Things to Do in Hokkaido, Japan
Wild national parks, powder snow, hot springs and Japan's freshest seafood in the far north.
54 destinations across 1 prefectures
Festivals in Hokkaido
Places to Visit in Hokkaido
Okushiri Island
A Sea Urchin Island Rebuilt After the 1993 Tsunami
An island 84 km around, 61 km off Esashi in the Sea of Japan, known for sea urchin, clear water a...
Mount Moiwa
A Ropeway and Mini Cable Car to Sapporo's Night View at 531 m
A 531 m forested hill on the south-west edge of Sapporo, reached by a ropeway and then the small ...
Mount Usu and Showa-shinzan
A Volcano That Grew From a Wheat Field, and One That Erupted in 2000
Mount Usu, the active volcano on the south shore of Lake Toya, and Showa-shinzan, the lava dome a...
Shiretoko Five Lakes
Shiretoko Five Lakes: a Free Bear-Proof Boardwalk, or the Forest Trail With a Lecture or a Guide
Five small lakes in old forest about 14 km past Utoro, inside the Shiretoko World Natural Heritag...
Lake Mashu
A 212 m Deep Caldera You Can Only See From the Rim, Fog Permitting
A caldera lake 212 m deep, walled in by cliffs up to 350 m high, that you look down on from obser...
Michi-no-Eki Nakasatsunai
Beans, eggs and Tokachi chicken south of Obihiro
A spread-out station on Route 236 in a farming village south of Obihiro, with a free bean museum,...
Michi-no-Eki Utoro Shirietoku
Salmon lunch at the gateway to Shiretoko
The roadside station in Utoro, on Route 334 next to the Shiretoko World Heritage Center. Eat salm...
Moerenuma Park
Isamu Noguchi's Last Design, a Whole Park Built on a Landfill
A 188.8-hectare park in northeast Sapporo built to Isamu Noguchi's master plan on top of a former...
Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura
An Edo-period town with ninja and oiran shows near Noboribetsu Onsen
A recreated Edo-period town on the road up to Noboribetsu Onsen. No rides; the point is the shows...
Kushiro Shitsugen National Park
Japan's Largest Wetland, Seen from the Hosooka Lookout at Sunset
About 22,000 hectares of reed and sedge marsh north of Kushiro, Japan's largest wetland and a nat...
Lake Kussharo
Dig Your Own Hot Bath on the Beach at Japan's Largest Caldera Lake
Japan's largest caldera lake, about 80 square kilometres, in Akan-Mashu National Park. At Sunayu ...
Michi-no-Eki Mashu Onsen
A hot-spring footbath and trip planning between Lake Mashu and Lake Akan
Teshikaga's roadside station sits close to where Routes 241, 243 and 391 meet, which makes it the...
Michi-no-Eki Niseko View Plaza
Farm stalls under Mount Yotei
Where Route 5 meets the Iwanai–Toya road in Niseko, local farmers sell their own vegetables besid...
Michi-no-Eki Shikabe Kanketsusen Koen
A geyser, a footbath and seafood you steam yourself
A roadside station on Route 278 in Shikabe, built beside a hot-spring geyser that goes off roughl...
Rebun Island
Rebun Island: Flower Trails at the Far End of the Wakkanai Ferry
A long, low island west of Wakkanai, reached only by a ferry of about two hours. From late May to...