Otaru Music Box Museum
A historic building selling thousands of music boxes, in front of the steam clock.
- Area
- Hokkaido · Otaru
- Getting there
- Minami-Otaru Sta.
- Palm-sized music boxes
- Glass-dome music boxes
- Music boxes with a tune you choose
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