‘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 […]
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