Fodor's Expert Review Otaru Orgel Doh

With a selection of 25,000 music boxes, Otaru Orgel Doh is Japan's biggest music box emporium. It is also Otaru's most famous store, housed in a beautiful brick building, with an iconic 5½-meter bronze steam clock standing outside its doors. The giant clock chimes and steams every 15 minutes, and is a sibling to the steam clock found in Vancouver's Gas Town. The music boxes range from cute toys for just a few thousand yen, to the fine craftsmanship of movements such as the 72-note Sankyo Orpheus. The melodies played by the music boxes vary from classics such as Pachelbel's Canon to the latest anime and Disney tunes.