[2025 Kushiro ] Travel Guide for Akanko Onsen (Updated Mar)

#自车游 #100 ways to travel Hokkaido is vast and sparsely populated, especially in the Dodong area, but it has excellent natural landforms. If you want to visit #HokkaidoDodong, the best way is #self-driving tour. In fact, driving in Hokkaido is very comfortable. There are few people and cars, the roads are easy to walk, and the Japanese are very disciplined, so just drive slowly. This 7-day and 6-night self-driving tour to the east of Hokkaido, the itinerary is as follows: New Chitose Airport-Obihiro-Kushiro-Shiretoko-Abashiri-Sapporo ✓Transportation strategy: I drove the whole trip by myself. Because there were 5 adults and a lot of luggage, I rented a 7-seater 2000cc SUV Serena, which cost about NT$4,000 per day. Because of the long distance between Daodong and Daodong, if you take the train, you can only schedule 1-2 scenic spots every day. It is more flexible to drive and you can stop when you see good scenery on the way. ✓Must-visit attractions: #道东三湖 are respectively #Akan湖 #Mashu Lake #Kussharo Lake. This time I only went to the first two and stayed at the Akan Lake Hot Spring Hotel for one night. Lake Akan is famous for its aboriginal culture and green algae, as well as hot springs to soak in and shopping streets to visit; Lake Mashu is a crater lake, the most transparent lake in Japan, with a blue color, and the mouth of the lake is surrounded by cliffs. Can see from a distance. #Shiretoko Mountains #Shiretoko Five Lakes The most famous scenic spot on the Shiretoko Peninsula is one of the eight scenic spots in Shiretoko. It is early spring when you visit, and the snow on the top of the mountain has not yet melted, making it a beautiful place to take pictures. The Shiretoko Five Lakes is a famous hiking route, and next to it is the Jawhotsk Sea, which is the habitat of wild black bears. You must be very careful when hiking. #Abashiri Drift Ice Museum In fact, the most famous experience in Abashiri is to take a ride on the ice bed to watch the drift ice. Unfortunately, the season is wrong, so we can only visit the Drift Ice Museum to get addicted and experience the feeling of freezing below zero. There is also an attraction nearby, #Abashiri Prison, which has been turned into a museum. #东amokoto Shibazakura Park# The Takigawa Rapeseed Flower Festival is a spring flower viewing spot in Hokkaido. One is the pink carpet of Shibazakura covering the hills, dreamy and magnificent, and the other is the yellow rapeseed flower field. Both places are beautiful and worth a stop. . Departing from Amidashi, we will first arrive at Higashimokoto, and after viewing the Shibazakura, we will go to Takigawa, and then drive to Sapporo. ✓Recommended hotels: Hokkaido is very famous for its hot springs. You can choose to stay in several special hot spring hotels, such as #Akan游久の里紻雅 in the Akan Lake Hot Spring Area, or #北殷巷hirotokohotel in the Shiretoko Peninsula, where you can soak in hot springs and eat Kaiseki Japanese food, very enjoyable! ✓Must-eat food: The only thing you must eat when visiting Hokkaido is seafood! Whether it is a seafood restaurant in Kushiro Fishing Port or a buffet in a hot spring hotel, there must be fresh sashimi and salmon roe. You can DIY a bowl of sashimi donburi yourself. Obihiro is also famous for its pork, and the charcoal-grilled pork donburi is a must-try. There is also Hokkaido fresh milk produced in Tokachi. It is thick, pure, fragrant and cheap. You can drink it for breakfast every day. ✓Shopping Guide: If you want to shop for souvenirs, of course you have to go back to the metropolis Sapporo. The most famous Tanukikoji Shopping Street has everything you need, from drugstores to souvenirs, and there are many delicious restaurants along the way. In addition, Daimaru Department Store in Sapporo also has a fantastic product called Snow White Cheese, which is more popular than NY Cheese in Tokyo. Don’t miss it and queue up before it opens! #HOkkaidoTravel #self-driving tour #itinerary sharing #100 ways to travel

| I will really regret not coming here once. After returning from Lake Akan, I can’t forget the blue sky and the romance of the white snow. I have compiled a 3-day and 2-night itinerary for Akan Lake Tour Kyu no Sato Tsuruga Hot Spring ♨️ Hotel, I will never regret it ❗ ⚠️I have written before that I made a reservation for the Heya sightseeing round-trip bus🚌 on the Heya official website. If you want to go in by bus, you can read the previous notes. This 👆🏻 bus is very nice, with heated seats and ergonomics, so you won’t feel tired even if the journey lasts for more than 5 hours. We will let you take a nap when we reach the rest stop (Figure 17.18) I booked the hotel for two nights, with different room types. The experience of staying in the hotel is definitely the most expensive and the best. It has 360° surrounding glass, a private bath, and a record player. When night falls, I sit on the massage chair and watch 👀 outside the window. A blue feeling of love between life and death. ❣️Emphasis on: 🍽️The catering is a morning and evening buffet: Japanese food, Chinese food, Western food, and a special dining area for children. There are many ingredients. Basically, I can eat for 75 minutes. The taste is nice. Japanese food is the most popular here. 🛍️Basically after eating, you can visit the merchants in the hotel. You can buy Beifang, local woodcarving crafts, souvenirs, etc. without leaving home. There is also a post office here 🏤, 🉑Write postcards by yourself, and the hotel will help send them. Game room, 100 yen per coin. ♨️Hot ​​springs: The first and eighth floors are commonly used. Men's and women's hot springs are divided into odd and even numbers. The time of day depends on the floor. There are 7 hot springs on the first floor ➕Outdoor hot springs. The outdoor hot springs on the eighth floor are super beautiful, but the hot springs are not suitable for bathing. You are not allowed to bring 📱, and those with obvious tattoos are not allowed to enter. 🧊Ice sports: You can’t miss the ice sports at Lake Akan❌ 1️⃣Ice sleds: ranging from 2KM to 10KM, ride on the ice, let go and enjoy the speed and passion; 2️⃣Ice fishing: There are three ice fishing tents in each tent. Bring fishing gear, fish food, and a small bench, and learn how Jiang Taigong fishes in a small independent tent; 3️⃣Banana boat: No power traction, only one banana boat for several people, very comfortable Suitable for friends who dare not drive a sleigh 🛷; ⚠️There is also an outdoor activity registration office on the first floor of the hotel, which involves forest climbing and snow-capped mountains🏔️adventures, ice sunrises🌅coffee, sensing mysterious lakes and other interesting activities. If you are interested, be sure to make a reservation in advance❗ Because the room type I chose is the Bekan type, I can also rest in the exclusive lounge on the first floor (exclusive 🔑). There are 🆓 snacks, colorful yukata, nightcap wine, etc. I can sit by the window and look out. The snow scene is very pleasant. If you want to go shopping around, there is a small town nearby. The door curtain with an owl 🦉 is very reminiscent of Harry Potter. There is also an izakaya there. The snow is very thick, but very soft, and you can still walk a few steps along the road. There will be a foot bath. 📸If you like taking pictures like me, then you definitely can’t miss the beautiful scenery on the ice~

Take your kids to Hokkaido for snow chasing! These off-the-beaten-path travel destinations are worth a visit! Here's a guide for you! · ❗️Key questions: 1️⃣Is it cold: As a Shenzhen resident, I sincerely feel that Hokkaido is not that cold! I brought a few packs of warm babies, and I didn't use them much because it was hot later. The outdoor time is relatively short, we often play outside for a while and then go indoors to warm up (the mall convenience store is super hot!) The last day of cooling and blowing is really cold~ 2️⃣What to wear Down jacket + thermal pants (leg magic) + thin sweater + waterproof pants + waterproof snow boots; remember to wear a hat, scarf, gloves and earmuffs! 3️⃣Our route: Sapporo——Otaru——Kushiro——Lake Mashu——Lake Akan——Abashiri Drift Ice Ship——Sapporo 4️⃣Transportation: Renting a car in Japan is not convenient, we chose public transportation for the whole journey! ✨City movement: We bought the JR Hokkaido Pass five-day ticket on Klook, directly exchanged the physical ticket at Sapporo Station and reserved the designated seat tickets from Sapporo to Kushiro and Abashiri back to Sapporo, during which you can take JR's tram at will, very cost-effective! (Last picture) ✨Kushiro-Lake Mashu-Lake Akan: We booked the Lake Akan sightseeing bus in advance, got on the bus at Kushiro bus station at 8:30, visited several attractions such as Sunayu, Sulfur Mountain, Lake Mashu, etc., and then arrived at Lake Akan Hot Spring Hotel♨️ · 👉Recommend a few places I love: 📍Otaru Junji Iwai shot the movie 'Love Letter' in Otaru, Hokkaido, Otaru in the snow, unrealistically romantic! 📍Kushiro Eastern Hokkaido, compared to Sapporo and Otaru, it is more off-the-beaten-path, fewer tourists, but the scenery is incredibly stunning! Tsurumidai, Sunayu are suitable for children, you can see red-crowned cranes and swans up close; you can also see Sulfur Mountain up close 📍Lake Akan Famous hot spring street, it's super comfortable to soak in the hot spring while enjoying the snow 📍Abashiri You must experience the sea ice ship once! Every February, drift ice appears along the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk, and you can take a drift ice ship from Abashiri to enjoy this spectacle, it's particularly shocking!