Otaru Music Box Museum

Otaru Music Box Hall is not only a popular souvenir shop in Hokkaido, but also a music box museum with several branches. Music boxes are one of Otaru's famous products. Here you can not only enjoy precious antique music boxes, but you can also buy one as a souvenir if you like. There are many styles and different prices. The retro appearance of the main hall From the outside, the main hall of the Music Box Hall itself is very distinctive. It is a rare European-style brick building in Otaru, and the inside is a wooden frame structure. There is a 5.5-meter-high steam clock in front of the main building, which uses steam to play a melody every 15 minutes, which is a very popular photo spot. There are more than 3,000 kinds of music boxes from all over the world, including doll music boxes with high collection value and automatic playing music boxes, etc. There are many music boxes that are almost invisible on the market. Traditional music box, very ornamental. Music boxes of various styles enter the Music Box Hall. Various music boxes are placed in the spacious and elegant space. They are made of Otaru specialty glass, as well as wooden, ceramic, metal, etc. The shapes are also very diverse, such as tricks Caimao, HelloKitty, sushi, Ferris wheel, merry-go-round, etc. are really attractive. Wander around casually to the melodious sound of music boxes, intoxicating. Featured branch recommendations In addition to the main hall, Otaru Music Box Hall also has branch halls and derivative stores such as Hall 2 (Antique Museum), Sakaimachi Store, Yugongfang, etc., all of which are very close and can be visited for free. It is recommended to visit Hall 2, which collects and displays antique music boxes such as the Aeolian pipe organ with a history of more than 100 years, which is very precious. This pipe organ can be played automatically, 10:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00 every hour for 15 minutes. Music box DIY experience If you don’t think it’s fun enough to watch, you can go to the game studio not far away to experience a music box DIY, and combine different parts into a unique music box by yourself. There are different price points for buying music boxes sold by Otaru Music Box Hall or your own DIY music boxes, you can choose the one that suits you. When the tax-included price of the purchased product exceeds 10,800 yen, tax-free (currently 8% consumption tax in Japan) is available. For details, please contact the store staff.