Hokkaido 6-day travel guide 2017

Hokkaido is located in the north of Japan. It snows all year round and has very good ice and snow elements. You can get closer to nature here. The food in Hokkaido is also quite rich. You can choose according to your own taste. For food tasting, let me share with you the Hokkaido 6-day travel guide in 2017. Itinerary

6 days, flights to and from Sapporo

Starting from Sapporo, there are many places to visit in Hokkaido. During the winter ice and snow season, Daonan classic route, Daodong Daobei ice and snow wilderness tour (a bit exaggerated...), or finding a resort to ski and soak in hot springs are all good choices. Although I have been to Hakodate (in spring) at the southern end of Hokkaido before, the biggest purpose of my trip was to experience Lake Onuma in winter (although this is a niche attraction and it is also very close to Hakodate at the southern end of Hokkaido). ), this time I took Daonan’s classic itinerary. The details are as follows:

D1 New Chitose Airport, Sapporo (Hokkaido Prefecture, Tanukikoji), live in Sapporo

D2 Sapporo (Hokkaido University), Asahikawa Zoo, live in Sapporo

D4 Onumako Park, Hakodate, live in Lake Toya

D5 Live in Sapporo (Clock Tower, Hokkaido Shrine, Shiroi Koibito Factory) live in Sapporo

D6 Sapporo (Nakajima Park), New Chitose Airport

If you have never been to Hokkaido before, then it is recommended to add 1 day and stay in Hakodate for this round-trip trip from Sapporo to Hokkaido. In the evening, experience the million-dollar night view of Mt. Hakodate (which is as crowded as domestic Golden Week scenic spots). If time is limited, you don’t have to stay at Lake Toya or go to Asahikawa (it takes a day to see penguins in the zoo and back). There is also a classic check-in destination on the Donan Line: Noboribetsu Hell Valley, but this time I gave up because I couldn’t schedule it. In short, when it comes to itinerary, you can choose what to eat based on your own time and preferences. Transportation

I booked a direct flight from Hangzhou to Sapporo with Hainan Airlines (Flight Meal Bar). The price of 1,500 yuan round trip including tax during the ice and snow season is pretty good.

Transportation in Japan mainly relies on the Hokkaido Rail Pass (HOKKAIDORAIL

PASS), which costs 22,000 yen. It is worth mentioning that starting from last year, you can book reserved seat tickets in advance on the JR-EAST official website and then go to the airport to get the tickets directly for free after applying for the pass. (Japanese railways are divided into reserved seat and unreserved seat carriages. Each person has an assigned seat with a reserved seat ticket. Unreserved seat carriages are first come, first served. In the past, you could only reserve reserved seat tickets with your pass after arriving in Japan. Popular routes may have already There are no tickets, of course you can get on and off at will with free seats (take the free pass). For the Sapporo-Hakodate route, it is recommended to book reserved seat tickets in advance, because it is popular and the time is not short, so it will be more depressing if you don’t have a seat. I had booked all the tickets at that time, planned the itinerary and booked the tickets. With the travel pass, even if you change your itinerary temporarily, you can still go to the foreign service office at the train station to change your reserved seat or go directly to the unreserved seat, which is very convenient. Of course, remember to return the tickets you booked before to the staff, and they can resell them.

Hokkaido Rail Pass official website: /railpass/rail01.html (This pass can be purchased directly with your passport at the Foreign Tourist Information Office on the 1st floor of the airport)

JR-EAST official website: http ://www.jreast.co.jp/sc/(After booking the designated seat tickets on this website, you can go directly to the same staff to pick up the tickets after buying the pass at the airport. The official website has full Chinese instructions for the specific operation. The only It should be noted that the station names are all in English. For example, Sapporo is sapporo and Hakodate is hakodate. If you don’t know the English name of a station, please search it yourself)

The travel pass can cover most of the transportation on this trip. As for transportation in the city, Sapporo uses the subway + tram, Hakodate mainly relies on trams. Note that for trams, you have to get on the bus to get tickets and pay when you get off, and Otaru mainly relies on legs. . It is also recommended to take the bus between Toyako Railway Station and Toyako Hot Spring (the bus timetable can be checked at http://donanbus.co.jp/kougai/, and you can reasonably arrange the train arrival based on the bus timetable) Station time and departure time. When I went there, the timetable in the travel guide was wrong. I don’t know if it has been updated now.) If you choose to take a taxi, the taxi prices in Japan are really impressive (I once took a taxi in Okinawa and the fare was 600). + Renminbi taxis are full of tears). Clothes

It’s not that cold, maybe I didn’t touch them when it was cold. . The upper body is underwear + fleece/sweater + thick jacket (general ones are fine, no need to be particularly thick...), and the lower body is long johns and ordinary trousers. It’s best to have non-slip and waterproof shoes because it’s both ice and snow. Wear a hat and gloves, and remember to wear sunglasses. When the sky is full of snow and the sky is completely white, you will really become snow blind.

Food

I’m not that particular about food. The domestic departure floor of New Chitose Airport has a lot of food. Don’t rush to go and experience it first after landing (dining at Japan’s airports and train stations is the same price as in the city) , there is the famous ramen *** Wagoku on the JR-TOWER next to Sapporo train station. There is also a lot of food in the Susukino area in the city center (known as Kabukicho, Hokkaido, do you know). In Otaru, it is recommended to eat with open belly. The famous Rokkatei , Letao, and Beilou are all next to each other. Don’t miss Hakodate’s famous morning market with various seafood. If you are more interested in eating, it is recommended to do some homework online in advance.

If you want to bring some snacks back to share, I suggest you go to the Domestic Departure Level 3 of New Chitose Airport. You can find basically everything. Please note that some items cannot go through the security check and must be checked in. Remember to buy them before the security check. After passing the security check, it will be fine. shop. Accommodation

For this trip, I almost bought a ticket and left immediately (the ticket was booked on February 11th and departed on the 15th). I found that it is quite expensive to book accommodation at the last minute during the ice and snow season (and I caught it innocently. (Asian Winter Games), I booked 3 nights in Sapporo and 2 nights in Lake Toya on BOOKING, and the average price was almost 1,000 RMB per night. The conditions were good (because there are no cheap ones), especially the Lake Toya Hot Spring Hotel (Hotel

GrandToya), although it is a bit old, it has a lake view, a strong Showa style, a very rich breakfast and dinner (pictured below), and a hot spring bath before and after meals, which is very comfortable. Shopping

I didn’t buy anything except snacks, but Sapporo should have everything. You don’t need to change too much when changing Japanese yen at domestic banks. They basically support credit cards (UnionPay may not work in some places, so it’s better to add a MasterCard, VISA or JCB). Many places also support Alipay and WeChat payment. . .

D1 New Chitose Airport Sapporo

I took off early in the morning and landed at New Chitose Airport around noon (I have to praise Hainan Airlines’ food). Although Sapporo is not as good as several major cities in Honshu, Japan City, but due to the strong tourism industry, New Chitose Airport is the third airport in Japan in terms of throughput (the first and second places are both Tokyo's). New Chitose Airport is the busiest airport I have ever been to. In addition to a large number of restaurants and shops, there are also amusement parks, cinemas, and hot springs. . There is a Hokkaido Ramen Dojo on the domestic 3F (Umekoken is recommended). The 3F joint passage for domestic and international departures is called Smile

Road. There are Doraemon Park and Royce Chocolate Factory on both sides, which is very suitable for bringing children. go.

Doraemon Paradise

Royce Chocolate Factory

After buying the pass and collecting the ticket at the Foreigner Service Center on the B1 floor, you can directly take the airport line to get there Sapporo, about 30 minutes.

Sapporo should be a city with obsessive planning. All the roads in the main urban area are horizontal and vertical, and the names are simple and crude. With Odori Park as the center, each road is called North 1 East 3, or South 2, West 4, etc. are very easy to find.

The two busiest places in Sapporo are near the station and Susukino (again, Shinjuku, Hokkaido). These two places in the north and one in the south are connected through Odori Park through the North-South Street, and there is also an underground road. It is connected by a long connecting passage. All major businesses and hotels in Sapporo can be entered directly underground through this passage, which is very convenient in snowy days. Our hotel is near the Hokkaido Old Office, so we will go shopping first after CI.

Hokkaido Old Hall, Western style, there are many Western-style buildings in Hokkaido

I strolled around Susukino in the evening. I originally wanted to eat the famous Genghis Khan barbecue, but there were so many people queuing up. If you have to wait in a long line outside at such a temperature, it is recommended not to try it easily if you don’t have a certain amount of perseverance. Later, I randomly found a curry rice restaurant and it was quite good. Tanukikoji Commercial Street is also near Susukino and is filled with an army of buyers from China.

Sapporo City View and Tram

Odori Time Tower

Susukino

Tickets for the next 5 days

D2 Asahikawa

Before setting off for Asahikawa, I first went to Hokkaido University near the station. If there is no snow on the main roads in Sapporo city, the snow on the university campus is quite impressive. I have never seen it like this. The snowy southerners were stunned for a moment, and there was actually a couple taking wedding photos wearing tulle in the cold wind. They seemed to be Chinese. .

Hokkaido University Campus

Hokkaido University Campus

Winter only! Limited Express Okhotsk

Asahikawa Zoo is a very friendly zoo , all animals can be observed very close, very considerate. It is quite worth traveling so far to see a zoo. The flagship program of Asahikawa Zoo is the penguin walk (showing stupidity). A group of companies waddle outside, and tourists can observe from both sides at a distance. There are two shows a day in winter, and only one show at other times. Be sure to check the time on the official website to avoid missing it.

Japanese naughty children

Big cats

Penguin walk

Penguin walk

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The train from Sapporo to Otaru takes about 40 minutes. There are so many trains that you can go almost at any time.

Otaru is a small town with a lot of history, and it was the filming location of the movie "Love Letter". But when we arrived, it was snowing wet and the sky was overcast, which was not so pretty. . However, Otaru has a lot of delicious food, so it doesn’t matter. .

Walk along the canal to Fairy Tale Crossing, where Letao, Liuhua Pavilion and Bei_lou are all gathered here. You can sit down on the second floor of Letao and order a black tea and cheese set, cheese cake from Letao, grape sandwich biscuits from Rokkatei, puffs and cantaloupe (produced in Yubari, anyone out there) jelly from the north floor, They are all their own classic products, don’t miss them if you pass by.

Letao's cheesecake

Bei_lou's puffs are appetizing just by looking at them

At noon, I tried Zheng Sushi, a famous sushi restaurant in Otaru We only went to almost 3 stores (we ate too much in front...) and it was a bit exaggerated to have to wait in line for a table.

Sushi Dinner

Another major specialty of Otaru is glass (glass) products. There are many glass restaurants (a large glass restaurant has three branches on the same road). There is a dazzling array of glass products, most of which are in Western style, and the prices are very impressive.

The express Airport shuttle between New Chitose-Sapporo-Otaru

After returning to Sapporo from Otaru, we rushed to Toya non-stop. It was already dark when we arrived at the hotel. The hotel (ToyaGrand

Hotel) gives people a strong Showa era (old) feel, and the sumptuous dinner served by the waiter afterwards was really surprising. It is recommended to recommend Japanese hot spring hotels on BOOKING or other platforms If you want to stay, choose half board, which includes breakfast and dinner, which will give you a better experience. After dinner, I soaked in the hot springs and fell asleep.

A sumptuous hotel dinner

The room also thoughtfully provided educational toys, and I spelled out all the patterns. .

D4 Onuma Park Hakodate

When I got up in the morning, on the main road of Lake Toya Hot Spring Town (the only road), the passing vehicles brought snow flying all over the sky. The feeling that Lake Toya is the end of the world mentioned in the Harvard scholar's "Better Go", I also felt a little bit of it at that moment.

Toyako Town

I couldn’t stay longer in Toyako, so I hurried to Onuma Park. Onuma Park is located north of Hakodate

It is a 24-kilometer lake created after the eruption of Komagatake volcano. It is dotted with large and small islands. It is one of the three new scenic spots in Japan. I visited it once before in the spring. ,, I was quite surprised when I saw the photos of Onuma Park in winter. I quietly planted grass in my heart and planned to come again in winter. Today, my wish finally came true, and the weather was kind to me. When I arrived at Onuma Park, the weather cleared up. The blue sky that I hadn’t seen in a long time reflected the endless snow on Onuma Lake. It was really beautiful. I walked along the trails connecting many trails on Onuma Lake and took a leisurely walk. On the thick snow, the body and mind are extremely comfortable. Not much to say, more pictures. Here are two comparison photos of Lake Onuma in spring and winter from the same perspective. The original lake surface has turned into ice and is covered with snow (Lake Toya, which is further north than Lake Onuma, is an ice-free lake).

The view from the window of the train running along the seaside

The Senfeng Monument in Onuma Lake (it was shoveled manually, otherwise it would have been buried in the snow) and the Komagatake Volcano in the distance

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Ice fishing on the lake

On the frozen lake, the tree in the middle was originally a mini island

Onuma Lakeside town buildings

Spring and winter Comparison 1

Comparison 2 between spring and winter

I went to Hakodate to revisit my hometown before. It only takes 20 minutes from Onuma Park to Hakodate. The original intention of going to Hakodate was to go up to Mount Hakodate and overlook the snow. In Hakodate (usually we go to Mount Hakodate to see the night view, but our trip will be back to Toya in the evening), God knows, the sunny day suddenly turned into a blizzard, and the visibility suddenly dropped to more than ten meters. Standing at the intersection and across the road I couldn't see clearly, so I simply returned to Toya early, stayed comfortably in the hotel, and squeezed in some leisure during the busy journey.

The Kanamori red brick warehouse at the foot of Mount Hakodate, it’s snowing, and Mount Hakodate is looming in the distance

As we get closer, where is your sister’s mountain?

Strong wind Blizzard.

The morning market in Hakodate is closed in the heavy snow

It cleared up again on the way back to Toya, and it was still the view outside the train window

Attached is a photo of Mt. Hakodate Million The night view has nothing to do with this trip, it was taken during my last trip

D5 Lake Toya Sapporo

Today I finally have time to relax in Lake Toya during the day. Lake Toya is a volcanic freshwater lake. , about 10 kilometers in diameter, is the northernmost ice-free lake in Japan. It is a famous hot spring resort in Japan and has various hot spring hotels around the lake.

In "

The Northern Yuzuru 2/3 Murder Case" by Shoji Shimada

Yoshiki Takeshi seems to be because there are too many hotels in Lake Toya. Knowing where my wife lives is very difficult.

Wander around the lake casually. Under the sunshine, the lakeside and the mountains in the lake are covered with snow. Sitting by the lake is very comfortable. After spending a long time in the hotel, we returned to Sapporo at noon.

The main road of the town

100th anniversary

There are many public hand baths and foot baths in Lake Toya, where you can soak your hands and feet.

Gintama

Taxi outside Toya Station, ByeToya

Limited express super Hokuto! Departure back to Sapporo

At noon I experienced Japanese train lunches on the train

After half a day back in Sapporo, I visited the Sapporo Clock Tower, Hokkaido Shrine and the Shiroi Koibito Factory. If I can’t write anymore, just post the pictures.

Atomy in the underground passage

Clock Tower

Odori Time Tower during the day

The park outside the shrine

You must wash your hands before entering the shrine

The shrine is a bit cute

The Shiroi Koibito Factory has a strong Western style both inside and outside

D6 Sapporo Return

On the last day, I went to Nakajima Park south of Sapporo in the morning, returned to the hotel to pack my luggage, and headed to New Chitose Airport. The 6-day trip ended successfully. Looking back now, I still have a full sense of fulfillment. I wish I could go deep into the huge wetlands in the eastern part of the country and experience a different Hokkaido again in another season of ice and snow.

The Toyoheikan in Nakajima Park is another Western-style building. There are a large number of Western-style buildings in Sapporo, Otaru, and Hakodate in Hokkaido

Nakajima Park, Island It's gone, the lake is gone, it's all snow.