Hi all,
TL;DR
Trip to the east side of Hokkaido with the following day split:
Day #1 -> Land in Memanbetsu, quick tour of Abashiri -> Sleep at Abashiri
Day #2 -> Notoro and Saroma lakes, Akan Mashu area -> Sleep at Shari
Day #3 -> Shiretoko -> Sleep at Rausu
Day #4 -> Rausu boat tour, Shibetsu and Notsuke -> Sleep at Nemuro
Day #5 -> Nemuro area -> Sleep at Kushiro
Day #6 -> Kushiro area -> Sleep near Unkai Terrace
Day #7 -> Unkai Terrace, Furand and Biei -> Sleep at Biei
Day #8 -> Asahi-Dake -> Sleep at Sapporo
Day #9 -> Sapporo and return to Tokyo
The long version:
So I'm planning on a second trip to Hokkaido in the end of September and this time I want to focus on the most eastern part of Hokkaido since I haven't traveled there much in the previous time.
I have a flight booked to Memanbetsu airport where I will rent a car.
The first day will be mostly relaxing since we will arrive after a long flight to Japan so we will be sleeping in Abashiri.
The day after we'll be going through lake Notoro and the surrounding area, arrive to lake Saroma and then continue to the Akan Mashu area. We will end our day in Shari because the next day we'll be going to Shiretoko national park.
The next day is dedicated to Shiretoko national part and the surrounding area. At the end of the day we'll be sleeping at Rausu.
The next day, at Rausu, we're thinking about doing the boat tour and the continue down the shoreline to Shibetsu and Notsuke peninsula and sleeping at Nemuro at the end of the day.
The next day will be dedicated to the Nemuro area and then a drive down to Kushiro area.
The next day will be dedicated to Kushiro and then we'll sleep next to Unkai Terrace.
The next day wake up early and go see Unkai Terrace and continue down to Biei/Furano area.
The next day we'll do a hike in the Asahi-Dake area and continue to sleep in Sapporo.
The next day we'll have a bit of time to explore Sapporo in the morning and then have a return flight to Tokyo.
My question is, is the east site worth it? Would you change anything? Are there any must visit places in the area which I missed?
Thank you for the help!
by Mako-Enthusiast
