Stone Road and Stone Buildings Create Fairy-tale Atmosphere -Sakaimachi-dori Street Marchen Crossroads in Otaru-

Sakaimachi-dori Street (堺町通り) and Marchen Crossroads (メルヘン交差点) are between Otaru Station (小樽駅) and Minami-Otaru Station (南小樽駅), and are popular tourist spots with atomosphere of Taisho Period and Medieval Europe. A lot of tourists come to restraunts, popular souvenir shops such as Kitaichi Glass (北一硝子), Otaru Music Box Museum (小樽オルゴール堂) and LeTao (ルタオ) that stand side by side along the Sakaimachi-dori Street with stone pavement of about 1 km in length.

A official name of the Marchen Crossroads, 5 other forked roads, is "Sakaimachi Crossroads (堺町交差点)". I tried searching why it was called "Marchen Crossroads" on the internet, but I didn't know. I guess the stone pavement and stone buildings are associated with fairy tales of Medieval Germany for Otaru people. I think that is a cathy name. There are Joyato (常夜灯 * a light that lit all through the night.) and the steam clock (蒸気時計) around the Marchen Crossroads, and those are one of representative something of the Marchen Crossroads. The Minami-Otaru Station is most nearest station to the Marchen Crossroads.

As for the LeTao, there are 5 stores, LeTao Head Office (ルタオ本店), Pathos Branch (パトス), Le Chocolat Branch (ルショコラ), Cheese Cake labo Branch (チーズケーキラボ) and Plus Branch (プラス) along the Sakaimachi-Dori Street. At the LeTao Head Office, They sell sweets items on first floor, and there is a coffee shop on second floor, and they served head office-limited sweets, too.

Marchen Crossroads Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Marchen Crossroads

Accommodations

Refer to following websites for the accommodations around Marchen Crossroads.

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Former Okagawa Pharmacy(（旧）岡川薬局)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Uomatsu Ryokan(魚松旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel Sonia Otaru(ホテルソニア小樽)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Unga-no-Yado Otaru Furukawa(運河の宿 小樽 ふる川)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel Nord Otaru(ホテルノルド小樽)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Dormy Inn Premium Otaru(ドーミーインPREMIUM小樽)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Authent Hotel Otaru(オーセントホテル小樽)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel Inaho(ホテル稲穂)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Tabino Sanpoyado Otaru Ekimae Guest House Ito(小樽駅前ゲストハウスIto)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Smile Hotel Otaru(スマイルホテル小樽)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Oyado Sakurai(御宿 櫻井)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Etchuya Ryokan(越中屋旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
The Otarunai Backpacker's Hostel Morinoki(おたるないバックパッカーズホステル杜の樹)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
DORMITORY L(ドミトリー L)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Otarukitaunga Kamomeya(おたる北運河かもめや)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Life House IPPO(Life House IPPO)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Otaru Nupuri Hostel (Female Only)(小樽ヌプリホステル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

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