5 days in Hokkaido in June–Too short?

Hello! never been to Hokkaido so I'm very excited, but I realized I may be trying to see too much of the island in the 5 days (technically 4 days) we are there. I already had to cut out Hakodate. This is very vague since I mostly wanted feedback/advice on how feasible travel distance is and get lodging booked asap(this was trip was last minute and begins next week). I tried to make sure the drives were reasonable, but please let me know if otherwise!

Day 1:

  • NRT -> CTS arrive at 10:30 pm. Hopefully make it to the last bus!!!
  • Arrive to hotel and just sleep after grabbing late-night snacks. (Missing Yosakoi Soran Matsuri by a night and we’re bummed. Any chance festivities will go on late?)

Day 2

  • stay in Sapporo(wander, odori park)
  • possible half-day visit to otaru?

Day 3

  • rent car around noon and drive to furano.
  • Ningle Terrace, blue pond, farm tomita.
  • stay in furano.

Day 4:

  • visit Daisetsuzan national park in the AM
  • Drive to noboribetsu with a stop by mount tarume.
  • stay in noboribetsu

Day 5:

  • early check out to 10:35 AM flight. CTS to KIX.

if we don't plan to use the onsens, should we skip noboribetsu? we're too shy for the public ones and couldn't find a private one in budget. then we have 6D5N in kyoto with day-trips and 5D4N in tokyo. I am willing to shave off a day off kyoto/osaka or tokyo to stay longer in hokkaido. Thanks!

by lucky_oats

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