Shiraoi (白老) is a town in Iburi, Hokkaido. Shikotsu-Toya National Park on the west side of town.
Get in
By plane
Use the New Chitose Airport.
By train
JR Murorann main line
By bus
There is a bus service from Sapporo, New Chitose Airport, Tomakomai and Muroran.
By car
Hokkaidō Expressway (Shiraoi I.C.) and National Route 36 runs the town.
Get around
Tomakomai Port, there is a ferry service from Oarai, Tsuruga, Niigata and Akita.
See
- 1 [dead link]Ainu Museum Poroto Kotan (アイヌ民族博物館 ポロトコタン), 4-3-2 Wakakusa-cho, 白老町若草町2-3-4, ☏ 81 144 82-3914, fax: 81 144 82-3685, ✉[email protected]. 08:45-17:00. The Ainu culture village. ¥ 750.
- Ayoro Beach
- Inkura Falls
- Lake Kuttara
- Mount Horohoro
- Shiogama Shrine
Do
Kojohama Hot Springs
Outdoor bath of Hotel Hokuyō
Hot spring facilities of about 10 hotels are arranged in the National Route 36 along.
- 1 Hotel Hokuyō (ホテルほくよう), 41-121 Takeura, Shiraoi-cho. 白老町竹浦 121-41, toll-free: 0120-234522 (non-geographic number), fax: 81 144 87-3888, ✉[email protected]. 05:00 - 24:00. It has large outdoor bath. ¥ 500.
Buy
- 1 Kani Goten (かに御殿), 2-96 Takeura, Shiraoi-cho. 白老町竹浦96-2 (National Route 36 alomg.), ☏ 81 144 87-3887, fax: 81 144 87-3860, ✉[email protected]. 08:00-17:00. Seafood restaurants and souvenir sales floor.
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Connect
Go next
| Routes through Shiraoi |
| Iwamizawa ← Tomakomai ← | N  S | → Noboribetsu → Oshamambe |
| Sapporo ← Tomakomai ← | N  S | → Noboribetsu → Oshamambe |