Hokkaido Plus

Road Trip: Tomakomai to Tokachi Hiroo

Hemmed in by the Hidaka Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, this sun-kissed route follows Japan’s top racehorse b…

Heading northwards through the scenic coastal road Ororon Line from Rumoi, this long and slim region shows off…

Constructed in 1870 as the shortest road between Sapporo and Hakodate, Route 230 is one of Hokkaido’s mo…

Opened in 2016, this shinkansen connects Honshu with Hokkaido (Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto) passes through the unders…

Hokkaido has a minimum but scenic railway network, in addition to trains are faster than buses and easy to use…

From 1907 to 1981 this rail line was the main route to Eastern Hokkaido from Sapporo via Furano. Traveling alo…

All limited express trains between Hakodate and Sapporo pass through this route, via the JR Muroran Line (室蘭本線…

For many railway travelers from and to Honshu (such as Tokyo and Aomori), this mountain-meet-ocean route (JR H…

The scenic JR Senmo Line (釧網本線) connects Kushiro with Abashiri, cutting across Kushiro Shitsugen and Akan-Mash…

JR Nemuro Line’s last section, often called the JR Hanasaki Line (花咲線), affording scenic views of the pe…

The main rail route between Sapporo and Eastern Hokkaido, the limited express train passes through the foreste…

From Asahikawa the JR Sekihoku Line (石北本線) heads east to Okhotsk Region, passes through the northern part of D…

Japan’s northernmost rail line, JR Soya Line (宗谷本線) from Asahikawa covers 260km lonely kilometers furthe…

Hokkaido’s second largest city of Asahikawa (literary means ‘sunrise river’) lies on the Kamikawa Basin. The c…

Stretching across Hokkaido’s middle ground from Asahikawa to Furano passes through the rural towns, the 54km J…

Head northeast from Sapporo along the west bank of Ishikari-gawa, Route 275 is an idyllic alternative road to …