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.
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
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
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