We explored Furano, Biel, Otaru, Lake Toya, Hakodate, Noboribetsu and Sapporo.
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| Kamifurano Farm, Furano |
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| Hell Valley, Noboribetsu |
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| Best Green Tea Ice Cream, Otaru |
Our detailed itinerary as below. We took Thai Airway with 1 stop in Bangkok.
Itinerary
Summary
Day No
|
Day
|
Date
|
Itinerary
|
1
|
Sat
|
19/8
|
Fly
to
|
2
|
Sun
|
20/8
|
Chittose/Furano/Biei/Tomamu
|
3
|
Mon
|
21/8
|
Tomamu
|
4
|
Tues
|
22/8
|
Tomamu/Otaru
|
5
|
Wed
|
23/8
|
Otaru/Lake
Toya
|
6
|
Thurs
|
24/8
|
Lake
Toya/Hakodate
|
7
|
Fri
|
25/8
|
|
8
|
Sat
|
26/8
|
Hakodate/Noboribetsu
|
9
|
Sun
|
27/8
|
Noboribetsu/Sapporo
|
10
|
Mon
|
28/8
|
|
11
|
Tues
|
29/8
|
Fly
from
|
Car
Rental
Range
Toyota Wish/Honda Stream (5pax) but upgraded to Mitsubishi Delica Basic Rental Fee JPY70k, Compensation Coverage JPY14040,
Tocoo Additional Support Fee JPY10800, HEP (Hokkaido Expressway Pass) 10 days
JPY9300 (unlimited used of highway/toll) Total JPY104,140 Approx.RM4100.
Record: Diesel used
JPY11885 Approx RM470, Mileage 1300km
Detailed
Itinerary
Day 1
19 Aug Sat KL – Chittose (1 stop in BKK)
7pm
Check in KLIA
Day 2
& 3 20 & 21 Aug Sun/Mon
Stay
B606 Naka Tomamu Alpha Village, Shimukappu, Hokkaido 079 2204
Collect
Key Alpha Front Desk 81(0167) 57-2311
Hotel:
81 (0167) 58 1111 1bedroom western 7 beds 1 bathroom
Host:
Masaharu 81 805 115 0142
Pick
up rent (foc) blanket from front desk
Day 2
20 Aug Sun Chittose – Furano – Biei –
Tomamu (Stay: Naka Tomamu Alpha Village)
8.30
am Arrive Chittose
Airport
10.30
am Collect Car, look for signage for car
rental, then enquire at information counter for car rental/misc
12.30
pm Reach Furano for Lunch (airport to Tomita Farm approx 2 hrs 15 mins)
Visit: Furano Cheese Factory 9am-5pm, Furana Winery 9am-4.30 pm
Grape Juice, Tomita Farm (8.30am – 5pm), Tomita Melon House (9am – 5pm) is Next
to Tomita Farm, Kamifurano Farm 9am -6pm), Blue Pond, Shikisai-no-oka garden (8.30am
– 6pm)
Note:
only visited Tomita, Kamifurano, Blue Pond. Did not try any of meal below
except lavender ice cream at Tomita Farm
Meal Guide
- Furano Cheese Factory – Pizza
JPY1900 Verdict: Good
- Masaya (Terpanyaki)11-15 Hinodemachi Furano 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5-9.30pm, Range JPY1k-2k
- Furano Delice Café (Cheese cake, Macaron) 076-0017 Furano Shi, SHimogorya 2156-1 10am
- Farm Tomita (Lunch/Lavender ice
cream JPY300, Melon ice cream JPY250) Verdict Lavender ice cream: Good
- Yuiga Doxon (Venison curry & homemade smoked sausage, pork topping tender) Furano Shi, Honodemachi 11-8
Day 3 21 Aug Mon Tomamu
(Stay: Naka Tomamu Alpha Village)
Visit: Unkai Terrace (JPY1,900/pax) Either Day 3 or Day 4 (best do
it day 3 if gondola not operating, still got chance on Day 4) Shuttle bus from
The Tower starts 4.25am)
Mina Mina Beach – Biggest Wave indoor pool in Japan, sauna 6-9am,
3-11pm (Last 10pm), Open air bath surrounded by forest
Water on the Chapel – tour at certain hour, ours was 8pm
Access
for Unkai Terrace
Located in the Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU.
Please use the shuttle bus from [RISONARE Tomamu] or [The TOWER].
(About 5 to 10 minutes you will arrive at the [Resort center])
Please use the shuttle bus from [RISONARE Tomamu] or [The TOWER].
(About 5 to 10 minutes you will arrive at the [Resort center])
Open Hour : [JUN 1 - AUG
31] 5:00 - 8:00(Last ride up)
Recommended Spot: Cloud Walk. Best Time:
Dawn to morning. You will see before you a vast panorama of the ever-changing
Unkai (Sea of Clouds) and the mountains of Hidaka and Tokachi. Chances are
50-50. Come during the early morning hours to see the Unkai! After a 13 minute
ride on the gondola, an astonishing sight appears before your eyes: mountain
peaks above a white sea of clouds.
Note: Unfortunately bad
weather, gondola not operating on our Day 4 before check out
Meal Guide Tomamu
- Ninipuri at Village
Alpha (buffet western/jap – Lunch/dinner) Good view of forest, 30% disc
coupon collect at front desk)
- Menya Miyabi at Hoshino
Resort 1F (Ramen place) – verdict: food ok
Day 4 OTARU 22 Aug Tues (Tomamu to Otaru 2 hrs 20 mins)
Stay
4-40 Aioi Chou, Otaru 0134 24 0200
Apartment
Name: Wellness Suitenguu 2bedrooms jap/western, 5pax, 1bathroom
Check
in 3 pm, Check out 11 am
Message
host arrival time/coordinate key exchange (manager: Yoshida san)
+81
90 7650 6168 2 bedroom 1 bath, 1 double, 2 single, common area 1 single
Visit: Otaru Canal (night. Cruise JPY1500 day,JPY1800 nite), Sankaku
Fish Market Otaru, Saikamachi Street (Music Box Museum, Kitachi Glass gallery,
Letao for sweets, café, observatory at Marchen Square, Orgel Emporium, street
food etc, Nikka Wisky Distillery 9am-5pm,
7-6 Kurokawa-cho, Yoichi-cho, Yoichi-gun,Hokkaido 046-0003 35 mins away in Yoichi). Yamamoto Orchard at
Yoichi –fruits picking JPY1100 9am-5pm, 1102-5 Noborimachi Yoichi cho, Yoichi
gun.
Meal Guide
- Ajidokoro Takeda in Sankaku Fish Market, near Otaru Station, 3-10-6 Inaho, Otaru 7am-4pm
- Jap Maccha Sweets Sa Wa Wa Powder green tea bracken rice or green tea ice cream Verdict: Very Good
- Masazushi (signature Ika Somen (Squid sashimi, Sushi) 047-0031 Hokkaido, Otaru-shi, Ironai, 1 Chome 1-2-1 (map code 493 690 5020 11am – 4pm, 5-10pm, Opposite otaru canal, 15 mins from Otaru station
- Yabuhan Soba (highly recommend
Soba) – Close on Tuesday Otaru Sobaya Yabuhan, Willow tree landmark)
Shizuya Street 2-19-14 Inaho, Otaru Tel 81 134 33 1212 11am-8.30pm (LO)
break 4-4.30pm
- Topi – Otaru, (reasonable sushi
bar) 6-4 Minatomachi, Otaru shi)
- Uomasa 2-5-11 Inaho, Otaru-shi, 12:00‐14:00, 16:00‐21:30 closed: Sundays Phone:
+81 134 22
0456. Verdict: fresh sashimi, gud sushi
- Uoshin (Fresh sushi) 12-2pm, 6-9.30 pm , 2-5-11 Inaho
Otaru 0134 22 0456
- Kamaei No Kamaboko– Fish Cake Shop at 3-7 Sakaimachi for
delicious fish cakes 9am-7pm
Day 5
LAKE TOYA 23 Aug Wed (Otaru to Lake Toya 1.5 - 2 hours)
Stay
Toyako-Cho, Hokkaido 049-5721
Check
in 3 pm, check out 11 am
Self
Check in , Lock Box
Host
Yas, 2 bedroom jap & western, 1 bath, Watch sunrise/summer nite fireworks
from kitchen, lake toya from window, 1 min walk to lake toya
Google
map took us to route (country road, not highway) thru kiroro mountain mo mou
san, nice view
Visit Sobetsu Fruits Village, Depends on season peach, plum,
grapes, apples JPY680 pick your own fruits or Takashina Fruit Farm, 362 Takino,
Sobetsu, Usu, Lake Toya 3rd largest volcanic caldera lake of Japan,
Ropeway JPY1500 to Mt Usuzan to view lake toya and Mt Showa Shinzan, 8.15am up,
last 5.45 pm down.
Meal Guide at Lake
Toya
- Lake Hill Farm (Pizza, Cream Puff, Ice Cream or Gelato) 9am – 6pm ,127 Hanawa, Abuta gun, Toyako Cho 049 5724 Tel+81 142 83 3376 Verdict: Loved the creamy milky ice cream
- Sendoan At Wakasaimo Main Store 2nd Flr (for nest hotate) raw or fried hotate w curry 11am – 7pm (LO 6.30pm) Map code 321 518 607) Verdict: Food was ok, 1st Flr (kawaii cakes)
- Boyotei (Crab fry rice, breaded scallop, hamburger steak) 36-12 Toyako Onsen, Abuta-gun, Toyako Cho 049 5721 Tel: 81 142 75 2311. Close 4pm (LO 3.30 pm)
Day 6
& 7 HAKODATE 24 -25 Aug Thurs (Lake Toya to Hakodate 2 hrs - 2 hrs 30 mins)
Stay
801, 8th Flr, Maison President, 16-5 Toyokawa-Cho, Hakodate City
Check
in 3 pm Check out sharp 10am
Pin
Door will be given, Map Code 86 042 482*21
Msg
Host 8190 9755 3338, 2bedrooms, 5beds,jap& western
Brown
8 Storey Apartment, Seiko Mart Nx Door, Entrance behind Seiko Mart, red vending
machine at entrance, entrance on other side of tram street
Meal Guide
- Lucky Pierrot Hamburger shop (Chinese fried chicken burger w drinks, fries JYP65), Bay or Ekimae or Motomachi area quie few shops around 10am – 12.30am (sat till 1.30am)Verdict: recommended shrimp burger, Chinese fried chicken burger, even pork and beef)
- Jusco – buy whole Hokkaido Melon
at JPY830 Verdict juicy sweet, much cheaper than buying at market
Day 7 25 Aug Fri
Hakodate
Visit: Hadodate Morning Market (hv brunch) 5am-12noon or some 3pm
for various live seafood, Fort Goryokaku Tower eye view of Hakodate, Lake Onuma
40 mins from CBD, nature lake and MT komagatar, lunch cruise 30 mins boat tour
every 40mins JPY1100 or cycling, Red Brickwarehouse shopping/dining
9.30am-7pm), Russian Orthodox Church, Chinese Memorial Hall @ Motomachi foot of
Mt Hakodate, Mt Hakodate – Ropeway
Gondola for before and after sunset Hokodate view
Meal Guide
- Hakodate Noodle Kitchen Ajisai,
Kurenai Shop, Hakodate bay (adjacent to La Vista hotel (shio ramen &
Gyozas) 12-7 Toyokawa Cho 11 am – 3pm (LO), 5-10 pm (LO) Parking1st hr
free parking at La Vista (not so sure) if bill above JPY1500 Verdict: Good
- Hasegawa Convenience store –
Yakitori Bento serves pork, chicken. Hakodate Centrist 2-chome, No 14, 16
(1.5km from Goryokaku)
- Shinmonya, Honcho Hakodate (Char Siew Don only lunch). 69m fr Goyokaku Koemmae 11.30am -2pm, 5-10.30 pm Tel 0138 84 5265
- Sabo Kikuizumi traditional jap café at Motomachi 14-5 Hakodate 10am-5pm
Day 8
NOBORIBETSU 26 Aug Sat(Hakodate to Noboribetsu 2.5 - 3 hrs)
059-0642
Hokkaido, Shiraoi District – 2 bedrooms jap, 7pax
Shiraoi,
Takeura, 111, Check in 3 pm, Check out 11 am
Host
Himawari 81 80 3292 373, Insert into Car GPS 0144 87 3688
Visit Hell Valley for geyser, hotspring footbath, Cape Chikyu – best for sunset at Muroran 25
mins from Noboribetsu, Shiraoi Ainu Village entract JPY800, Parking JPY300,
aborigine of Hokkaido, 30 min folkdances start 10.15am hourly, Noboribetsu Date Judaimura, a theme
village built to showcase the Edo era: ninja shows, samurai theatre, ghost
house, ninja maze, restaurants and shopping.
Meal Guide
- Izumi Tei (Soba Noodle Shop, Tempura shrimp). 6-16-3 Saiwaicho, Noboribetsu 059-0002, Hokkaido Verdict: Good, no lunch break
- Sobadokorofukuan (hot/cold soba) duck, tempura shrimp, Oyaka chicken, 20 mins fr Hell Valley, 30 Noboribetsuonsencho
- Kita no Lamptei (BBQ Seafood & Beef), 116-12, Takeura, Shiraoi gun, Shiraoi cho 11.30 am – 10pm
DAY 9
& 10 SAPPORO 27-28 Aug (Noboribetsu to Sapporo (1 hrs 35 mins or 2 hrs)
Odorihigashi,
Chuo Ward, Sapporo, 2 bedrooms western 1 bath
Hokkaido
Prefecture 060-0041, Near Sapporo TV Tower
Check
in 3 pm, Check out 10am, Enter yourself
Host
Yasu/Aki +81 90 97 505984 Ikeda
Garbage
by 8.30am on collection day only
Meal Guide
- Sushidokoro Keiran restaurant run by marine product shop for seafood at Sapporo Nijo market
- Robata Ohiso Restaurant at Nijo market frequented by Msian/Taiwanese/South Korean
- Matsuo Genghis Khan, Matsujin in front Sapporo Station (jingisukan BBQ – Lamb), 4-1-1 Kita 3 Jonishi Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido – Here marinated lamb (book in advance at Sapporo Beer Museum
- Sapporo Beer Garden JPY4k all you can eat and drink (Genghis khan marinated lamb, seafood limited but not meat, freshly brewed beer), 9-2-10 Kita 7-Jo Higashi, Higashi-ku, Sapporo 065-0007, Hokkaido
- Shirakaba Sansou 白樺山荘 (Miso Ramen) & Shumai aka fried ala gyoza, 2-1 Kita 5-Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo Esta 10F, Ramen Kyowakoku (Ramen Republic), Sapporo 060-0005
- Sapporo’s Central Wholesale Market (Jyogai Ichiba) (Buy Live Crab), 21-2-3 Kita 11-Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0011, Hokkaido
- Umi-e (Japanese hotpot aka nabemono) – 8 outlets in town, 3 Minami 6-Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, New Olympia Bldg. 1 & 2 F, Sapporo 064-0806
- Japanese Buffet Dining Den (All you can eat/drink buffet/bbq/shabu), 5 Chome, Minami 5-Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Asil Sapporo 3F, Sapporo 064-0805
- Hokkaido Jyogai Market or any Supermarket yubari melon JPY300 (RM13) per slice or JPY800 few chunks
- Hanamaru(Sushi), Nishi 14, Minami 25, Chuoh-ku, Sapposo-shi, Hokkaido 064-0925TEL：011-512-8003 or JR Tower Stellar Place, Nishi 2, Kita 5, Chuoh-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-0005, TEL：011-209-5330
- Gatsubo (scallop, grilled oysters buy 8 free 2 for JPY870/RM3.50 per piece), In a bldg nx to Lawson, Minami 4, 6 –jo, Nishi, Chuo Ku Sapporo 086 0806
- Hokai Shabu2 , kita 2 jo–
JPY1950 per person (pork/lamb) 5 – 11.30pm Verdict: Good
- Seafood Buffet Nanda All You Can
Eat (Plenty seafood/meats/sashimi) JPY5100, 2 Minami 5 Jo Nishi, Chuo-ku | B2F
Cyber City building Verdict: Good
- Kinotoya cheese tart at Sapporo
station Verdict: Very good
- Rokkatei Jungu Chaya branch at
Maruyama Park/Jinngu Shrine for hangan sama (red bean paste filling in
pounding steamed rice JPY100 each)
Visit Sapporo Factory shopping mall, Hokkaido University best for
autumn landscape), Beer Museum, Odori Park, Clock Tower, Susukino night life
district, Tanukijoji famous shopping street, Shrine at Maruyama Park (free 1st
hr parking), Shiroi Koibita Park (chocolates, theme garden, ample underground
parking, 2pm puppet show), Nijo Market 7am-6pm for Urikura donburi, sea urchin
& Salmon roe), Sapporo Wholesale Central market 7am – 3pm), Moerenuma
Park top mountain for nice sunset but
steep, big glass pyramid, & beautiful landscape, Mt Okura observatory,
winter Olympic museum), Mt Moiwa JPY1700 ropeway night best view, Mitsui outlet
park Sapporo kitahiroshima 10am – 8 pm
29 Aug Tues
8.00
am Return car
8.30
am Check in Chittose
Airport
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