The Hokuchin Museum is a museum that displays valuable collections of both Imperial Japanese Army’s 7th Division and Tondenhei who has been trained in a harsh climate to defend Hokkaido from the threat of the north side as their main task. These are inseparable from the history of Asahikawa city. In addition, the Hokuchin museum has played the role of deepening the understanding of the activities of the 2nd Division of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force which has inherited the will of Hokuchin