‘SMALL station the seaside of the Sea of Okhotsk’ We came across the cute small HAMAKOSHIMIZU station at seaside of the Sea of Okhotsk in ABASHIRI Hokkaido. A mother and small boy are the only passengers who dropped off.They bowed to the train driver as Japanese way. We can see […]
‘SHIRETOKO DAIICHI HOTEL in Hokkaido’We stayed at SHIRETOKO DAIICHI HOTEL in UTORO town the Shiretoko peninsula Hokkaido. It’s located on the sea view hill of UTORO, can see the beautiful view of the Sea of Okhotsk and great view ORONKO ROCK in the center. They offer fresh all we can […]
‘THE ROAD TO HEAVEN in Hokkaido ’This is one of the longest straight road which passes several hills. It’s the base of the Shiretoko peninsula in Hokkaido. It looks like the road is melting into the sky.The whole length is 28.1km. I enjoyed driving through this road! There is a […]
‘ORONKO ROCK 360 degrees view in UTORO Hokkaido’We visited ORONKO ROCK in UTORO, Shiretoko peninsula Hokkaido. it’s one of the 8 great views in Shiretoko peninsula Hokkaido. It’s a 60m tall independent rock in front of the Sea of Okhotsk.We can see the view of UTORO town, the Shiretoko mountains, […]
‘RESTAURANT at the remote seashore of the Pacific Ocean’We ate lunch at KITANOBANYA , RAUSU town , it’s the restaurant seashore of the Pacific Ocean. It’s one of the restaurants which located in the most remote area of Japan. We can see the ocean from the window. They offer fresh […]
‘NATURAL GARDEN in Hokkaido’Hokkaido is very famous for its beautiful natural gardens.Especially the center of Hokkaido, OBIHO area there are several popular gardens. These are not Japanese garden you often see in the rest of Japan like Kyoto and Tokyo. They are originally influenced by English garden, evolving more focus […]
‘Feel the nature, SHIRAFUJI waterfall, deer, red-crowned crane’I came across the waterfalls and animals on my Hokkaido travel. This is SHIRAFUJI( white wisteria) waterfall near Mt.MEAKAN volcano. Also I came across a deer and a red-crowned crane near here. If you want to feel the dynamic nature of Japan, check […]
‘PUBLIC BATH in Hokkaido’Hokkaido is famous for its ONSEN natural hot springs. Because there are a lot of volcanoes, warm magma makes much natural water .Most of the hotels offer nice ONSEN for customers.Also there are many public baths which run by local people. I visited several nice public baths […]
‘HOSHINO RESORT TOMAMU in Hokkaido’We stayed at HOSHINO RESORT TOMAMU in Hokkaido. This is a huge resort with ski slopes, gigantic indoor pool and bath house ,ranch, UNKAI TERRACE ( sea of clouds terrace) and many varieties of restaurants. The surrounding area is a beautiful mountain area with full of […]
‘UNKAI TRRACE ( sea of clouds terrace) at TOMAMU in Hokkaido-2’I visited UNKAI TERRACE ( sea of clouds terrace) in TOMAMU , HOSHINO resort hotel in Hokkaido . This area is famous for its beautiful sea of clouds in the morning.We take a 13minutes gondola to the terrace by 1900 […]
They offer delicious confectioneries made by high quality Hokkaido materials and high quality materials from other parts. This is the cafe operated by ROKKATEI which are only in Hokkaido. We can buy their products by mail order and temporary events in Tokyo and other big cities in Japan.Me and my […]
https://youtu.be/-REWhI5dDrk‘CLIMBING VOLCANO in Hokkaido-1’I climbed Mt. MEAKAN in Hokkaido. It consists of 8 active volcanos formed 3000-10000 years ago. The latest small eruption was 2006. The volcanic activities made several beautiful lakes in the caldera, AKAN lake and several more. It’s just 1499m but the scenery from the top is […]
‘HAPPINESS station in Hokkaido’I came across the KOUFUKU( 幸福,happiness)station of Hokkaido. It’s an ex-station of Japan rail which stopped the operation 1987.The station named KOUFUKU( happiness) because there was a village who came from FUKUI prefecture of mainland. There was a AIKOKU( 愛国, 愛love , 国land ) station on this […]
‘FOREST BATHING in SHUNKUNITAI Hokkaido’I enjoyed Forest bathing at SHUNKUNITAI sand bank in east Hokkaido. It’s formed 3000-1500 years ago, between FURENKO lake and the sea of Okhotsk , registered as the Ramsar Convention of wetlands. There is a primitive forest along the bank , really calm , quiet and […]
It’s a caldera lake formed 7000 years ago by the volcano eruption.The depth is 211.5m , the transparency is 19m , very clear. The surface color is deep blue because the water becomes very deep from the edge. It’s always covered by the’fog’ , people call it as ‘ foggy […]
‘SHUNKUNITAI sand bank in east Hokkaido’I visited SHUNKUNITAI sand bank in east Hokkaido. It’s formed 3000-1500 years ago, between FURENKO lake and the sea of Okhotsk , registered as the Ramsar Convention of wetlands. There is no man-made products here , the scenery is same as the primitive time when […]
‘KIRITAPPU cape south east of Hokkaido’I visited KIRITAPPU cape south east of Hokkaido. The name means’ Foggy cape’ because it’s often covered by the fog . Luckily it’s sunny this day! There is a cute light house of red and white on the cliff. If you’re lucky you might see […]
‘KUSHIRO in Hokkaido’KUSHIRO city is the city east part of Hokkaido.The temperature is always the coolest in Japan, about 10 degrees lower than Tokyo. It’s the city of KUSHIRO river mouth, has the typical part town feeling. I found the local ferry boat, kids are enjoy boarding . This is […]
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