Hokkaido's "wood-carved bear" originated in Yakumo, and in Reiwa 6, it will welcome its 100th anniversary.
The exhibition, starting with the Swiss wood-carved bear that Tokugawa Yoshichika brought in and Hokkaido's first wood-carved bear that referenced it, pre-war wood-carved bears that took various poses when Yakumo's wood-carved bears were famous as Hokkaido's wood-carved bears, and wood-carved bears by Shigeyuki Shibasaki, who established a unique artistic style called Shibasaki carving (hatsuri carving) which emphasizes the surfaces chipped (split) with an axe, and others, are displaying unique wood-carved bears.
　
Not only Yakumo, but also wood-carved bears holding salmon that boasted immense popularity as post-war Hokkaido souvenirs, and also about wood-carved bears from various places within Hokkaido are being displayed, and you can know about wood-carved bears within Hokkaido.