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    • Hanami spots in Sapporo
    • Hokkaido Wilds free Skiing, touring and hiking website.
    • Around the Web
      • Amazing BBQ in Kitami city.
    • News
      • Earthquake information
      • Hokkaido Explorer reports for NHK World.
  • Food and Drink
    • Gyoza Bar
    • Eats on the cheaps in Hakodate!
    • Snacking in Susukino.
    • Events
    • Eating in Japan
      • Izakaya “Nora” in Kushiro city.
      • Delicious fried chicken in Otaru.
  • Around Town
    • Fresh seafood from all over Hokkaido.
  • Tours and Outdoors
    • Outdoors
      • Tsurui Dosanko Ranch
    • Near the city
      • Sapporo Travel: Mt. Moiwa Ropeway
    • Worth the Hike
      • Okhotsk Sky Tower
    • Travel
    • Explorer’s Journal
      • The Sapporo White Illumination
      • The Shirogane Blue Pond in Biei.
      • Spring in Kushiro city.
      • Let Travel Hokkaido guide you on your next trip.
      • Visit beautiful Kushiro!
      • Abashiri Prison
  • Living in Japan
    • Changing visas in Japan.
    • Explorer’s corner
  • Web Writer

Outdoors

Outdoors 

Hanami spots in Sapporo

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Hokkaido Explorer 5306 Views cherry blossoms, hanami, Sakura

Hello Explorers, how are you! Here is a list of some spots you should consider for your Hanami party in

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Editor's Note Outdoors 

Sakura 桜

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 Hokkaido Explorer 2778 Views

Finally! ついに! The Cherry Blossoms have finally bloomed in Hokkaido and here is our first recommendation! Starting off in the

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Outdoors Tours 

Let’s go to Iwanai! Book your CAT tour today!

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 Hokkaido Explorer 3256 Views events, hokkaido, Kutchan, Niseko, powder snow, Sapporo, Travel

We recently went to Osaka’s famous Ebisu bridge to talk to the locals about Iwanai. For more information about this

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Near the city Outdoors 

Enjoy nature, beer and BBQ near the airport!

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 1708 Views craft beer, events, festival, hokkaido, japanese food, Yakiniku

Close to town [Eniwa city] Well, it seems the beer garden season has finished, but as we come into Autumn

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Outdoors Tours 

Tsurui Dosanko Ranch

July 27, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 5265 Views

Have you ever heard of the term “Dosanko”? Many locals in Hokkaido might say: I am a “do-san-ko”, which means

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Outdoors Whats On 

Odori Beer Garden

July 19, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 2090 Views beer garden, hokkaido, Odori Park, Sapporo

Well it’s finally that time of the year again. The whole of Sapporo’s Odori park becomes a beer garden! Besides

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Outdoors Tours 

Climbing an Active Volcano: Tarumae

July 18, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 2651 Views hiking, hokkaido, Mountain climbing, photos, Sapporo, Travel

Climbing an Active Volcano: Tarumae by Shawn Clankie    Tarumae is somewhat of a curiosity–an active volcano not far from

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Explorer's Journal Outdoors 

A winter poem: The red-crowned crane.

February 16, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 2373 Views

Going to the Kushiro marshland in Winter invokes an image of the red-crowned crane. When I think to go to

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Hirafu main intersection
Outdoors TOURS and OUTDOORS 

Niseko: A winter wonderland

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 Hokkaido Explorer 7592 Views Niseko, photos, snow

A photo essay by Chris Barnes (also see this  interview with Barnes) Niseko is known as one of the best ski

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Around Town Festivals Food and Drink Outdoors Whats On 

Welcome to October ・ 10月へようこそ

October 4, 2016October 5, 2016 Hokkaido Explorer 4000 Views autumn, eniwa, festival, hokkaido, Kutchan, Niseko, Otaru, Sapporo, Travel

Hi all and welcome to a summary of what’s happening around Hokkaido this October! First of all Sapporo, International Friendship

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