Hokkaido travel tips Hokkaido free travel guide

Many people have been to Hokkaido, but many friends are still preparing to go, so the editor has prepared some useful information for everyone. Everything about ticket changes, transportation, pre-departure preparations, phone calls, etc. are all prepared for you. Moved?

Hokkaido is very suitable for summer travel. Compared with the scorching high temperature of 38 degrees in Shanghai and Suzhou, the weather in Hokkaido is really comfortable at about 28 degrees. Wear short sleeves and medium pants during the day, and wear thicker clothes when going out at night. Jacket and trousers. Business hours

Banks: Monday to Friday 9am-3pm, shops and supermarkets: generally 9am-6pm in small towns

, 9am-9pm in Hokkaido urban business districts, some are 10am- 10pm. Tax refunds are basically available for purchases over 5,400 yen, and 8% of the consumption tax will be refunded, but a 1.1% handling fee will be charged. EAST has several levels of policies where you can get a 5% discount by simply showing your passport. If the tax is refunded directly at the payment office on each floor, the tax will be refunded in cash. However, general goods and consumables are charged separately. At Daimaru Department Store, you can show your passport at the service counter on the first floor to get a discount list, which is also 50% off, but there are regulations on which products cannot be discounted. Tax refunds are also calculated separately for general goods and consumables, but tax refunds can be accumulated in many places. All within a day can be calculated together, and tax refunds are available on the 7th floor. There are many shops outside the security checkpoint at New Chitose Airport. It is best not to buy too much, because the things you buy here may not be able to be carried on the plane. China Eastern Airlines stipulates that you can only have one piece of hand luggage, and the inspection is very strict. There is no need to check the duty-free products one by one at New Chitose Airport. When you get there, you just need to tear off the tax form and put it into the box they prepared. Trams and buses

Get on the train from the back door. There is a ticket dispenser next to the door. Each person takes a sorting ticket. There is a code on the sorting ticket to record the station where you boarded the bus. At the same time, the screen at the front of the carriage will display the fare from the time you get on the train to the current station. With each additional station, the fare also moves forward one space. Get off the car and walk through the front door, put the sorting coupon into the box next to the driver's seat, and throw the corresponding ticket money into the coin slot. Only fifty and one hundred coins can be used for coin insertion. There is a change machine next to the coin box. You can put the banknotes in and change them out.

Sapporo: English Sapporo Japanese newspaper station "Sapporo"

Emergency consultation hotline: 011-222-4894, 24-hour standby telephone consultation window "Emergency Safety Center Sapporo" Chinese and English telephone numbers : If #7119 cannot be connected, please call 011-272-7119 Hospitals that can receive patients at night and on holidays

Hospital name Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital

Address Higashi-ku, Sapporo City Kita 33jo Higashi 14-chome

Tel: 011-722-1110* Please call before coming to the hospital

Time: 17:00 on weekdays - 9:00 the next day

Saturday, Sunday, and holidays 9:00-9:00 the next day

Language English, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Mongolian, Indonesian, Malay, Guaranteed Rani

Please note that guests who can communicate in Japanese should go to the Nighttime Emergency Center for consultation (19-chome, Odori, Chuo-ku, Sapporo City) Telephone

Buy a Japanese phone card on Taobao or rent it The WIFI signal in Japan is good, but it can only send WeChat and check map information, but it is not possible to watch videos. When making domestic calls in Japan, the Japanese phone number you see on domestic hotel reservations is +0086. When calling within Japan, remove 0081 and put +0 in front.

Ambulance and firetruck: 119 Police station: 110

Accommodation reservation: www.booking.com, www. .japanican.com

Flight booking: Taobao

Note (summer is also the peak season for tourist areas in Hokkaido, so hotel reservations in Biei must be made early)

Arrive After arriving in Hokkaido, just take out the printed itinerary, and then at the JR service center, the service staff will introduce you to the most economical and suitable pass.

You can check the JR ride time and frequency on your mobile phone. Download the Google Map and Transfer Apps in advance. They cannot be used in China, but they are accessible abroad. Language

Except for hotel employees, Japanese English is generally spoken with a Japanese accent. It’s a foreign language, so words are far more effective than sentences when communicating. Pay attention to using body language and learn to understand what you bring

Passport, ID card, power bank, charger, eye mask, conversion socket, camera. , notebook, water cup, pen, medicines (Shimu Sheng, Huangliansu, Zuoke, Cephalosporin, thermometer, Sanlitong, VC, Zhengbupleurum, Isatis root, Zhengchangsheng), clothes, air tickets to Shanghai.

Shanghai. There are direct flights to Hokkaido. But because of the cost savings, we chose the red-eye flight to Tokyo and then to Sapporo. The price is naturally much cheaper than the direct flight.

Japanese visas are becoming more and more open now. I remember that when I went to Japan to apply for a visa in 2009, I needed to prepare a lot of documents, various certificates and bank deposits. It felt like a very troublesome thing. This time, the Japanese visa was so simple that I was surprised.

Because we have had many Schengen visas and 10-year US visas before, we only provided basic personal information and work certificates for this visa.

The daily visa actually seems to be one of the relatively complicated visas for Chinese people. It requires a lot of things, but it is actually not bad if you sort out your thoughts

Travel There are currently three types of purpose-based daily visas: single visa, three-year multiple visa, and five-year multiple visa.

A single-entry visa requires the least things, although it is quite troublesome, such as flight reservations, hotel orders, ID cards, household registers, work certificates, etc. blabla.

The requirement for multiple times in three years is more, but it has been simplified recently. If you have been to Japan before, the annual salary is required to be 10W RMB

If you have not been to Japan, the annual salary is required to be 20W, and both For tax forms that need to be stamped by the tax bureau, you cannot directly look at the work certificate and write a sentence. The most important thing is that you must stay at least one night in one of these four places, Okinawa, Fukushima, Sendai, or Iwate during the entire trip. In fact, it is to stimulate the economy of those places~ If you meet these conditions, everything will be provided for the first time. After the visa is issued, you can come and go at will within 3 years without having to apply for a visa every time~

Multiple times in five years will give you better discounts than multiple times in three years. This does not require previous experience in going to Japan or staying anywhere, and you can come and go at will within 5 years after getting the visa~~The only comparison is that A piece of information, after tax, income, 50W

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In the Beijing consular district, a single visa is RMB 288 each, which is quite cheap~ I applied for visas at his home twice before, and the customer service is relatively reliable, although there are not many people asking. You can reply within a few minutes after asking a question, but once I start replying to you, the conversation can basically continue

And the required materials are pretty clear in the online store link, so prepare them as they are. That's it

After you prepare everything, just send it to his physical store near Jianguomen. They will conduct a preliminary review within a day or two after receiving it, and then call you. Does the notification require additional materials? If there is no need to supplement, they will submit it to the embassy

Generally, from the time they pass the initial review to the actual issuance, it will be within 10 working days. Our actual time seems to be about 8 working days. We will notify you by phone after the visa is issued. You can choose to pick it up yourself or let them express it by SF Express

Overall, it is a relatively reliable store, and the price is already The Taobao stores in the consular district of Beijing are relatively cheap. Even if there are some cheaper ones, they are very limited. It is better to choose this larger and more reliable one. Another friend signed the equipment recommended to me here before

Hokkaido is dry and cold, so I didn’t feel particularly cold when I got there. But you still need to pay attention to protecting your exposed skin from the cold. In addition to gloves and hat scarves. Be sure to bring ski pants and professional snow-resistant shoes for your children. Because children will be very excited when they see snow. It's the kind that digs directly into the snow. (Please forgive me those who have experienced the world in the north ~ haha) If you don’t wear professional clothes, you will still easily get wet and catch a cold. Also remember to apply sunscreen, as the reflective ultraviolet rays from the snow can invisibly damage your skin. Transportation

Recommended website epass for all transportation in Hokkaido

This is actually something I have not actually used~

1700JPY, including a ticket in Sapporo City The one-day subway pass also allows unlimited rides on any train between Sapporo and Otaru on a certain day~

It’s actually quite worth it~ But unfortunately, I planned to use JRPASS on the day of Otaru, so it was useless. Go here

If you are in need, you can consider~accommodation

The accommodation this time can be expensive or cheap, some bring very good meals, and some can only sleep. A place to sleep. List them all for your reference

1) SPAHOTELソ_レすすきの

It is actually a capsule hotel. . .

But I have to say that this capsule attempt was a great success~~

As you can see in the previous travel notes, capsule hotels really have everything, and youth hostels In fact, I obviously prefer capsules to multi-person rooms~

However, the disadvantages of capsules are also obvious - firstly, there are no separate rooms, so you can only stay in capsules; secondly, most capsule hotels in Japan No female guests are accepted -_-

But at the same time, it is really cost-effective and very cheap. I stayed for two days and it was 5,400 JPY per night, including breakfast

2) LaVista HakodateBay/ラビスタHan_ベイ

It is worth recommending

It is probably the most well-known hotel in Hakodate. It is known as the first hotel breakfast in Japan. It's really good~

The location is also okay. It's basically halfway between Hakodate JR Station and Mount Hakodate Cable Car Climbing Station. It's also very close to Kanamori Warehouse. You can see Mount Hakodate directly when you are in the bath. ~

In terms of value for money, even if it’s not bad, at 9650JPY a night, it should be said to be a relatively normal hotel. You can try it for breakfast. Anyway, Hakodate doesn’t seem to have many other distinctive features. residence. .

3) Comfort Hotel Kushiro

Just stayed in Kushiro for one night. This hotel is very nice

It is very close to the JR station, about a 2-minute walk away. It is very cheap, the rooms are normal, and the price/performance ratio is very high. Only 3500JPY per night

4) あかん_久の里_雅

Tsuruga must be familiar to Chinese people. After the movie "If You Are the One"

Heya Group has three hotels in Lake Akan, and this one is the cheapest. . . Well, I don’t have to live in a luxurious place by myself. It feels good

16666JPY for one night, including dinner banquet cuisine and breakfast buffet

The kaiseki cuisine is not bad, the taste is not bad, but in view of the real food I ate in the next few days Delicious kaiseki cuisine, the whole thing can only go so far

Breakfast is quite good, there are many kinds

In addition, the large bathroom in Heya is also okay. Especially the one on the 1st floor, the view of the open-air bath is okay

5) PensionJacatra

Recommended for the cracked wall!!!!!

In fact, the B&B in Biei It is between Biei and Mimayu, about 6 kilometers away from Biei Station

The B&B can pick you up, but there are only fixed times every day, at the two stations above at 3, 4, and 5 pm respectively. Outside of this time, you can only take a taxi. The drivers all know each other, and the cost for 6 kilometers is about 2,000 JPY. . . .

The biggest feature of this B&B is that you can sign up for a daytime photo tour in winter~~~

There are many beautiful places near Biei, but it is definitely not possible to rely on your legs. , let alone winter. So having a car has become extremely important~

The benefits of Jacatra are reflected at this time~

The B&B has an official website, http://www.biei-jacatra.jp/about , you can book three months in advance. You need to pay a deposit of 1,500 JPY when booking, and the rest can be paid on site

For me, it is 8,200 JPY per night, plus phototour 4,000 JPY per person

Phototour is We will start at 9 o'clock in the morning and take you to a place to eat at noon. The taste is good and the price is normal. After eating, we will send you back to Biei JR Station before 2 o'clock~

6) Minshuku あきば

The B&B in Furano is pretty good value for money. Many people who come to ski stay here. They go out skiing with their boards and shoes during the day and come back to sleep at night~

The boss is an uncle , English is not bad~ It’s not far from JR Furano Station, it only takes six or seven minutes to walk, so walk slowly, 4100JPY a night without meals, good value for money~

7) InternationalHostelKhaosanSapporo

The only B&B I stayed in this time was in Sapporo. You have to walk for more than 10 minutes west of Susukino Subway Station. It’s not difficult to find, but it’s just a normal youth hostel.

As I said just now, if If a boy is staying in a shared room, he might as well stay in a capsule. . . . Beds in youth hostels are more expensive than capsules -_- Internet access

There are roughly two ways to access the Internet in Japan: buy a phone card or rent a portable wifi

1) Buy a phone card. Before, China Unicom and Japan forgot which operator launched a Sakura card. It became popular for a while, but now the most popular card is probably the b-mobile card. This is an ordinary mobile phone SIM card. You can choose the card size to adapt to different mobile phone models. This card usually has a total traffic of 1G (there are also larger ones). It is valid for 30 days from the card opening date. It can be treated as an ordinary SIM card. You can just use a SIM card, and the signal is said to be good, but you can't make calls.

In addition, the biggest advantage of this card is that because there are enough people using it, when you use it up, you can easily transfer the unused time and traffic to the next person. Generally, you can just leave a comment at the Taobao store where you bought the card, or there are many public accounts on Weibo and follow the comments. I checked before and said that basically the transfer can be transferred within 1-2 days after posting it

This kind of 1G 30-day card costs about 200 RMB. If one card is transferred to two people at a time, it will only cost about 100 RMB per person. Or if everyone has 7-10 days, the average price per person for 3 people is 70 yuan, which is very cost-effective. Legend has it that there was a time when the best person reached the 5th place in the relay. Of course, this also shows that everyone's time in Japan happened to be short. . . .

However, this kind of card seems to have certain restrictions on mobile phones. On the one hand, it must be the WCDMA 3G standard, and on the other hand, it cannot be a dual-SIM dual-standby mobile phone

So I was An honorable pass. . .

You can only choose the next option

2) Rent a portable wifi

This is actually very mature. There are many stores on Taobao, most of which can be done at the airport on the day of departure. If you pick up the machine at a fixed location, you will be given a wifi machine, charger, and deposit receipt. Then you will return the machine at the airport when you come back from Japan, and the deposit will be refunded on site (or you can pre-authorize it with your credit card and release it when you return the machine)

The price is different in each Taobao store. This time I directly bought the cheapest one among the ones with the highest sales through tmall. It cost 8 yuan a day, which is still very cheap. The signal is average even in the ravines of Daoyang. No problem~

If you want to pick up the machine, it depends on which company you ordered. This time I picked it up at a certain counter after going through the security check. There are also places where I picked up the machine before the security check. Everyone can pick it up. I need to look more clearly

As for how long it can be used, I actually don’t have much say in it, because I only use it by myself, and I often turn off the wifi when I know the way, so from now on I have never run out of battery halfway through the morning walk, and it is charged every night. Generally speaking, I heard that after it is fully charged, it can be used continuously for 6-8 hours, so it is no problem to save a day~

But in any case, renting a wifi is still very convenient. The only inconvenient thing is that it is not installed directly in the phone like a SIM card. Instead, you have to install this small thing on your body or in your bag. It’s not very big. If you are a boy, you can put it directly in your trouser pocket, but after all, do you need to carry this extra thing all the time?

1) Warm taste!!!!!!!!!

You can check his home on tabelog. In Sapporo

Kaiseki cuisine. The chef is very stylish~~

Tabelog has a taste score of 4.33, ranking first in Hokkaido and 50th in Japan

It also has three Michelin stars

You can’t make reservations online, you can only make a phone call. The clerk’s English is enough to make an order. If you are interested, just go to tabelog to find it~

The menu is not fixed every day, so check out what’s freshest at the time. What are the ingredients? It is divided into two levels: 10,000 and 15,000 JPY. If you want to eat more expensive, you need to indicate it when booking~

This is really the most amazing kaiseki meal I have ever eaten. , although the ones I had in those high-end traditional Japanese hotels in the past were good, they were really weak compared to his restaurant

Super, super, super awesome. No matter which gear you choose, it is truly a great value!!!

Highly, highly, highly recommended!!!!!!!!!!!!

2) Shrimp and crab Joint Battle

For details, you can see the part on February 7th. The buffet of three types of crabs is so enjoyable~~~

3) Crabs from various seafood markets!!!

Not much to say.

The king crab is absolutely delicious~~~~~~~~

4) Rokkatei~

The dessert shop has branches in many places in Hokkaido. Our shop is in Obihiro City, not It’s a very famous place, but if you happen to pass by it on your itinerary, I suggest you go and take a look. There will be some desserts that are limited to our store~~

5) Yueyue

This restaurant The taste of the food is actually normal, not particularly amazing, but the location is invincible! It’s a short walk from Qianhan Station, a two-story building by the sea, with a 180-degree sea view~~ It’s super comfortable to eat here~~~~

As for food, these are the ones that impressed me the most. There are also some other good ones, which are all listed in the travel notes. You can take what you need by yourself~~