Explore Japan’s northern island through Sapporo, Hakodate and the wide landscapes beyond. Long distances make airport choice and rail connections especially important.
Start with your arrival airport, then compare intercity trains with buses. Rural services may be infrequent, especially outside major cities.
Source · Unsplash License · CroppedA holiday beginning at Hakodate Airport can focus on southern Hokkaido's port city, lakes and historic towns. Give Hakodate its own time, then choose whether…
hokkaido · hakodate · motomachi · goryokaku · mount-hakodate · onuma · mount-komagatake · matsumae · esashi
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Raita Futo · CC BY 2.0 · CroppedHokkaido rewards a trip built around a region and a season. Choose the landscapes you want to spend time in, then decide where to stay. A city break, a…
hokkaido · sapporo · otaru · jozankei · lake-shikotsu · hakodate · onuma · matsumae · asahikawa · biei · furano · daisetsuzan · tokachi · obihiro · kushiro · akan-mashu · abashiri · okhotsk · shiretoko · wakkanai · rishiri · rebun · niseko · lake-toya · noboribetsu · memanbetsu
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Use New Chitose as the starting point for a central-Hokkaido holiday shaped around Sapporo, Otaru, Jozankei and Lake Shikotsu. This is a guide to the…
hokkaido · sapporo · otaru · jozankei · lake-shikotsu · odori-park · susukino
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Obihiro Airport, also known as Tokachi-Obihiro Airport, is a starting point for a holiday in Tokachi. Think of food, farming landscapes, gardens and hot-spring…
hokkaido · obihiro · tokachi · tokachigawa-onsen · lake-shikaribetsu · daisetsuzan
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MaedaAkihiko · CC0 1.0 · CroppedMemanbetsu Airport is a gateway for a holiday focused on Abashiri, the Okhotsk coast and the Shiretoko area. Give the coastal city and peninsula their own…
hokkaido · abashiri · okhotsk · utoro · shiretoko · rausu · shiretoko-five-lakes
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Asahikawa Airport introduces a travel area with several different rhythms: city time in Asahikawa, farm landscapes around Biei and Furano, and mountain stays…
hokkaido · asahikawa · asahiyama-zoo · biei · furano · daisetsuzan · asahidake · sounkyo
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A trip beginning at Kushiro Airport can bring together a coastal city, wetlands and the volcanic lakes of Akan-Mashu. These landscapes reward separate…
hokkaido · kushiro · kushiro-wetlands · akan-mashu · lake-akan · ainu-kotan · lake-mashu · lake-kussharo · kawayu
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Flying from Tokyo to Hokkaido is the standard, most practical way to reach Japan's northernmost main island. The Hokkaido Shinkansen from Tokyo currently ends…
domestic-transfer · hokkaido · airport · haneda-airport
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Look at a map of Hokkaido and you will see names such as Sapporo, Wakkanai, Shiretoko, Mombetsu and Toya. For most travelers, they are simply destinations —…
hokkaido · sapporo · wakkanai · shiretoko · mombetsu · toya · lake-toya · rubeshibe · kitami
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Drive through the Hidaka region of southern Hokkaido and the landscape begins to change. Beyond the towns and coastal roads, long fences divide broad green…
hokkaido · hidaka · hidaka-mountains · biratori · niikappu · shinhidaka · urakawa · abira
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