Description
A unique Japanese souvenir bottle opener from Hokkaido, featuring a dark carved wooden figure and a large metal opener.
The metal disc is engraved “Hokkaido Tourism Commemorative” (北海道観光記念) together with names and illustrations of famous places around Hokkaido. Matching examples are sold in Japan as retro Hokkaido tourist souvenirs with a carved figure, natural wood body and bottle opener.
Pieces like this combine a useful everyday object with the folk-art look associated with older Hokkaido souvenirs. Similar examples are now collected as Japanese retro travel memorabilia.
A bottle opener, a travel souvenir, and a small memory of old Hokkaido.
