Gardens.

⓬ Batchelor Memorial Building❾ Ex-Administrative Oﬃce(built 1898, 2-story wooden building)(built 1901, 1-story wooden building)John Batchelor, a priest of Church of England spent his life
studying the Ainu, Hokkaido's indigenous people. His western-style
house from Meiji era used to have two chimneys and roof crestings.

T h e c h a ra cte ristic s of t his
administration oﬃce are double
glazed windows to cope withcold climates, a clay-tiled roof
which is rarely seen in
Hokkaido, a brick foundationand cast iron air vents.

⓭ Museum Storeroom(built 1884, 1-story wooden building)After transported whole without dismantling, original gable roof
with shingles was remodeled for attic extension. The ﬂoor israised with a cut stone foundation.

⓮ Museum Restroom❿ Gate House(built 1903, 1-story wooden building)(built 1911, 1-story wooden building)Originally built as one shared restroom (now separated forladies and gents). Design in ventilation tower and diagonallattice ceiling reﬂects functionality.

It was built to charge an admission fee, with imposing designs
including glazed watch-house,vertical-panel dado, dado rails
and mortar walls with crossrails under the eaves.

⓯ Museum Aviary(built 1924, 1-story wooden building)Characterized with a saltbox roof and window frames in aneight point asterisk design. There used to be a caged exercise
space for peacocks.

THE SECOND FARM
⓰ Farm Oﬃce

⓳ Cart Scaling Place(built 1910, 1-story wooden building)(built 1910, 1-story wooden building)

Formerly adjacent to the barn ramp of Model Dairy Barn, thisreconstructed facility was equipped to weigh a pile of hay on
the cart using a US-made weighing installation.

Built with secondhand materials, it shows functional designin glass windows to monitor
grazing cattle. This is the only
painted building in the Second
Farm and has an attic storage
room.

⓴ Model Dairy Barn―Stable with Calving
Pens, Cowpens and Horse Stalls(built 1877, two-story wooden building)Based on the concept by
Willia m S . Cla rk , the ﬁrst
vice-principal, Model Dairy Barn
was b uilt em ploying balloo nframe construction, then later
relocated and renovated. Edwin
D un made an illustrative
drawing of three model barns the model architecture which
deﬁned the feeding system inJapanese dairy husbandry.

⓱ Milk Processing Plant(built 1911, 1-story brick building)

The cheese/dairy production
p la nt h a s d a ir y p ro d u ctio nrooms , an ice chamber andcold rooms. Ice was loaded
through a metal door, and ad u cte d c o olin g m e c h a nis m
distributed chilled air ﬂow to
the cold rooms.

⓲ Food Processing PlantThreshing, Hulling & Cleaning Room(built 1910, 1-story stone building)(built 1911, 2-story wooden building)

An extension to Corn Barn for
threshing and hulling grains.
Harvest Gathering Room
upstairs is linked with Corn
Barn by a conveyor. There isan extended engine room.

The plant has kitchen stovesfor cauldrons to make livestock
feed from potatoes. You cano bser ve maso nr y work withlo c al fre esto n e a n d q u alit ycraftsmanship around windows.

BURIED CULTURAL PROPERTIES(Archaeological Sites)

Archaeological sites andArchaeological Heritage Park

Corn Barn―Grain Storage Barn(built 1877, 2-story wooden building)Corn Barn and Model Dairy Barn
were built employing balloon
frame construction, an uncomplicated framing system. Whilethe high -ﬂoored structure
reduces humidity, the façadesa - rat ta n ex te rio r wall of t h elower level enhances ventilation.

Remains from Satsumon
Culture (1000 years ago)and Epi- J omon Culture(2000 years ago) eras on
campus are, so to speak,
two "subterranean worlds".
Both cultures ﬂourisheda ro u n d R ive r S a ku s h u Kotoni and left traces ofancient human activity.
Round pits in the Park's
grounds are the remainsof the pit dwellings from
Satsumon era.

Milking Cow Barn(built 1909, 1-story wooden building)

It was the hub of the Second
F a r m . F a cilit y d e sig n s a rediﬀerent between the north andthe south parts of the building.
Annex silo and The Root CropStoreroom signify the adoptionof modern dairy technology.

Bull Barn

Campus Archaeology
Trail Sign(built 1879, 2-story wooden building)

Built as an extension of Model
Dairy Barn (now detached), thelower level was designed andequipped to deal with savagebulls. It's the only Japanesestyle architecture among ther e m a i n i n g b u il d i n g s i n t h e
Farm.

Horse Stables/Ｔrack

HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITYHISTORIC HERITAGE

American Football/Lacrosse Field

Campus Map and Points of Interest

Center for Food and MｅｄｉｃａｌInnovation
Center for Innovation
and Business Promotion

Find the information boards at
20 excavated archaeologicalsites on campus. Enjoy an
orienteering-like stroll.

Shionogi Innovation Center
for Ｄrug Ｄiscovery

Hokkaido
Collaboration Center

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Farm NO.2

HokudaiBusiness Spring

Antique farm equipment of the Second FarmCreative ResearchInstitution(CRIS)

Farm equipment used since the foundation of
Sapporo Agricultural College is on display
including: Animal drawn equipment for cropand dairy farming from Meiji era; Early models
of agricultural engines and tractors; andManual agricultural tools. They are invaluablerelics for studying the regional development
process of Hokkaido.

Institute for Catalysis
Research Institutefor Electronic Science

North 20 Gate

Gate
Institute of Low
Temperature Science

Research Center
for Zoonosis Control

Elm TuVeterinary Teaching
Hospitalnnel

Historic Preservation Park

North 18
Gate

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Monument of Miyakozoyayoi
Student Dormitory Song

Soccer/
Rugby Field

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HirotaKendo Facility

Graduate School ofInternational Media,
Gym
Communication and Multimedia Education/
Monument in Memory
The Open University ofof the forever Keiteki-Ryo Tourism Studies
japan;Hokkaido Study Center
Student Dormitory Site

Baseball Field

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MartialArts Facility

Institute for the Advancementof Higher Education

Indoor Pool

Indoor Sports
Facility

Health Care
CenterHokubu Cafeteria
Monument of Yuei-Ryo
North
Student Dormitory
Library
Frontier Research in
Applied Sciences Bldg.
Graduate School ofChemical Sciencesand Engineering

Institute forInternational
Collaboration⓴

Model Dairy BarnStable with Calving
Pens, Cowpens
and Horse Stalls⓲

Milking
Cow Barn⓱

Bull Barn⓰

Farm Oﬃce▲
Entrance

Archaeological Research Center
The Center conducts archaeological research on campus and displays potsherds and stone tools in its exhibition room. We regularly hold public events
including short lectures on excavation survey results and archaeological site
tours on campus.

Central Instituteof Isotope Science
Dental Clinical Divisionof Hokkaido University
Institute for
Hospital
Genetic Medicine■Permanent Exhibition

Hokkaido University
Hospital

Graduate Schoolof Information Scienceand Technology

Experimental Farms

Nishi 5-chome Street

Hockey/Handball Field

Clubs andSocieties Bldg.

Kita 18-jo Street

Kanjo Gate

Baseball Field

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Enyu Gakusha
Community Hall

Tennis Courts

Athletics Track

Food
Processing
Plant

Corn Barn-Grain
Storage Barn⓳

The Second Farm
"Important Cultural Property"

SubwayKita 18-jo Station

Academic Alpine Clubof Hokkaido
Keiteki-Ryo
Student Dormitory

Cart
Scaling
Place

Milk
Processing
Plant

⓰〜

Graduate Schoolof Veterinary Medicine

Threshing,
Hulling and
Cleaning Room[Opening hours]
Weekdays: 9:00-16:30 (closed weekends, public holidays
and New Year's holidays)

Graduate Schoolof Medicine

Archaeological Research Center, Hokkaido University
Kita 11 Nishi 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo
http://maibun.facility.hokudai.ac.jp/

Graduate Schoolof Engineering

Graduate Schoolof Dental Medicine

Proton Beam
Therapy Center

Gingko Avenue

North 13 Gate

Kita 13-jo Street

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Flowering
Tree Garden

Faculty House Trillium

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Monument in Memoryof Research on Wheat❺

Graduate
Faculty of Advanced School of Hokkaido
Science University
Life Science
Museum❸Former Reading andStack Room of Sapporo
Agricultural CollegetaAnnex for ResearchInnovation in Agriculture

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University
Centennial
LibraryHall
Administration
Bureau Main Bldg.

LineSericulture Hall❻

■Permanent Collection Exhibition

Kita 8-jo Street

Botanic Gardens→

200

Conference
Hall

Hokkaido University Museum
The University takes care of over
4,000,000 scientiﬁc materials including
more than 10,000 invaluable type specimens. The Museum is not only aimed at
exhibiting scientiﬁc specimens but also
introducing the education activities andthe leading-edge research projects of ouruniversity using research materials,
photos and ﬁlms. There is a museum
shop and a cafe available for visitors.

South
Gate

Campus Archaeology
Trail Sign
100

Commemorative
Monumentof University
Preparatory Course
Bust ofDr. Shosuke Sato
Main Gate

Security
Guardhouse

Center for Ainu andIndigenous Studies0❼

Graduate Schoolof Economics andBusiness Administration

Furukawa
Memorial Hall
Commemorative
Central Lawn
Monument ofBust ofTemporary
Dr.William S.Clark
Imperial
Residence
Hokkaido
University
Clark Memorial
Co-op
Monument in Memory
Student Centerof Souen-Gakuryo
Student Dormitoryof Agricultureak

Graduate
School of Law❹❶
Entomology andGraduate School❷

Graduate Schoolof Environmental
ScienceSlavic-Eurasian
Research Center

Subway Namboku LineO

Graduate Schoolof Letters

Humanities andSocial Sciences
Classroom Bldg.
Elm Grove←

Graduate Schoolof Education

Information Initiative
Center North Bldg.

New Nitobe Street

CourtsTennis
River

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Graduate School ofChemical Sciencesand Engineering

Japanese Archery
Facility

ArchaeologicalResearch Center

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Sakushuko

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Graduate Schoolof Life Science

Bust honoring
Dr. Inazo Nitobe

ConvenienceStore

SubwayKita 12-jo Station

Ave

Field Science Center
for Northern Biosphere

Faculty of
Pharmaceutical
Monument to First
Artiﬁcial Snow Crystal Sciences
Graduate Schoolof Health Sciences[Hours & Admission]

Information Centerand Elm Forest Shop

JR
SapporoStation

Tuesday - Sunday, 10：00-17：00(Except Fridays between June and October, 10:00-21:00)
Closed on Mondays (except Public Holiday Mondays, inwhich case we will close on Tuesday), and December 28
to January 4＊ Subject to temporary closure for University events.
Admission Free

Hokkaido University Museum
Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo
Phone 011 706 2658
Fax 011 706 4029
museum-jimu@museum.hokudai.ac.jp
https://www.museum.hokudai.ac.jp/

SubwaySapporo Station

300m

HOKKAID UNIVERSITY BOTANIC GARDEN
Kita 3 Nishi 8, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

Shrub
GardenHokkaido University Sapporo
Campus●Main Gate●
Bust of Dr.William S.Clark

Trillium Research
Garden
Northern Peoples
Ethnobotanical Arboretum
Garden⓬ Batchelor
Memorial Bldg.
⓮ Museum
Restroom Wetland
Plants⓫ MiyabeKingo
Memorial Bldg.
Garden⓭Herbaceous
Plants Garden
Rose Garden

100mGreenhouse

SubwaySapporo Station

Botanic
GardenGreenhouse●

SubwayNishi 11-chome
StationHokkaido
Government
Bldg.

Odori Park
Subway Tozai Line

Subway Namboku Line

Canadian Alpine Plants
Rock Garden Rock Garden
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Northern Peoples
Museum

❽ Main Museum❾
Ex-Administrative❿ Gate House
Oﬃce

Main Entrance⓯

MuseumAviaryNatural Woodland

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JR
Sapporo Station

MuseumStoreroom

Clock
Tower
●

SubwayOdori Station

About the Botanic Garden
Established in 1886, the Botanic Garden and its museum
are the oldest institute in Hokkaido. The museum andother aﬃliated buildings have been oﬃcially designated as
the nation's cultural heritage for conservation. You canalso observe the geological landscapes of Sapporo andthe remains of pit dwellings preserved from prehistoric
times.
https://www.hokudai.ac.jp/fsc/dg/

Hours & Admission■Summer Season: April 29 - November 3[Opening Hours]
Last admission 30 minutes prior to closing
April 29 - September 30 9:00 - 16:30
October 1 - November 3 9:00 - 16:00
Closed on Mondays (except Public Holiday
Mondays, in which case we will close on Tuesday)[Admission Tickets]
Adults (high school students and older)¥420 (Group Rate ¥350)
Elementary & junior high school students¥300 (Group Rate ¥240)■Winter Season: November 4 - April 28

Visitor access limited to the conservatory in winter.
[Opening Hours]
Last admission 30 minutes prior to closing
Weekdays 10:00 - 15:30
Saturdays 10:00 - 12:30
Closed on Sundays, Public Holidays andDecember 28 - January 4[Admission Tickets]
Adults and all students (elementary and older) ¥120