{"id":910720,"date":"2026-02-28T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/910720\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T06:42:10","slug":"hokkaido-ep4-wakkanai-japans-northernmost-city-wakkanai-station-north-breakwater-dome-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/910720\/","title":{"rendered":"Hokkaido EP4 | Wakkanai &#8211; Japan&#8217;s Northernmost City &#8211; Wakkanai Station\/North Breakwater Dome (Day 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Hokkaido EP4 | Wakkanai - Japan&#039;s Northernmost City - Wakkanai Station\/North Breakwater Dome (Day 1)\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oLVpiq94X78\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHokkaido EP4 | Wakkanai &#8211; Japan&#8217;s Northernmost City &#8211; Wakkanai Station\/North Breakwater Dome (Day 1)<\/p>\n<p>We travelled from Sapporo and spent a 2D1N stay in Wakkanai, the Northernmost City in Japan, and visited the following places\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Day 1<br \/>\n&#8211; Wakkanai Station &#8211; The Northernmost Station in Japan<br \/>\n&#8211; Wakkanai North Breakwater Dome<\/p>\n<p>Day 2<br \/>\n&#8211; Cape S\u014dya &#8211; The Northernmost Point in Japan<\/p>\n<p>You may check the train schedules using the following links&#8230;<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.jrhokkaido.co.jp\/global\/index.html<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/japantravel.navitime.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>[Background]<br \/>\nThese video footage were shot at places in Hokkaido, Tokyo and Fuji during the second half of March in 2024. It was our second visit to Hokkaido but was first time to Hokkaido with our boy. Hence, we revisit some of the places, which he hasn\u2019t been to, and of course, we explored places we haven\u2019t got opportunities to visit during our first visit to Hokkaido in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Due to unforeseen circumstances, the passing on of my beloved father, I wasn&#8217;t able to work on this series of videos much earlier. Nonetheless, this series of videos, put together with the then recorded video footage, are aiming to provide, hopefully, some useful information as well as visual experiences for those who wish or plan to visit to some, if not all, of these places in Hokkaido, Japan, especially during the second half of the month in March.<\/p>\n<p>[Accommodations]<br \/>\nFor Sapporo, we stayed at the HOTEL MYSTAYS Sapporo Aspen (\u30db\u30c6\u30eb\u30de\u30a4\u30b9\u30c6\u30a4\u30ba\u672d\u5e4c\u30a2\u30b9\u30da\u30f3) for the duration of our visits to places  within Sapporo City, Otaru, Furano areas and Wakkanai. <\/p>\n<p>Side note:<br \/>\nFor the trip to Wakkainai, we left our luggages at the hotel in Sapporo and, we travelled to Wakkainai with only our backpacks, spent a night at the Surfeel Hotel Wakkanai (\u30b5\u30d5\u30a3\u30fc\u30eb\u30db\u30c6\u30eb\u7a1a\u5185) and visit to Cape S\u014dya (\u5b97\u8c37\u5cac), The Northernmost Point in Japan (\u65e5\u672c\u6700\u5317\u7aef\u306e\u5730) the next morning. More details to be provided when I putting up the video.<\/p>\n<p>For Hakodate, we stayed at the JR Inn Hakodate (JR\u30a4\u30f3 \u51fd\u9928) for its convenience to access to the train services for going around.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nSapporo \u672d\u5e4c<br \/>\n&#8211; Sapporo Clock Tower \u672d\u5e4c\u5e02\u6642\u8a08\u53f0<br \/>\n&#8211; Sapporo TV Tower \u3055\u3063\u307d\u308d\u30c6\u30ec\u30d3\u5854 (Odori Park \u5927\u901a\u516c\u5712)<br \/>\n&#8211; Susukino \u3059\u3059\u304d\u306e<br \/>\n&#8211; JR Tower Observatory T38 JR\u30bf\u30ef\u30fc\u5c55\u671b\u5ba4\u30bf\u30ef\u30fc\u30fb\u30b9\u30ea\u30fc\u30a8\u30a4\u30c8<\/p>\n<p>Otaru \u5c0f\u6a3d<br \/>\n&#8211; Sankaku Market \u5c0f\u6a3d\u4e09\u89d2\u5e02\u5834<br \/>\n&#8211; Otaru Canal \u5c0f\u6a3d\u904b\u6cb3<br \/>\n&#8211; Rokkatei Otaru Canal Store \u516d\u82b1\u4ead \u5c0f\u6a3d\u904b\u6cb3\u5e97<br \/>\n&#8211; Gin-no-Kane Ichigokan \u9280\u306e\u9418\uff11\u53f7\u9928<br \/>\n&#8211; Otaru Music Box Museum \u5c0f\u6a3d\u30aa\u30eb\u30b4\u30fc\u30eb\u5802 \u672c\u9928<br \/>\n&#8211; Otaru Steam Clock \u5c0f\u6a3d\u30aa\u30eb\u30b4\u30fc\u30eb\u5802\u84b8\u6c17\u304b\u3089\u304f\u308a\u6642\u8a08<\/p>\n<p>Teine \u624b\u7a32<br \/>\n&#8211; Skiing at Sapporo Teine Olympia Ski Center \u30aa\u30ea\u30f3\u30d4\u30a2\u30b9\u30ad\u30fc\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc<\/p>\n<p>Wakkanai \u7a1a\u5185<br \/>\n&#8211; The Northernmost Station in Japan &#8211; Wakkanai Station \u7a1a\u5185\u99c5<br \/>\n&#8211; Wakkanai North Breakwater Dome \u7a1a\u5185\u6e2f\u5317\u9632\u6ce2\u5824\u30c9\u30fc\u30e0<\/p>\n<p>Cape S\u014dya \u5b97\u8c37\u5cac<br \/>\n&#8211; Landmark of The Northernmost Point in Japan\u65e5\u672c\u6700\u5317\u7aef\u306e\u5730\u306e\u7891<br \/>\n&#8211; Soya-misaki Song Monument\u300c\u5b97\u8c37\u5cac\u300d\u97f3\u697d\u7891<br \/>\n&#8211; Statue of Rinzo Mamiya\u9593\u5bae\u6797\u8535\u306e\u7acb\u50cf<br \/>\n&#8211; Kashiwaya &#8211; Japan&#8217;s Northernmost Store &#8211; \u65e5\u672c\u6700\u5317\u7aef\u306e\u5e97 \u67cf\u5c4b<br \/>\n&#8211; Cape Soya Drift Ice Museum \u5b97\u8c37\u5cac\u6d41\u6c37\u9928<br \/>\n&#8211; The Northernmost Public Toilets \u65e5\u672c\u6700\u5317\u7aef\u306e\u516c\u8846\u30c8\u30a4\u30ec<br \/>\n&#8211; Saihokutan \u98df\u5802 \u6700\u5317\u7aef (May not be in operation during the winter period)<br \/>\n&#8211; Soya Misaki Park \u5b97\u8c37\u5cac\u516c\u5712<br \/>\n ~ Peace Memorial \u5e73\u548c\u306e\u7891<br \/>\n ~ Old Naval Watchtower \u5927\u5cac\u65e7\u6d77\u8ecd\u671b\u697c<br \/>\n ~ \u30e9\u30da\u30eb\u30fc\u30ba\u9855\u5f70\u8a18\u5ff5\u7891<br \/>\n ~ Tower of Prayer &#8211; KAL Flight 007 Monument \u7948\u308a\u306e\u5854 &#8211; KAL\u30d5\u30e9\u30a4\u30c8007\u8a18\u5ff5\u7891<br \/>\n ~ Parenting Peace Bell \u5b50\u80b2\u3066\u5e73\u548c\u306e\u9418<\/p>\n<p>Asahiyama Zoo\/Biei\/Furano \u5e02\u65ed\u5c71\u52d5\u7269\u5712\/\u7f8e\u745b\/\u5bcc\u826f\u91ce (Bus Tour)<br \/>\n&#8211; Asahiyama Zoo \u65ed\u5ddd\u5e02\u65ed\u5c71\u52d5\u7269\u5712 (Penguin Walk\/Parade)<br \/>\n&#8211; Panoramic Flower Gardens Shikisai-no-oka \u56db\u5b63\u5f69\u306e\u4e18 (Snowland Snowmobile Rides)<br \/>\n&#8211; Tree of Ken and Mary \u30b1\u30f3\u3068\u30e1\u30ea\u30fc\u306e\u6728<br \/>\n&#8211; \u30cf\u30fc\u30d6\u30ac\u30fc\u30c7\u30f3\u5bcc\u826f\u91ce (HERB GARDEN FURANO)<br \/>\n&#8211; Ningle Terrace \u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\u30eb\u30c6\u30e9\u30b9<\/p>\n<p>Hakodate \u51fd\u9928<br \/>\n&#8211; Hakodateyama \u51fd\u9928\u5c71<br \/>\n&#8211; Mt. Hakodate Observatory \u51fd\u9928\u5c71\u5c55\u671b\u53f0<br \/>\n&#8211; Hakodate Morning Market \u51fd\u9928\u671d\u5e02<br \/>\n&#8211; Hachiman-Zaka Slope\u516b\u5e61\u5742<br \/>\n&#8211; Hakodate Orthodox Church \u51fd\u9928\u30cf\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8\u30b9\u6b63\u6559\u4f1a<br \/>\n&#8211; Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse &#8211; Bay Hakodate BAY\u306f\u3053\u3060\u3066<br \/>\n&#8211; Hakodate Meijikan \u306f\u3053\u3060\u3066\u660e\u6cbb\u9928<br \/>\n&#8211; Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey \u5929\u4f7f\u306e\u8056\u6bcd\u30c8\u30e9\u30d4\u30b9\u30c1\u30cc\u4fee\u9053\u9662<br \/>\n&#8211; Onuma Quasi-National Park \u5927\u6cbc\u56fd\u5b9a\u516c\u5712<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo \u6771\u4eac<br \/>\n&#8211; Tokyo Skytree \u6771\u4eac\u30b9\u30ab\u30a4\u30c4\u30ea\u30fc<br \/>\n&#8211; Ueno Park \u4e0a\u91ce\u6069\u8cdc\u516c\u5712<br \/>\n&#8211; Ochanomizu \u5fa1\u8336\u30ce\u6c34 (Super Sports Xebio Main Shop \u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u30bc\u30d3\u30aa \u6771\u4eac\u5fa1\u8336\u30ce\u6c34\u672c\u5e97)<br \/>\n&#8211; Sumida Park \u53f0\u6771\u533a\u7acb\/\u58a8\u7530\u533a\u7acb \u9685\u7530\u516c\u5712<br \/>\n&#8211; Sumida River Walk \u3059\u307f\u3060\u30ea\u30d0\u30fc\u30a6\u30a9\u30fc\u30af<br \/>\n&#8211; LAND_A Cafe Dining &#038; Smile<\/p>\n<p>Fuji \u5bcc\u58eb<br \/>\n&#8211; Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre \u9759\u5ca1\u770c\u5bcc\u58eb\u5c71\u4e16\u754c\u907a\u7523\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc<br \/>\n&#8211; Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine \u5bcc\u58eb\u5c71\u672c\u5bae\u6d45\u9593\u5927\u793e<\/p>\n<p>Chapters.<br \/>\n00:00 Getting Ekiben from Sapporo Station<br \/>\n01:09 Limited Express S\u014dya to Wakkainai<br \/>\n09:15 Daisetsuzan &#8211; Asahi-dake &#038; Aibetsu-dake<br \/>\n10:25 Brief stop at Nayoro Station<br \/>\n11:25 Wild deers spotted<br \/>\n12:08 Wind Farm<br \/>\n12:16 Minami-Wakkanai<br \/>\n13:29 Wakkainai &#8211; The Northernmost Railway Station in Japan<br \/>\n16:45 Wakkanai KITAcolor<br \/>\n18:19 The Northernmost Railway Line Monument &#038; Yellow Buffer Stop<br \/>\n19:42 Surfeel Hotel Wakkanai<br \/>\n21:13 Wakkanai North Breakwater Dome<br \/>\n28:42 Arrival &#038; Departure of Limited Express S\u014dya<br \/>\n29:50 Dinner at Narazushi (brief)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hokkaido EP4 | Wakkanai &#8211; Japan&#8217;s Northernmost City &#8211; Wakkanai Station\/North Breakwater Dome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[73097,472383,472382,472380,472379,275019,472381,443,677,144445,144483,1574,1599,183772,472384,1670,9596,5496],"class_list":{"0":"post-910720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hokkaido-region","8":"tag-cape-soya","9":"tag-landmark-of-the-northernmost-point-in-japan","10":"tag-narazushi-wakkanai","11":"tag-the-northernmost-railway-station-in-japan","12":"tag-wakkanai-japan","13":"tag-wakkanai-north-breakwater-dome","14":"tag-wakkanai-the-northernmost-city-in-japan","15":"tag-443","16":"tag-677","17":"tag-144445","18":"tag-144483","19":"tag-1574","20":"tag-1599","21":"tag-183772","22":"tag-472384","23":"tag-1670","24":"tag-9596","25":"tag-5496"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}