Northern Circuit
The Northern Circuit (道北 Dōhoku) covers the northern and inner part of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Understand
Tourist information site
The local tourist associations have a multilingual web info catalogue, do-hoku.com for the whole area.
Cities
- 🌍 Asahikawa (旭川市 Asahikawa-shi) – Hokkaido's second-largest city, famed for being the coldest place in Japan
- 🌍 Furano (富良野市 Furano-shi) — Popular ski resort with near-guaranteed perfect powder
- 🌍 Nayoro (名寄市 Nayoro-shi)
- 🌍 Shibetsu (士別市 Shibetsu-shi)
- 🌍 Wakkanai (稚内市 Wakkanai-shi) – Japan's northernmost town
Towns and villages
- 🌍 Shimukappu (占冠村 Shimukappu-mura)
- 🌍 Horonobe (幌延町 Horonobe-chō)
Other destinations
- Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park
- 🌍 Rishiri Island (利尻島 Rishiri-tō)
- 🌍 Rebun Island (礼文島 Rebun-tō)
- 🌍 Daisetsuzan National Park (大雪山国立公園 Daisetsuzan Kokuritsu Kōen)
Get in
By train
- JR Rumoi Line
- JR Soya Line
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