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
- 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, 42.5613°, 141.3668°, +81 144 82-3914, museum@ainu-museum.or.jp. 08:45-17:00. The Ainu culture village. ¥ 750
- Ayoro Beach
- Inkura Falls
- Lake Kuttara
- Mount Horohoro
- Shiogama Shrine
Do
Kojohama Hot Springs
Hot spring facilities of about 10 hotels are arranged in the National Route 36 along.
- Hotel Hokuyō (ホテルほくよう), 41-121 Takeura, Shiraoi-cho. 白老町竹浦 121-41, 42.4735°, 141.2339°, info@h-hokuyo.com. 05:00 - 24:00. It has large outdoor bath. ¥ 500
Buy
- Kani Goten (かに御殿), 2-96 Takeura, Shiraoi-cho. 白老町竹浦96-2 (National Route 36 alomg.), 42.4812°, 141.2471°, +81 144 87-3887, info@kanigoten.co.jp. 08:00-17:00. Seafood restaurants and souvenir sales floor.