Monbetsu - city in Hokkaidō, Japan

Monbetsu (紋別) is a city in Okhotsk, Hokkaido. It is well known for drift ice.

Understand

Get in

By plane

• Monbetsu Airport (紋別空港, IATA: MBE), Komuke, (17min by bus from/to Monbetsu bus terminal.), 44.306038°, 143.406172°. Nicknamed "Okhotsk Monbetsu Airport". There is regular service from/to Haneda with 1 round trip per day. To match the flght, there is a free shuttle bus service from/to Monbetsu bus terminal and mainly hotels. 2021-10-27

By bus

Highway bus "Ryūhyō Monbetu" runs from/to Sapporo, with 3round trips for direct service and 1round trip Asahikawa indirect service per day. Takes about 4hr 20min and ¥4790 fare.

There are other local bus services from/to Engaru, Okoppe, Nayoro, Yūbetsu and Takinoue.

Get around

By bus

Hokumon Bus operates bus services around the town.

By car

There are some rental cars shops.

• Nippon
• Toyota

See

• Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum (オホーツク流氷科学センター), 11-6, Moto-Monbetsu, 44.328515°, 143.375187°, +81 158 23 5400. 9:00 - 17:00. Features a frozen aquarium of various fish preserved in ice ¥750
• Okhotsk Sky Tower (オホーツクタワー), 4 Chome-25-2 Oyamacho, Mombetsu, 44.336833°, 143.381066°, +81158243165. 10:00 - 17:00. It is the world’s only structure from which the sea under drift ice can be observed. ¥200
• Ōyama Park (大山山頂園), 4-25-2, Ōyama,, 44.342819°, 143.319054°, +81 158 24 3165. 10:00 - 21:00 (Apr - Nov), 10:00 - 18:00 (Dec - May). The outlook from the tower on the top of Mt. Ōyama, Sea of ​​Okhotsk and Monbetsu urban area overlooking. ¥200.
• Garinko II (ガリンコ号 II), 1, Kaiyōkōen,, 44.334501°, 143.37508°, +81 158 24 8000. Service period late Jan - 31 May.. The drift ice cruising by icebreaker. 5 - 7 cruises per day. Be to sure book. ¥3000.

Do

• Monbetsu Drift Ice Festival (もんべつ流氷まつり). early Feb. Ice sculpture of dozens are on display at the marine park and are lit up at night. Free

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• Hotel Okhotsk Palace (ホテルオホーツクパレス), 5-1-35, Saiwai-cho,, 44.351381°, 143.351755°, +81 158 26 3600. Stay +2meals for single ¥7350+
• Monbetsu prince Hotel (紋別プリンスホテル), 7-36-26, Honmachi,, 44.347576°, 143.355575°, +81 158 23-5411. About ¥9000+ for single in off season.

Connect

Go next

• Okoppe
• Takinoue
• Engaru
• Yūbetsu