[📍Hokkaido/Abashiri] Sneak into the toughest prison in Japan!

I went to Abashiri City in Hokkaido! The Abashiri Prison Museum is an open-air history museum that preserves and displays the former buildings of Abashiri Prison. The site area is about 3.5 times the size of the Tokyo Dome! The last time I went was during Golden Week when I was in high school. I still remember being woken up by my mother saying, "We're going to Abashiri Prison!" and being shocked that Abashiri Prison was on Golden Week as a high school girl 😂😂😂😇. I wondered what I was looking at back then? It was a very educational revisit, so I've put together a summary✍️ There are many important cultural properties and registered cultural properties, and the oldest building still standing was built 6 years after the prison came to Abashiri, more than 130 years ago. Unlike today, everything was done by hand without using machines, so the thick beams and pillars still bear rough, well-formed marks of the prisoners' carvings. "The people gathered here are those who have done bad things," is what I thought as a child, having been born in Hokkaido. But I learned that it was thanks to those people who risked their lives to build the road that Hokkaido was protected from Russia. Inside the museum, there are many fun and educational videos, such as those about prisoners who repeatedly escaped, and well-known prisoners who escaped from prisons all over the country, who ended up in Abashiri Prison and became model prisoners. It can be enjoyed by both children and adults, so be sure to visit when you are sightseeing in Hokkaido☺️ Abashiri Prison Museum 1-1 Yobito, Abashiri, Hokkaido 099-2421⏰9:00 - 17:00 (※ Admission until 16:00)🎌12/31・1/1💰Adults 1,500 yenHigh school students (student ID required) 1,000 yenElementary and junior high school students 750 yen🉐Internet discount coupon 10% OFF🅿️ FreeIt is about 4km from JR Abashiri Station to the Abashiri Prison Museum. Walk: about 40 minutes Car: about 7 minutes Bus: about 10 minutesIt is about 18.5km from Memanbetsu Airport to the Abashiri Prison Museum. Car: about 20 minutes #Sakura2024 #Hong Kong free air ticket #Hokkaido trip #Abashiri Prison #Abashiri sightseeing