Heavy Industrial City Muroran: En route between Lake Toya and Noboribetsu Onsen

The heavy industrial city of Muroran (室蘭: population 85,000) sits on the Etomo Peninsula, between the Uchiura Bay and the Pacific Ocean, with a natural harbor. From the early 20th-century, the city grew as a iron and steel works, in its heyday Muroran was 180,000-strong.

Today this city has a dramatic setting, eastern Japan’s longest suspension bridge (1380m), coastlines and factories make up the photogenic views. It is worth a visit en route between Lake Toya and Noboribetsu Onsen.

The excellent coastal walkway (3km), from Tokkarisho Viewpoint to the Muroran Youth Hostel, offering superb views of ocean and steel factories.

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