Majestic and beautiful, Eastern Hokkaido (simply called Do-to) boasts no fewer than wilderness three national parks ideal for hiking, wildlife watching and getting into smoothing onsen. This area has Japan’s largest wetland, plateau, caldera lake, lagoon and sandbank as well. In winter the Sea of Okhotsk is often covered with fantastic ryuhyo (drift ice).

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Tokachi & Obihiro

十勝・帯広

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.

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Kushiro

釧路

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.

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Nemuro

根室

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.

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Akan-Mashu National Park

阿寒摩周国立公園

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).

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Shiretoko

知床

‘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. 

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Okhotsk & Abashiri

オホーツク・網走

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.

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