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November 15, 2024
Hokkaido Featured Articles
February 9, 2024
Top 10 Onsen Ryokans 2024: Hokkaido Edition
Ranking of the most popular onsen ryokans in Hokkaido
January 10, 2024
Onsen Map: All hot spring areas in Hokkaido Region
Popular hot springs in Hokkaido, Japan― Noboribetsu, Jozankei, Otaru, Niseko, Lake Shikotsu, Lake Toya, Tokachigawa, Lake Akan, Shiretoko (Utoro), Hakodate
December 16, 2024
Hokkaido Region – Skiing and Onsen in Japan 2024-2025. Let’s enjoy powder skiing and Japanese hot spring at the same time!
Here we introduce popular ski resorts with Japanese powder, or “Japow”, and non-compacted snow areas in Hokkaido
November 18, 2024
Introduction to Autumn Colours 2024 in Hokkaido’s Onsen Resorts – with information about the best time to view fall foliage in different regions
Being the northernmost district in the country, autumn colours start to arise as …
March 19, 2024
Hokkaido Region – Famous sakura onsen spots with latest full-bloom forecast, 2024
Being the northernmost district in the country, Hokkaido’s sakura (cherry…
September 21, 2018
We visited Hokkaido in mid-September, and it was a pleasant and comfortable journey
We visited hot spring resorts around Sapporo from 17 to 19 September, 2018. Ryokans operated as usual…
December 26, 2023
2023 Sapporo Snow Festival – Our visit the day before Part 1
We went to the Sapporo Snow Festival in 2022. Hotels were hard to find and expensive during the event, so we stayed…
December 26, 2023
Otaru Kourakuen – Journal of our stay Part 2
We stayed at Otaru Kourakuen in Otaru as part of a package with the Sapporo Snow Festival. Located about 10 minutes…
December 26, 2023
Bourou Noguchi Noboribetsu – Journal of our stay Part 3
We stayed at Bourou Noguchi Noboribetsu in Noboribetsu Onsen as part of a package with the Sapporo Snow Festival…
March 8, 2016
1. From Sapporo to Furano – A Tour of the Magnificent Scenery in Furano, Tomamu, and Biei with Ping-ping. Private road trip in Hokkaido.
Starting out from New Chitose Airport, Ping-ping is about to set out on a trip to experience the magnificent s…..
August 12, 2016
2. From Tomamu’s Unkai (sea of clouds) to Furano and Biei – A Tour of the Magnificent Scenery in Furano, Tomamu, and Biei with Ping-ping. Private road trip in Hokkaido.
On the second day, I got on a gondola lift leaving at 4 a.m. to go to Tomamu’s Unkai Terrace and saw a s…..
