Northern Circuit - Northern Circuit

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

Cities

44°10′16″N 142°20′38″E

Map of Northern Circuit

43.766667142.3666671 Asahikawa (旭川市 Asahikawa-shi) – Hokkaido's second-largest city, famed for being the coldest place in Japan
43.35142.3833332 Furano (富良野市 Furano-shi) — Popular ski resort with near-guaranteed perfect powder
44.355833142.4633333 Nayoro (名寄市 Nayoro-shi)
43.55141.9166674 Shibetsu (士別市 Shibetsu-shi)
45.415667141.6730565 Wakkanai (稚内市 Wakkanai-shi) – Japan's northernmost town

Towns and villages

43.583333142.4666676 Biei (美瑛町 Biei-chō)
43.847778142.7702787 Kamikawa (上川町 Kamikawa-chō)
42.983333142.48 Shimukappu (占冠村 Shimukappu-mura)
45.016667141.859 Horonobe (幌延町 Horonobe-chō)

Other destinations

View from Mount Rishiri

45.183333141.251 Rishiri Island (利尻島 Rishiri-tō)
45.35141.0166672 Rebun Island (礼文島 Rebun-tō)
43.660278142.8580563 Daisetsuzan National Park (大雪山国立公園 Daisetsuzan Kokuritsu Kōen) and 43.7284142.94984 Sounkyo Onsen (層雲峡 Sōunkyō)

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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.

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