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❼ from Kitami
Transportation hub for Shiretoko, Lake Akan and Daisetsuzan
Travel information of Kitami area
Sapporo ⇔ Kitami⇔ Abashiri Highway Bus / Sapporo Kitami Line
From Sapporo / Kitami : 9 round trips per day on buses
By train, the cost is 9,460 yen per person one way, and by highway bus, the cost is 6,190 yen to 7,250 yen per person one way. A round-trip fare would be the cost of a popular barbeque.
From Sapporo : Daytime / Sapporo Station (7:50-19:20) → Kitami Bus Terminal (12:30-0:00)
From Hakodate : Daytime / Kitami Bus Terminal (6:20-19:20) → Sapporo Station (10:55-23:55)
Distance / Time : 292 km / Summer 5 hrs Winter 5 hrs 20 min
Normal Fare : 6,190 ～ 7,250 yen
Operating Companies : Hokkaido Chuo Bus, Hokkaido Kitami Bus, Abashiri Bus
*The operation may change depending on the situation. Please confirm when using the service.
[Boarding] Kitami Bus Terminal → Nishi 7(nana) go sen → Rubeshibe → [Get off] ❶Kikusui Motomachi 7 jo → ❷Tokei-dai-mae → ❸Kita 2-jo Nishi 3-chome → ❹Sapporo Station
[Boarding] Sapporo Station ③ → Chuo Bus Sapporo terminal → [Get off] ❶Rubeshibe → ❷ Nishi 7(nana) go sen → ❸ Kitami Bus Terminal
Asahikawa ⇔ Kitami ⇔ Kushiro Highway Bus / Sapporo - Kitami - Abashiri Line (New Sunrise)
Sapporo , Kitami departure: 9 round trips per day on buses
By train, a one-way trip via Abashiri costs 5,610 yen per person (one transfer at Abashiri), and by highway bus, a one-way trip without transfers costs 4,200 yen per person. It is a good deal and easy.
Kitami Bus Terminal (11:45,17:00) → Kushiro Station (14:43-19:58)
[From Kitami to Asahikawa] Kitami Bus Terminal (8:15-17:00) → Asahikawa Station (11:45-20:30)
[Required time] Kitami~Kushiro 3 hours / Kitami~Asahikawa 3 hours 30 minutes
[Normal fare] Kitami~Kushiro 1,000 yen – 4,200 yen / Kitami~Asahikawa 2,200 yen – 4,400 yen
[Operating companies] Dohoku Bus, Kitami Bus, Akan Bus
*The operation may change depending on the situation. Please confirm when using the service.
To Kushiro [Boarding] Kitami Bus Terminal (Bus stop 3) → Tsubetsu → [Get off] ❶Akanko Bus Center → ❷Akancho-yakuba mae → ❸Otanoshike Station → ❹Hoshigaura Shopping Center → ❺Tottori bunki → ❻Tottoriodori 2-Chome → ❼Kushiro Station → ❽MOO Bus Terminal → ❾Akan Bus honsha
To Asahikawa [Boarding] Kitami Bus Terminal (Bus stop 3) → Higashi-ainonai (ride) → Ainonai → Rubeshibe → Onneyu → [Get off] ❶Sounkyo → ❷Kamikawa Mori-no Terrace Bus Touch → ❸Aibetsubashi → ❹Toma 20-chome → ❺Nagayama 2-jo 19-chome → ❻Asahikawa Station → ❼Dohoku Bus honsha
[Boarding] Dohoku Bus honsha → Asahikawa Station (bus touch 8) → Nagayama 2-jo 19-chome → Toma 20-chome → Aibetsubashi → Kamikawa Mori-no Terrace Bus Touch → Sounkyo → [Get off] ❶ Onneyu → ❷Rubeshibe→❸Ainonai → ❹Higashi-ainonai → ❺Kitami Bus Terminal
[Boarding] Akan Bus honsha → MOO Bus Terminal → Kushiro Station → Tottoriodori 2-Chome → Tottori bunki → Hoshigaura Shopping Center → Otanoshike Station → Akancho-yakuba mae → Akanko Bus Center → [Get off] ❶Tsubetsu → ❷Kitami Bus Terminal
Sightseeing in Kitami Area
Kitami City, the central city of Okhotsk, is a tourist center for drift ice tours, Shiretoko, Lake Akan and Mt. It is popular as the city of Hakka and barbeque meat.
Area Recommendations
North Fox Farm / Curling / Lake Saroma / Hakka Memorial Museum / Pearson Memorial Museum / Aquarium of the Northern Lands / Wakka Wild Flower Garden / Drift Ice / Hakka Products
Local Gourmet
Okhotsk beer / grilled meat / Okhotsk Kitami salt fried noodles / processed scallop products / sweets
Access from Kitami
❶[Kitami ⇔ Sapporo] Hokkaido Chuo Bus, Hokkaido Kitami Bus, Abashiri Bus: Dreamint Okhotsk-go
❷[Kitami ⇔ Asahikawa] Dohoku Bus, Kitami Bus, Akan Bus: NEW Sunrise
❸[Kitami ⇔ Kushiro] Dohoku Bus, Kitami Bus, Akan Bus: NEW Sunrise
❹[Kitami ⇔ Asahikawa] JR Express Okhotsk (Ishihoku Main Line)
❺[Memanbetsu Airport ⇔ Abashiri] Abashiri Bus: Memanbetsu Airport Line
❻[Kitami ⇔ Abashiri ⇔ Kushiro] JR Ishihoku Main Line + Kushiro Main Line: Each stop
