Otaru

Otaru

Otaru, a port city on Hokkaido (Japan's northernmost island), lies northwest of Sapporo on Ishikari Bay. The city is known for glassworks, music boxes and sake distilleries. Nishin Goten (“herring mansion”), a former fish processing plant built in 1897, explores the industry's key role in the city's earlier years. Completed in 1923, the Otaru Canal is now lined with cafes and shops in converted old warehouses.

People born in Otaru (First 49 people) - Page 0

Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi

Japanese film director

Miyoshi Umeki

Miyoshi Umeki

American-Japanese actress

Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Japanese writer

Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

Japanese actress

Hideo Murota

Hideo Murota

Japanese actor

Sawao Yamanaka

Sawao Yamanaka

Japanese singer-songwriter

Joji Hirota

Joji Hirota

Japanese musician

James Shimoji

James Shimoji

Film score composer

Yuki Koike

Yuki Koike

Japanese athlete

Ichiro Yamaguchi

Ichiro Yamaguchi

Japanese musician

Midori Kinouchi

Midori Kinouchi

Former japanese idol

Hinako Kitano

Hinako Kitano

Musical artist

Yōko Asagami

Yōko Asagami

Japanese voice actress

Seiichi Sugano

Seiichi Sugano

Japanese martial arts teacher

Tetsuya Mizuguchi

Tetsuya Mizuguchi

Japanese video game designer

Hideharu Miyahira

Hideharu Miyahira

Japanese olympic athlete

BIGZAM

BIGZAM


Daiki Suga

Daiki Suga

Japanese football player

Emi Okazaki

Emi Okazaki

Japanese keyboard player

Takiko Mizunoe

Takiko Mizunoe

Japanese actress

Yoshimasa Sugawara

Yoshimasa Sugawara

Japanese rally driver

Kazumi Yamashita

Kazumi Yamashita

Japanese manga artist

Hideo Oguma

Hideo Oguma

Japanese poet

Michiko Kameishi

Michiko Kameishi

Japanese lawyer

Masaru Konuma

Masaru Konuma

Japanese film director

Misao Matsubara

Misao Matsubara

Japanese singer

Noriyuki Yamahana

Noriyuki Yamahana

Japanese manga artist

Ayumu Nedefuji

Ayumu Nedefuji

Japanese snowboarder

Hibiki Ōtsuki

Hibiki Ōtsuki

Japanese actress

Hirokazu Yagi

Hirokazu Yagi


Kasumi Asakura

Kasumi Asakura

Japanese novelist

Katsumi Hirano

Katsumi Hirano


Ken'ichi Hori

Ken'ichi Hori


Maki Murakami

Maki Murakami

Japanese manga artist

Akiko Yamanaka

Akiko Yamanaka

Former Member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Masatsugu Nagato

Masatsugu Nagato

President of Japan Post Holdings

Masayuki Yamauchi

Masayuki Yamauchi

Historian

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Japanese actor

Yoshiko Yoshiizumi

Yoshiko Yoshiizumi

Japanese ski jumper

Chiyoko Kobayashi

Chiyoko Kobayashi

Japanese singer

Tetsuya Okabe

Tetsuya Okabe


Eishin Nose

Eishin Nose

Musical artist

Yukie Kawamura

Yukie Kawamura

Japanese gravure idol

Arisa Matsubara

Arisa Matsubara

Japanese football player

Masao Hamabayashi

Masao Hamabayashi

Japanese historian

Akihito Kinoshita

Akihito Kinoshita

Musical artist

Shūichi Aoki

Shūichi Aoki

Japanese composer

Fumiaki Uchida

Fumiaki Uchida


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