Eastern Hokkaido, Tokachi & Kushiro | Travel

Tokachi & Obihiro

十勝・帯広

Landscapes ◇ Onsen ◇ Food

If you are itching to engage with the spectacular landscape, there is real Hokkaido in Tokachi. This magnificent breadbasket heartlands is known as Japan’s ‘Agricultural Kingdom’. Obihiro is a good base of explore throughout the region.

Kushiro

釧路

Port towns ◇ Wetlands ◇ Food

Kushiro is Eastern Hokkaido’s largest port town and famous for its fresh fishes. Nature lovers and wildlife-watchers will feel at ease in Kushiro or Kiritappu wetlands. You will see elegant tancho (Japanese cranes) and jumping Ezo-shika deers in abundance.

Nemuro

根室

Landscapes ◇ Wildlife ◇ Food

Japan’s most eastern mainland city, Nemuro is a knob of brackish lakes, dramatic capes, wildflower gardens, fishing villages and dairy farms. Japan’s largest plateau, Konsen-daichi lies between Kushiro and Nemuro. Here you will find more cows than people.

Akan-Mashu National Park

阿寒摩周国立公園

Lakes ◇ Onsen ◇ Ainu Culture

Picturesque caldera lakes, volcanoes and onsen, Akan-Mashu National Park contains many of Eastern Hokkaido’s classic natural wonders. Akanko Onsen is a perfect base for hiking and see the mysterious marimo (spherical moss).

Shiretoko

知床

Landscapes ◇ Wildlife ◇ Hiking

‘The end of the earth’ in Ainu, the finger-shaped Shiretoko Peninsula is spectacularly scenic and once called Hokkaido’s ‘last true wilderness’. Great mountain ridges, shimmering blue water and towering cliffs weave on the peninsula. 

Okhotsk & Abashiri

オホーツク・網走

Sea Ice ◇ Lakes ◇ Museums

The almost flat shoreline contains Japan’s biggest lagoon, campsites and wildflower gardens. Roughly around February, pure white ryuhyo (drift ice or sea ice) occasionally covers the ocean. Abashiri is a historical and cultural heart of the region.