Otaru Canal, completed in 1923, stretches 1,140 meters with historic warehouses reflecting Otaru's Taisho-era prosperity. Gas lamps create a romantic evening atmosphere, and the winter "Otaru Yukiakari-no-Michi" transforms it into a magical light-and-snow world. Stone warehouses now house restaurants and shops.

Otaru Canal was planned to enhance the logistics capacity of Otaru Port, which grew rapidly as one of Hokkaido's leading commercial ports from the late Meiji era through the Taisho period. Construction began in 1914 and was completed in 1923, resulting in a canal stretching 1,140 meters with a width…