Hokkaido Train Trips 2022 Edition Sample Book

THE RAIL GUIDE

HOKKAIDO TRAIN TRIPS

2022 EDITION SAMPLE BOOK

• 22 best places to visit • Annual events and national holidays • Buying rail tickets and discounted passes • Scenic rail routes • Need to know • Ideas for your train trip • Train and seat types

MAP LEGEND Routes

• 8 featured train trips • Alternative route and transport ideas • Detailed rail maps and top stopovers • What to see along the routes • Planning train trips on a shoestring budget • Side trip ideas • Top-rated attractions, sights and things to do • Travel directories (tourist information centers, bike rentals and hotels etc.)

WALKING MAPS • 8 top destinations and walking routes • Highlights at a glance • Main station location maps • Transport tips

Trips

Train Trip Route Alternative Route Linked Train Trip Railway/Tram/Subway/Cable Car Rail Line Under Construction Bus Route Ferry

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Attraction Dune/Desert Park/Garden/Forest/Wetland Mountains Area (High Altitude)

Airport Border Crossing Ferry

Municipalities & Stations ★ Capital (National)

Capital (Regional) City/Main Station Town/Village/Small Station

Hydrography River/Canal/Waterway Intermittent River Water/Sea/Lake/Marsh/Pond Intermittent Lake

Boundaries International Prefecture/Province/State Regional Unsettled

Train Trip Number Alternative Route Side Trip Walking (See Walking Maps)

Transport

Areas

TRAIN TRIPS

Tourist Info Bathhouse/Hot Spring/Onsen Beach Cycling Hiking Mountain/Elevation Point Park/Garden/Nature Reserve ) ( Pass Skiing Point of Interest

ICONS IN THIS BOOK Alternative Route

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Side Trip

$

Bank/Currency Exchange Bike Rentals/Rent-a-cycle Cafe Cinema

Train Trip Number Budget Your Trip

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Fast Food Information Post Of ce Sleep

High-speed Rail/Shinkansen

Bus

Conventional Line

Ferry/Ship

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Note that not all of these symbols are displayed on the map in this book.

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IN THIS BOOK PLANNING

THE RAIL GUIDE

HOKKAIDO TRAIN TRIPS

2022 EDITION

HOKKAIDO RAIL MAP

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100km

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk SAKHALIN ISLAND

RUSSIA

Korsakov

Soya Strait

Wakkanai

SEA OF OKHOTSK

Rebun-to SOYA

Rishiri-to

SEA OF JAPAN

8

Okoppe

Monbetsu

Nayoro

Saroma-ko

OKHOTSK RUMOI

KAMIKAWA

Rumoi Fukagawa Takikawa

Biei

Daisetsuzan National Park

Yoichi

ISHIKARI Minami-Chitose

Kutchan

Oshamanbe 2

Uchiura Bay

OSHIMA

Esashi Kikonai Matsumae

Noboribetsu Muroran

Kunashiri-to

Kussharo-ko Mashu-ko Akan-ko 5 NEMURO Akan-Mashu National Park

Shintoku

KUSHIRO

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Kushiro

Obihiro

IBURI Niseko Shikotsu-ko Toya-ko Tomakomai

HIYAMA

Okushiri-to

Iwamizawa

Sapporo

SHIRIBESHI

Furano

3

Otaru

Abashiri

Kitami

Asahikawa

SORACHI

Ishikari Bay

Engaru

4

Shiretoko National Park

TOKACHI HIDAKA

Hiroo

Urakawa

Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Hakodate

Erimo-misaki

Tsugaru Strait

1

PACIFIC OCEAN Mutsu Bay

Shin-Aomori

Aomori Hirosaki

HONSHU

Hachinohe

7

Habomai Islands

Nemuro

CONTENTS PLANNING • Hokkaido Highlights • Figure Out • Calendar • Train & Tickets

TRAIN TRIPS Hokkaido Shinkansen

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• Shin-Aomori • Okutsugaru-Imabetsu • Kikonai • Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto

Hakodate to Sapporo

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• Hakodate • Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto • Onuma-koen • Oshamanbe • Toya • Higashi-Muroran • Muroran

• Tomakomai

Sapporo to Asahikawa

• Asahikawa

• Ochiishi

• Kitami

• Nemuro

• Memanbetsu • Abashiri

JR Soya Line: Asahikawa to Wakkanai 8

JR Senmo Line: Abashiri to Kushiro

• Asahikawa

• Abashiri

• Kenbuchi

• Kitahama

• Shibetsu

• Hama-Koshimizu

• Nayoro

• Shiretoko-Shari

• Bifuka

• Kiyosato-cho

• Otoineppu

• Kawayu-onsen

• Teshio-Nakagawa

• Mashu

• Horonobe

• Shibecha

• Toyotomi

• Toro

• Wakkanai

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Sapporo to Kushiro

• Shin-Yubari • Shimukappu

• Kushiro

• Fukagawa

• Ikutahara

• Urahoro

• Takikawa

• Attoko

• Ikeda

• Sunagawa

• Engaru

• Obihiro

• Bibai

• Chanai

• Shintoku

• Iwamizawa

• Maruseppu

• Tomamu

• Nopporo

• Akkeshi

• Oiwake

• Sapporo

• Kamikawa

• Sapporo

• Sapporo

• Kushiro

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• Minami-Chitose

• Asahikawa

• Kushiro

• Shiraoi

JR Hanasaki Line: Kushiro to Nemuro 7

• Pippu

• Kushiro-shitsugen

• Noboribetsu

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JR Sekihoku Line: Asahikawa to Abashiri 4

WALKING MAPS • Abashiri • Asahikawa • Hakodate • Kushiro • Obihiro • Otaru • Sapporo • Wakkanai • Index • Languages • What to Pack • Sapporo Subway Map

TRAIN TRIPS

DISTANCE 318.7km

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DURATION 4hrs

Hakodate to Sapporo

This section of the travel is such a good distillation of all Hokkaido highlights that can be visited in a few days. You can choose two routes. One goes along the Paci c Ocean via the JR Chitose Line (used by the limited express train Hokuto) and a second veers the port town Otaru via the international ski resort Niseko.

The Hokuto begins at the nostalgic Hakodate and ends at the modern Sapporo, passing through the picturesque Onuma Quasi-National Park and Shikotsu-Toya National Park.

TRAIN TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

Ishikari Bay 318km

Otaru Yoichi

25min

SEA OF JAPAN

Discovering Hokkaido’s most dynamic city

Teine

22min

10min

Sapporo

45min

8min Shin-Sapporo

ARRIVAL

207km

Getting into the mineral-rich water near the ‘Hell Valley’

Kutchan Yotei-zan Niseko

16min 55min

Chitose

3min 3min Minami-Chitose New Chitose 15min

Shikotsu-ko

153km

Gateway to the Kuromatsunai pleasant lakeside 21min Toyako Onsen 25min Oshamanbe 20min

13min 11min

Toya 10min

Uchiura Bay

15min

Muroran Yakumo 20min

Tomakomai

Toya-ko

Date-Monbetsu

17min

12min

225km

Shiraoi

Noboribetsu

Learn about the Ainu culture at the lakeside Upopoy

Higashi-Muroran 11min

PACIFIC OCEAN Mori 18min

Onuma-koen

28km

10min

Shin-HakodateHokuto

18min

Hakodate

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Tokachigawa Onsen

Kamishihoro Nukabira-ko

Shihoro

Nukabira Gensenkyo

Shikaribetsu-ko Sounkyo, Asahikawa

Makubetsu

Kushiro

SAPPORO TO OBIHIRO

Churui Old Kofuku Obihiro Station

Otofuke

Hiroo

Sarabetsu

Kofuku

TOKACHI

Nakasatsunai

Memuro

Shikaribetsu-ko

JR Nemuro Line

Shikaoi

Daisetsuzan National Park

gawa

Sahoro Resort

Niinai

Satsunaigawa

Tokachi Plain

Tokachi

Tomuraushi Onsen

Obihiro

Mikage

Tokachi-Shimizu

Shintoku )(

Sahoro-dake (1060m) Karikachi-toge Pass

Shin-Karikachi Tunnel

Hidaka Mountains

Ochiai

Tomamu Ikutora (Minamifurano) Higashi-Shikagoe

Biei JR Asahikawa

Kanayama-ko

Fur a

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KAMIKAWA

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Hidaka Kanayama

Sorachi-gawa

Ashibetsu-dake (1726m)

JR Nemuro Line

Yubari Mountains

JR Sekisho Line

Shizunai

Yubari-dake (1668m)

Ashibetsu

Shiryokan-mae (Nibutani)

Biratori

Shuparo-ko

Akabira

Resta

SORACHI

Takikawa

Shimukappu

Yunosawa Onsen

Furano

HIDAKA

Yubari Coal Mine Museum

JR Hako

date Lin e

Shin-Yubari

Mukawa IBURI

Kuriyama

Iwamizawa

Oiwake

Yuni

Chitose Ebetsu

JR Chitose Line Shin-Sapporo

Ishikari-gawa

SEA OF JAPAN

Sapporo

JR Hidaka Line JR Muroran Line

Maoi Hills Minami-Chitose

Hokkaido-iryodaigaku

Sarugawa

Takinoue

Ryusenkyo

Yutetsu Honsha

Kawabata 3

Tomikawa

New Chitose

PACIFIC OCEAN Tomakomai 2

ISHIKARI

DEPARTURE

Shikotsu-ko

JR Muroran Line

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48.6km

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Asahikawa 旭川

Kamikawa 上川

Asahikawa is a good base for Daisetsuzan National Park, the home of great ridges, alpine bogs and deep gorges in Hokkaido.

From Asahikawa Station, bus 66 runs to Asahidake Onsen (1hr 40min. ¥1450). From where, Asahi-dake Ropeway (Return ¥3200 Jun-20 Oct/¥2200 21 Oct-May. asahidake.hokkaido.jp) o ers breaking views over the mountains. An hour loop hiking trail heads from its top station to Sugatami-no-ike crater pond at a smoking volcano. During the warmer months, you can climbing to Hokkaido’s highest peak of Asahi-dake (2291m) in about two hours.

From Asahi-dake, allow ve hours to reach Kuro-dake (1984m) near Sounkyo. It is an easy day trip or overnighter from Asahikawa.

Kamikawa is a transit point en route to Sounkyo in the northern part of Daisetsuzan National Park. The station area has excellent ramen shops and well-priced izakaya.

See Directory 3

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Shin-Asahikawa (3.7km) is the of cial start of the JR Sekihoku Line, but all pass directly through from Asahikawa. The line turns east and follows the upper stream of Ishikari-gawa.

An ordinary ticket cost between Asahikawa and Abashiri on the JR Sekihoku Line is ¥5070 (valid for 3-day and stopovers are available).

The following is a suggested itinerary from Asahikawa to Abashiri on a budget, passes through Sounkyo on Route 39. Total transport cost is approximately ¥5830.

DAY 1 Leave Asahikawa; morning local train to Kamikawa (¥1070. 68min); bus to Sounkyo (30min); hiking Kuro-dake or explore along the gorge; stay in Sounkyo Onsen.

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DAY 2 Intercity bus to Kitami (2hrs); visit the Mint Memorial Museum; local train to Abashiri (1hr. ¥1070).

Just after Kamikoshi signal station (68.6km), the train passes through the 4329m-long Sekihoku Tunnel (completed in 1931) on Kitami-toge Pass and enters Okhotsk Region.

105.6km

Maruseppu 丸瀬布 Train bu s may be worth a visit to the forest park Ikoi-no-Mori. An old steam locomotive for a forest railroad (date from 1928), the Amemiya 21 chug the short distance on weekends from late April to late October (Open 10am-4.30pm. ¥500). The park has a campsite, folklore museum and onsen. From the station, there are three buses (7.15am, 12.05pm, 4pm) daily to the park (¥270).

The train runs along Yubetsu-gawa.

ASAHIKAWA TO ABASHIRI

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See Directory 4

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124.5km

Engaru 遠軽 The JR Sekihoku Line turns southwest at Hokkaido’s only reversing station in Engaru, where there is a few minutes stop. Look out for the 78m-high huge rock of Ganbo-iwa near the station. At the foot of the rock, Engaru Local Museum (1-2-5 Nishi-machi. Open 9am-5pm Tue-Sun. ¥160) has a collection of old railway photos, tickets and station boards.

See Directory 4

The direction of travel of the train changes.

ABASHIRI · ASAHIKAWA · OBIHIRO · OTARU · KUSHIRO · SAPPORO · WAKKANAI

MAP LEGEND Lines/Routes Walking Route Expressway/Toll Road Arterial Road Road Road Under Construction Cycle Path/Trail/Path Arcade/Pedestrian Mall Railway/Tram/Cable Car Ferry Footbridge

Areas

Numbers

Transport

Attraction Sleep/Take-out/Other Option

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Attractions & Activities Bathhouse/Hot Spring/Onsen Beach Cinema Cycling Hiking Skiing Other Attractions

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Geographic Gate Mountain/Elevation Point Park/Garden/Nature Reserve ) ( Pass Waterfall

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Hydrography River/Canal/Waterway Intermittent River Water/Sea/Lake/Marsh/Pond Intermittent Lake

Boundaries

Only these subway, tram, and bus lines which connect the main stations or provide inter-station links are shown.

Road Signs

Airport

Subway/Metro Route

Bus

Bus/Tram Route

Ferry

Ferry Route

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Metro

Road/Walking Route

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Subway

National Route

Main Station

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Prefectural Road

Local Station/Bus Stop Note that not all of these symbols are displayed on the map in this book.

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Railway Route

40

Road Closed

Bank/Currency Exchange Embassy/Consulate Hospital Information Center Police Post Of ce Library Toilet Other Public Facility

MAIN STATION LOCATION MAPS

International Prefecture/Province/State Regional Unsettled Wall

Airport Border Crossing Bus Ferry/Port Metro Station Subway Station Taxi Train Station/Tram Stop Other Transport

Public Facilities $

Airport/Runway Attraction Dune/Desert Park/Garden/Forest/Wetland Mountains Area (High Altitude) Square

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WALKING MAPS

INDEX Trip numbers in bold refer to main entries.

• Train Trips: 1-8 (see below) • Alternative Routes: 00a • Side Trips: 00s • Directories: 00d

A Abashiri 4, 4d, 5, see also walking map Abashiri Prison Museum 4 accommodation, see gure out & directories Akan-Mashu National Park 5, 5a Ainu culture & museums Ainu Kotan (Akanko Onsen) 5a Ainu Theater Ikor (Akanko Onsen) 5a Asahikawa City Museum 3 Hokkaido Museum of Northern People (Abashiri) 5 Hokkaido University Botanical Garden (Sapporo) Upopoy National Ainu Museum & Park (Shiraoi) 2 Akabira 3a Akanko Onsen 5a Akkeshi 7, 7d alternative routes Aomori – Hakodate 1a

TRAIN TRIPS: 1-8

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1 Hokkaido Shinkansen 2 Hakodate to Sapporo 3 Sapporo to Asahikawa 4 JR Sekihoku Line: Asahikawa to Abashiri 5 JR Senmo Line: Abashiri to Kushiro 6 Sapporo to Kushiro 7 JR Hanasaki Line: Kushiro to Nemuro 8 JR Soya Line: Asahikawa to Wakkanai

Fukagawa – Horokanai – Shumarinai – Nayoro 8a Kamikawa – Sounkyo – Kitami 4a Kitami – Akanko Onsen – Kushiro 5a Nemuro – Nakashibetsu – Shibecha 7a Oshamanbe – Niseko – Otaru – Sapporo 2a Takikawa – Furano – Biei – Asahikawa 3a Aomori 1, 1a, 1d aquariums Aquarium of the Northern Land (Onneyu) 4a archaeological museums & sites Moyoro Shell Mound Museum (Abashiri), see walking map Sannai Maruyama (Aomori) 1 art galleries & museums Art Hall Toshu-kan (Fukagawa) 3 Arte Piazza Bibai 3 Asahikawa Museum of Sculpture Station Gallery 3 Atelier 3 More (Otoineppu) 8 Kuraimu (Asahikawa), see walking map Kushiro Museum of Art, see walking map Obihiro Museum of Art, see walking map Asahikawa 3, 3d, 4, 8, see also walking map Attoko 7, 7a

B Bakkai 8 bathhouses, see onsen Bibai 3, 3d Biei 3a Bifuka 8, 8d Bihoro 4 birdwatching Akan International Crane Center 5a Akkeshi-ko 7

Kushiro Shitsugen 5 Nagayama-shinkawa 8 Shunkunitai (Nemuro) 7a Tofutsu-ko (Kitahama) 5 Biruwa 4 Bokoi 2 breweries, see also distilleries Ikeda Wine Castle 7 Takasago Sake Brewery (Asahikawa), see walking map bridges Akkeshi-ohashi 7 Hakucho-ohashi (Muroran) 2 Nusamai-bashi (Kushiro) 5 budget 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, see also trains & tickets

C cable cars & ropeways Asahi-dake 4 Hakodate-yama 1 Sounkyo Kuro-dake 4a cafes, see directories camping Hama-Koshimizu 5d Maruseppu 4d Memanbetsu 4, 4d Kabutonuma Park 8 Shumarinai-ko 8a Teshiogawa Onsen 8 Toro 5d Wakoto-hanto Kohan 5d canoeing & kayaking Akkeshi 7 Kiritappu Shitsugen 7s capes Azechi-no-misaki (Kiritappu) 7s Chikyu-misaki (Muroran) 2 Nosappu-misaki (Nemuro) 7 Noshappu-misaki (Wakkanai) 8 Soya-misaki (Wakkanai) 8s Tappi-zaki 1s cinema 3d, 6d, 8d COVID-19, see gure out

cruises Abashiri (icebreaker) 5 Akan-ko 5a Onuma Park 2 Shikotsu-ko 2s Shiretoko (Utoro) 5s Toya-ko 2 Chanai 7, 7d, 7s Chitose 2, 2d, 2s, 6 cycling, see also directories Biei 3a Horonobe 8, 8d Kenbuchi 8, 8d Kiyosato-cho 5, 5d Nakasatsunai 7s Onuma-koen 2, 2d Shintoku 7, 7d Teshio-Nakagawa 8 Toyotomi 8, 8d

D Daisetsuzan National Park 4, 4a Date-Monbetsu 2 distilleries, see also breweries Kiyosato Shochu Distillery 5 Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery 2a

E Ebetsu 3 Engaru 4, 4d events & festivals Aomori 1 Kikonai 1 Okutsugaru-Imabetsu 1 Shikotsuko Onsen 2s Sounkyo 4a

F Fukagawa 3, 3d, 8a Furano 3a, 6

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gardens, see also parks JR Sekihoku Line 4d Nakafurano (lavender) 3a

Genseikaen (station) 5 gorges Ryusenkyo (Takinoue) 6 Sounkyo 4a Goryokaku 1, 2

H Hakodate 1, 1a, 1d, 2, see also walking map Hama-Koshimizu 5, 5d Higashi-Kushiro 5, 7 Higashi-Muroran 2, 2d Higashi-Nemuro 7 Higashi-Shikagoe 3a, 6 hiking, see also mountains Asahi-dake 4 Attoko (Nemuro) 7 Bogakudai (Tokachi-dake) 3a Hakodate-yama 1 Kuro-dake 4a Kuromatsunai 2a Mashu Kussharo Trail 5 Mashu-dake 5 Muroran (Etomo Peninsula) 2 Noboribetsu Onsen 2 Ochiishi (Nemuro) 7 Shari-dake 5 Shiretoko 5s Shunkunitai (Nemuro) 7a Soya Hills 8s Wakkanai 8, 8s historic buildings, see also walking maps Abashiri Prison 4 Hakodate 1 Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery 2a Otaru 2a Sapporo 2 Wakkanai North Breakwater Dome 8 Hokkaido Rail Pass, see trains & tickets Hokkaido Seafood 7d Hokkaido Shinkansen 1, 2 Horokanai 8a Horonobe 8, 8d

I Ikeda 6, 6d Ikutahara 4, 4d Iwamizawa 2, 3, 3d, 3s

J Japan Rail Pass, see trains & tickets

K Kamifurano 3a Kamikawa 4, 4a, 4d Karikachi-toge Pass 6 Kawayu-onsen 5, 5d Kenbuchi 8, 8d Kikonai 1, 1d Kiritappu 5s Kitahama 5 Kitami 4, 4a, 4d, 5a Koboro 2 Kiyosato-cho 5, 5d Kuromatsunai 2a Kushiro 5, 5a, 6, 7, 7d, see also walking map Kushiro-shitsugen (station) 5 Kutchan 2a

L lakes & marshes Abashiri-ko 4, 4d Akan-ko 5a Akkeshi-ko 7 Blue Pond (Biei) 3a Furen-ko (Nemuro) 7a Kussharo-ko 5 Mashu-ko 5 O-numa & Ko-numa 2 Pashikuru-numa 6 Saroma-ko 4s Shikotsu-ko 2s Shiretoko Five Lakes 5s Shumarinai-ko 8a Tofutsu-ko 5 Toro-ko 5 Toya-ko 2

Lavender Farm (station) 3a literature Ikutahara 4 Otaru, see walking map Shiokari Pass 8 local transport see walking maps (main station location plans)

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Makubetsu 6 markets Akkeshi 7 Hakodate 1 Kushiro 6 Nemuro 7 Otaru 2a Wakkanai 8 Maruseppu 4, 4d Mashu 5, 5d Memanbetsu 4, 4d Memuro 6 Mikasa 3s Minami-Chitose 2, 2d, 6 Minami-Wakkanai 8 monuments & memorials Shintoku 6 Soya-misaki Peace Park 8s Wakkanai Park 8 Mori 2 Moshiri (Horokanai) 8a mountains, see also hiking, volcanoes, walking maps Asahi-dake 4 Hakodate-yama 1 Hidaka Mountains 5 Kuro-dake 4a Mashu-dake 5 Niseko Annupuri 3a Shari-dake 5 Teine-yama (Sapporo) 3a Tento-zan (Abashiri) 5 Tarumae-zan 2 Tomamu-yama 6 Usu-zan 2 Yotei-zan 2a Yubari Mountains 5 Zuri-yama (Akabira) 3a

museums, see also Ainu culture & museum, archaeological museums & sites, art galleries & museums, literature, railway museums & parks, science museums, walking maps Abashiri prison Museum 4 Akkeshi Maritime Memorial Hall 7 Asahikawa City Museum 3 Bank of Japan Otaru Museum, see walking map Chacha World (Ikutahara) 4 Engaru Local Museum 4 Historical Museum of Urahoro 6 Hokkaido Museum of Northern People (Abashiri) 5 Kitami Mint Memorial Museum 4 Nayoro City Museum 8 Obihiro Museum 6 Otaru Museum Unga-kan, see walking map Picture Books Museum (Kenbuchi) 8 Shibecha Museum (Toro) 5 Shiretoko Museum (Shari) 5 Upopoy Ainu National Museum & Park (Shiraoi) 2 Wakkanai Centennial Memorial Tower 8 Wakkanai Karafuto Museum 8 Yubari Coal Mine Museum 6

N Nakafurano 3a Nakasatsunai 6s Nakashibetsu 7a national parks Akan-Mashu 5, 5a Daisetsuzan 3a, 4, 4a Kushiro Shitsugen 5 Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu 8 Shikotsu-Toya 2, 2a, 2s Shiretoko 5s Nayoro 8, 8a, 8d Nemuro 7, 7a, 7d

Niki 2a Niseko 2a Noboribetsu 2, 2d Nopporo 3, 3d Nukanan 8 Numanohata 2

O Obihiro 6, 6s, 6d, see also walking map Ochiishi 7 Oiwake 6, 6d Okutsugaru-Imabetsu 1, 1s, 1d Onneyu Onsen 4a Onuma-koen 2, 2d Onuma Quasi-National Park 2 Osashima 8 Oshamanbe 2, 2a, 2d Otaru 2a, see also walking map Otaru-chikko 2a Otoineppu 8, 8d onsen, see also walking maps Akanko Onsen 5a Akan Tancho-no-Sato 5a Asahidake Onsen 4a Bibai Yu-rinkan 3d Fukiage (Kamifurano) 3a Kawayu 5, 5d Kiritappu 7s Kiyosato 5d Kojohama (Shiraoi) 2 Konbugawa (Konbu) 2a Kussharo-ko 5, 5d Maruseppu 4, 4d Mashu 5d Memanbetsu 4 Midori (Kiyosato) 5 Noboribetsu 2, 2d Obihiro, see walking map Onneyu 4a Oshamanbe 2 Ponpira (Teshio-Nakagawa) 8 Sattsuru (Kiyosato) 5 Seiwa (Luonto) 8a Setose (Engaru) 4d Shibecha 5 Shikotsuko Onsen 2s

onsen, continued Shiorgane (Biei) 3a Sounkyo 4a, 4d Teshiogawa Onsen 8 Tokachidake Onsen 3a Toyako Onsen 2, 2d Toyotomi 8, 8d Utoro 5s Wakkanai Onsen Dome 8 Yunosawa (Shimukappu) 6d Ororon Line 8

P park, see also gardens, national parks, walking maps Obihiro Midorigaoka Park 6 Sapporo Odori Park 2 Wakkanai Park 8 Pippu 8, 8d

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railway museums & parks Amemiya 21 (Maruseppu) 4 Bifuka Station 8 Crawford Park (Mikasa) 3s JR Shinmei Line Museum 8a Karikachi-toge Eco Torokko Railway (Shintoku) 6 Kofuku Station (Obihiro) 6s Okuyuki (Okuyukiusu) 7a Oshamanbe Municipal Hall 2 Otaru Museum Main Building (Temiya Station) 3a Otoineppu Station 8 Memorial Ship Mashu-maru (Hakodate) 2 Memorial Ship Hakkoda-maru (Aomori) 1 Michi-no-eki Abira D51 Station (Oiwake) 6 Mikasa Railway Museum 3s Nayoro City Museum 8 Saiwai-cho Park (Kushiro) 6 Yuzuru Station (Akan) 5a Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park 8 Rubeshibe 4, 4a

S Saroma-ko 4s Sapporo 2, 2a, 3, 3d, 6, see also walking map science museums Asahikawa Science Center Sci-Pal, see walking map Okhotsk Ryuhyokan 5 Volcano Science Museum (Toya) 2 Sekisho Line’s special rule 6 Seikan Tunnel 1 Seishun 18 Kippu 1, 6, see also trains & tickets Shari-dake (Kiyosato-cho) 5 Shibecha 5, 5d, 7a Shibetsu (JR Soya Line) 8 Shiokari 8 Shikotsuko Onsen 2s Shikotsu-Toya National Park 2, 2a, 2s Shimukappu 6, 6d Shin-Aomori 1, 1d Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto 1, 1d, 2 Shin-Sapporo 2, 6 Shin-Yubari 6, 6d Shintoku 6, 6d Shiranuka 6 Shiraoi 2, 2d Shiretoko National Park 5s Shiretoko-Shari 5, 5s, 5d Shumarinai-ko 8a ski areas & resorts Furano 3a Niseko United 2a Pippu 8 Sahoro Resort (Shintoku) 6 Sapporo Teine 2a Tomamu 6 Sounkyo 4, 4a Sunagawa 3

T Takikawa 3, 3a, 3d, 6 Teine 2a Teshio-Nakagawa 8, 8d

Toikanbetsu 8 Tomakomai 2, 2d Tomamu 6, 6d Toro 5, 5d Torokko Oukoku Bifuka 8 Toya & Toyako Onsen 2, 2d Toyotomi 8, 8d

U Urahoro 6, 6d Utoro Onsen 5s

V viewpoints Ganbo-iwa (Engaru) 4 Hokkaido Shinkansen 1d JR Tower (Sapporo) 2 Nusamai-bashi (Kushiro) 5 Kushiro Shitsugen 5 Sapporo TV Tower, see walking map Uchu Observatory (Kiyosato) 5 Wakkanai Centennial Memorial Tower 8

W Wassamu 8 Wakkanai 8, 8d, 8s, see also walking map wild ower gardens Horonobe Visitor Center 8 Koshimizu Genseikaen 5 Sarobetsu Wetland Center 8 Wakka Genseikaen 4s

Y Yakumo 2 Yamubetsu 5 Yoichi 2a

Z Zenibako 2a zoos Asahikawa Asahiyama Zoo 3 Kitakitsune Ranch (Onneyu) 4a Obihiro Zoo 6