Hi All,

Need some help here. I going to Hokkaido for 2nd time, but this time will be winter and my first time Yet to prepare winter items. I will be travelling to Hokkaido from 25 January 2018 to 5 February 2018. My flight on 25 January 2018 will be a overnight flight and arrived in New CTS airport on the next morning 8am. Below is my tentative itinerary which is not fixed yet.


25/1/17
KLIA 2 - New CTS

26/1/17
New CTS - Sapporo (1night)

27/1/17
Sapporo to Tomanu Ski Resort (1night)

28/1/17
Tomanu Ski Resort - Obihiro - Lake Akan (To stay in Obihiro or drive to Lake Akan? Anything special in Obihiro?) (1night)

29/1/17
Obihiro - Lake Akan (1night)

30/1/17
Lake Akan - Shiretoko National Park/lake (1 night)

31/1/17
Shiretoko - Abashiri (Drift Ice) - Monbetsu - Sounkyo (1night)

1/2/17
Sounkyo (Ice Fall festival/Igloo Village) (1night)

2/2/17
Sounkyo - Asahikawa - Bei - Furano - Sapporo (Does Bei & Furano has things to see during winter? And to stay in Asahikawa or go Sapporo) (1night)

3/2/17
Sapporo (1night)

4/2/17
Sapporo - Otaru - Sapporo (1night)

5/2/17
Sapporo - New CTS - KL flight 9.20am



Any suggesttion as i have been to lake toya & Hakodate. Planning to rent car for 2 pax. If not will be using JR. Hokkaido pass.

Thanks.

Almost finalizing my itinerary for my Hokkaido trip on 26 January 2018 to 5 February 2018. Planned to purchase 7 Day JR Hokkaido Pass. Have yet to book accommodations.

26/1/18
NEw CTS - Sapporo. (1 night)
Arrived New CTS airport, stroll around and proceed with train to sapporo for breakfast probably Nijo market. Walk around sapporo/tanukikoji arcade.

27/1/18
Sapporo - Asahiyama zoo (penguin parade) - Sounkyo ice waterfall festival. (1 night)
Depart from Sapporo station after breakfast around 8.30am as the train takes 1h30min to arrive at Asahikawa (Asahiyama zoo train) and proceed to take bus to Asahiyama zoo as the zoo opens at 10.30am. Have late lunch after zoo and proceed back to Asahikawa station for 3.30pm train and depart to Kamikawa station. Then proceed to take 5pm bus to sounkyo for ice waterfall festival.

28/1/18
Sounkyo - Abashiri (1 night)
Breakfast and go to Kurodake ropeway 5th station as the chairlift to 7th station is closed? Anything else to do in sounkyo if i were to take 3.40pm bus from sounkyo to kamikawa station and take 4.30pm train to Abashiri? Else would have to take 10.55am bus from sounkyo to kamikawa station and take 1.30pm train to abashiri.

29/1/18
Abashiri - Lake Manshu/Lake Kussharo (1 night)
Breakfast at abashiri then proceed to abashiri ice breaker cruise at 9am. Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum & Prison museum. 3pm depart from Abashiri station to Kawayuonsen.

30/1/18
Lake Manshu/Lake Kussharo - Kushiro (1 night)
Breakfast then to Mount lo, lake kussharo (sand bath), lake mashu first observatory then back to kawayuonsen and take train at 5pm to kushiro. or to go lake akan for a night?

31/1/18
Kushiro - Obihiro (1 night)
Breakfast at washo ichiba market then around kushiro area. 4pm take train from kushiro station to obihiro.

1/2/18
Obihiro - Tomanu (1 night)
Breakfast at obihiro and take train from obihiro at 8am to tomanu for ski/ice festival. (The accomodation in tomanu is per pax? i check on the website it shows per pax around rm 700+ including breakfast and lift).

2/2/18
Tomanu - Sapporo (1 night)
Breakfast and lay around tomanu area and take train at tomanu station around 2pm to sapporo.

3/2/18
Sapporo - otaru - sapporo (1 night)

4/2/18
Sapporo - New CTS (1 night)
Lay around sapporo until night and transfer to New CTS for a night as will be having early flight out of sapporo.

5/2/18
9am depart back to KL

Or any recommendation as i can less 1 day in sapporo.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by AlienDex: Sep 7 2017, 02:25 PM

yeah planned to do that on the last day and hope they open early or probably its not fenced up.

sunway pyramid also 38.10 as of 19/9/2017

Now stil can shoot.. lol but please not december/ january. haha as of today, 20/9/2017, already at RM 38 for 1000 yen

Good. Managed to change at ¥ 1000 @37.98 today. Midvalley. Changed ¥ 100k

Most probably mid may no more cherry blossom as 2016 begins late April to first week of may. The weather will be windy / cold. U can add in mount Moiwa in sapporo
Day trips can be:
1. Otaru
2. Asahiyama zoo
3. Lake Toya / Mount Usu
4. Noboribetsu / hell valley
Furano/bei

This post has been edited by AlienDex: Oct 27 2017, 12:43 PM

Its around 4hour from tokyo / sapporo to hakodate. You must reserve the hayabusa seat as hayabusa is only for reserved seat. Recommended to reserve the seat early.Its applicable for JR East-South Hokkaido pass.

Midvally level B1, go down travellator near famous amos or garden's near Royce.