The Northern Circuit (道北 Dōhoku) covers the northern and inner part of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

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Tourist information site[edit]

The local tourist associations have a multilingual web info catalogue, do-hoku.com for the whole area.

Cities[edit]

44°10′16″N 142°20′38″E

Map of Northern Circuit

• 43.766667142.3666671 Asahikawa (旭川市 Asahikawa-shi) – Hokkaido's second-largest city, famed for being the coldest place in Japan
• 43.35142.3833332 Furano (富良野市 Furano-shi) — Popular ski resort with near-guaranteed perfect powder
• 44.355833142.4633333 Nayoro (名寄市 Nayoro-shi)
• 43.55141.9166674 Shibetsu (士別市 Shibetsu-shi)
• 45.415667141.6730565 Wakkanai (稚内市 Wakkanai-shi) – Japan's northernmost town

Towns and villages[edit]

• 43.583333142.4666676 Biei (美瑛町 Biei-chō)
• 43.847778142.7702787 Kamikawa (上川町 Kamikawa-chō)
• 42.983333142.48 Shimukappu (占冠村 Shimukappu-mura)
• 45.016667141.859 Horonobe (幌延町 Horonobe-chō)

Other destinations[edit]

• Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park
  • 45.183333141.251 Rishiri Island (利尻島 Rishiri-tō)
  • 45.35141.0166672 Rebun Island (礼文島 Rebun-tō)
• 43.660278142.8580563 Daisetsuzan National Park (大雪山国立公園 Daisetsuzan Kokuritsu Kōen) and 43.7284142.94984 Sounkyo Onsen (層雲峡 Sōunkyō)

Get in[edit]

By plane[edit]

• Asahikawa Airport (AKJ ^IATA)
• Wakkanai Airport (WKJ ^IATA)

By train[edit]

• JR Rumoi Line
• JR Soya Line

By boat[edit]

• Wakkanai Port - Ferry from Korsakov, Sakhalin, Russia.

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