Northern Circuit

The Northern Circuit (道北 Dōhoku) covers the northern and inner part of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Cities

🌍 Asahikawa (旭川市 Asahikawa-shi) – Hokkaido's second-largest city, famed for being the coldest place in Japan
🌍 Furano (富良野市 Furano-shi) — Popular ski resort with near-guaranteed perfect powder
🌍 Nayoro (名寄市 Nayoro-shi)
🌍 Shibetsu (士別市 Shibetsu-shi)
🌍 Wakkanai (稚内市 Wakkanai-shi) – Japan's northernmost town

Towns and villages

🌍 Biei (美瑛町 Biei-chō)
🌍 Kamikawa (上川町 Kamikawa-chō)
🌍 Shimukappu (占冠村 Shimukappu-mura)
🌍 Horonobe (幌延町 Horonobe-chō)

Other destinations

View from Mount Rishiri

🌍 Rishiri Island (利尻島 Rishiri-tō)
🌍 Rebun Island (礼文島 Rebun-tō)
🌍 Daisetsuzan National Park (大雪山国立公園 Daisetsuzan Kokuritsu Kōen) and 🌍 Sounkyo Onsen (層雲峡 Sōunkyō)

Understand

Get in

By plane

Asahikawa Airport (AKJ^IATA)
Wakkanai Airport (WKJ^IATA)

By train

JR Rumoi Line
JR Soya Line

By boat

Wakkanai Port - Ferry from Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia.

Get around

See

Do

Eat

Drink

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