Northern Circuit

The Northern Circuit (道北 Dōhoku) covers the northern and inner part of the northern Japan 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

• 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 (IATA: AKJ)
• Wakkanai Airport (IATA: WKJ)

By train

• JR Rumoi Line
• JR Soya Line

By boat

• Wakkanai Port - Ferry from Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia.

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