Photo Gallery

  • Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum as seen from the front
    1. Exterior view of the museum 1
  • Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum as seen from the bottom of the hill
    2. Exterior view of the museum 2
  • Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum as seen from the top of the hill
    3. Exterior view of the museum 3
  • Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum in the snow as seen from the bottom of the hill
    4. Exterior view of the museum in the snow
  • Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum lit up as seen from the bottom of the hill
    5. Exterior view of the museum at night
  • Image: exterior of the watchtower on the Otaru Museum's fourth floor
    6. Watchtower
  • Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum Main Entrance
    7. Main Entrance
  • Image: exterior of the dome on the north front roof of the Otaru Museum
    8. Dome
  • Image: relief on the exterior walls of the museum featuring a recurrent motif said to be the Blakiston's fish owl
    9. Owl relief on an exterior wall
  • Image: banking hall counter in the Lobby Area
    10. Lobby Area
  • Image: windbreak room inside the Main Entrance
    11. Windbreak room
  • Image: overall view of the History Zone
    12. History Zone 1
  • Image: tower stand displays in the History Zone explaining the history of the Bank of Japan
    13. History Zone 2
  • Image: Otaru Museum within a miniature diorama of the city of Otaru at its zenith
    14. Miniature diorama of Otaru in the 1920s and 1930s
  • Image: exhibits from a collection of Bank of Japan notes issued after World War II
    15. Banknote Gallery
  • Image: overall view of the Business Operations Zone
    16. Business Operations Zone
  • Image: door of the original vault
    17. Door of the original vault
  • Image: replica package of 100 million yen in the original vault for visitors to try lifting
    18. Replica package of 100 million yen in the vault
  • Image: relief on the interior walls of the museum featuring a recurrent motif said to be the Blakiston's fish owl
    19. Owl relief on an interior wall
  • Image: overall view of the History Zone as seen from the interior balcony
    20. Inside the museum 1
  • Image: overall view of the History Zone as seen from the Lobby Area
    21. Inside the museum 2
  • Image: museum building under construction with temporary roof covering
    22. The Otaru Branch building under construction
  • Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum building, then the Otaru Branch, right after the completion of construction as seen from the bottom of the hill
    23. Elevated view of the Otaru Branch at the time of its completion
  • Image: exterior of the Otaru Museum building, then the Otaru Branch, right after the completion of construction as seen from the front
    24. Front view of the Otaru Branch at the time of its completion