Hakodate
Hakodate - Hokkaido's Sparkling Port City
Port city famous for its night view from Mount Hakodate, bustling morning market, and historic We...
Rishiri Island
Rishiri Island: A Ferry Ride to a 1,721 m Volcano in the Sea
A round volcanic island off Hokkaido's northwest coast that is almost all mountain: Mt Rishiri ri...
Rusutsu Resort
One of Hokkaido's Largest Amusement Parks and Ski Resorts
A large year-round mountain resort near Lake Toya with one of Hokkaido's biggest amusement parks ...
Mount Tokachi
Mount Tokachi: An Active 2,077 m Volcano Above Biei and Furano
A 2,077 m active volcano at the south end of the Tokachi range, climbed from the Bogakudai car pa...
Asahidake
Hokkaido's Highest Peak, Ten Minutes by Ropeway to 1,600 m
At 2,291 m, Asahidake is the highest mountain in Hokkaido and an active volcano in Daisetsuzan Na...
Cape Kamui
A Ridge Path Into Shakotan Blue Water, Past a Gate Once Closed to Women
A narrow headland at the north-west tip of the Shakotan Peninsula where the 770 m Charenka path r...
Mount Yotei
Ezo Fuji: Four Trails, No Water and a 10-Hour Day to the Crater
A 1,898 m volcano with a near-perfect cone, called Ezo Fuji, that rises alone above Niseko and Ku...
Historical Village of Hokkaido
52 Pioneer-Era Buildings and a Horse-Drawn Tram on Sapporo's Edge
An open-air museum with 52 buildings from the Meiji to early Showa periods, moved or reconstructe...
Hokkaido Shrine
Sapporo's Forest Shrine, Where the Gates Open at Midnight on New Year
Sapporo's main shrine, in the forest of Maruyama Park, founded in 1869 as the guardian of Hokkaid...
Odori Park
A 1.5 km Strip of Lawn Through Sapporo That Hosts the Snow Festival
A park about 1.5 km long and 7.8 ha in area that runs west from the Sapporo TV Tower through 12 c...
Lake Shikotsu
Japan's Second-Deepest Lake, 55 Minutes by Bus From New Chitose
A caldera lake about 360 m deep, the second deepest in Japan, and clear enough that the shallows ...
Cape Soya
Japan's Northernmost Monument, With Sakhalin 43 km Offshore
The northern tip of Hokkaido's main island at 45 degrees 31 minutes 22 seconds north, marked by 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...
Michi-no-Eki Ryuhyo Kaido Abashiri
The drift-ice boat pier at the Abashiri River mouth
A harborside station at the mouth of the Abashiri River that doubles as the boarding point for th...
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...