Museum
Abashiri Prison Museum
An open-air museum of the actual Meiji-era prison buildings, some over 130 years old. The Abashiri arc runs through volumes 6 to 14.
The buildings of the original Abashiri Prison were relocated to a hillside site outside the town and preserved as a museum. The radial cell block, the bathhouse and the courthouse are the actual structures, and several are designated important cultural properties. The prison arc of Golden Kamuy takes place in them.
Why it is worth it
You walk through the rooms the story is set in. It is also a serious museum about the convict labour that built Hokkaido's roads, which is the history the series is drawing on.
When to go
Busiest in summer.
Good to know
Allow two hours minimum — the site is large and outdoors. It shares a bus route with the Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum and the Museum of Northern Peoples, and the last of those covers Ainu and northern cultures, which pairs directly with the series.
Golden Kamuy
The actual prison buildings of the Abashiri arc, volumes 6-14.