All About Japan\\\\\\\'s Hokkaido & Tohoku Regions (Sapporo, Sendai, etc.)

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 02:34 AM

Atas permintaan ramai yang tak mampu nak ditolak dah, kite akhirnya buka benang untuk dua bahagian utara Jepun, Hokkaido & Tohoku.
Untuk permulaan kite cerita secara umum jer la, macam cara biasa nak ke bahagian ni dengan tempat2 utama. Untuk perincian nanti masing2 tanya la sebab Jepun ni ada banyak seasonal passes dan seasonal trains, untuk lebih terperinci memang kena tengok tarikh trip.

Ok, Jepun ada 47 prefectures dan Hokkaido adalah prefecture yang terbesar. Tohoku pula ada 6 prefectures.

Bandar2 utama di Hokkaido dan juga boleh dikatakan better not to miss places adalah Hakodate, Sapporo, Otaru dan Furano.

Selain tu, Niseko, Rusutsu dan Asahikawa pun merupakan tempat tumpuan pelancong.

Manakala Tohoku pula terkenal dengan kecantikan Sanriku Coast yang banyak feature dalam drama2 popular Jepun.

Tempat2 lain kat pelbagai prefectures pun byk yg menarik, nanti kite cerita lagi.

Last edited by Kittie on 11-11-2014 06:35 PM

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 02:36 AM

Edited by Kittie at 22-12-2017 01:17 PM

Pengangkutan utama ke kawasan Tohoku adalah melalui train.

JR EAST PASS (Tohoku area)

Flexible five-day pass: you can use the pass on any five days within a 14-day period starting with the date of purchase or exchange in Japan. You do not have to determine your 5 travel dates at the time of purchase or exchange. For example, if you purchase your pass or get it by exchange on August 1, you can show the pass at a station on any five days between August 1 and August 14 and it will be stamped as valid for use on that day.

JR Tohoku-South Hokkaido Rail Pass

JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 02:38 AM

Edited by Kittie at 24-12-2017 05:30 PM

Pengangkutan utama ke kawasan Hokkaido adalah melalui train dan plane.

Hokkaido Rail Pass

*1. The 3-Day, and 5-Day 7-Day pass allows you to choose the starting day, and can be used for either 3 or 5 or 7 consecutive days from the date of issuance.

*2. The date of use cannot be selected with the Flexible 4-Day Ticket. It is effective the day you either purchase or exchange it, that being day one, and continues to be effective for ten days in which it can be used any four days either consecutive or not.
EX: If you purchase or exchange a Flexible 4-Day ticket the 1st of July, it is effective until July 10th, and can be used any four days within the ten day period.

*3. The validity period of rail passes is based on the date of purchase/exchange.
Example: If a 3-day Hokkaido Rail Pass is purchased/exchanged on May 1 at 15:00, the pass will be valid until May 3.

JR Tohoku-South Hokkaido Rail Pass

JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass

Seishun 18 Kippu
(Cara sebut masa nak beli kat kaunter: Seishun Juhachi Kippu)

Seasonal railway ticket, 5 hari leh guna local and rapid JR (Japan Railways) unlimited naik turun sampai lebam, nationwide. Harga 11850 yen (kira 2370 yen per day)

More info: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2362.html

Pintu masuk udara yang utama ke Hokkaido adalah melalui Sapporo. Of course la yg utama adalah our own AA.

Budget airlines yang selalu ada diskaun...
Dari Tokyo: Vanilla Air, Jetstar, Skymark
Dari Nagoya: Jetstar, Skymark
Dari Osaka: Peach, Jetstar
Dari Kobe: Skymark

Ikut Hakodate pun boleh gak, boleh book kat ANA website http://www.ana.co.jp/
ANA ada low cost segment dia.

Untuk Skymark, tiket2 Sky Bargain yang murah.

Untuk option lain ke Hokkaido macam night trains ke apa, boleh tanya dalam benang ni berserta tarikh trip sebab night trains yg sebelum ni regular dah jadi seasonal trains sebagai persediaan untuk pembukaan shinkansen line ke Hokkaido. Ada juga option naik bas+train atau bas+feri. Nanti tanyalah kalau serius nak try.

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 02:43 AM

Sapporo: Foliage of the ginkgo trees

Late October ~ beginning of November. There are impressive rows of ginkgo trees lining the Government Office of Hokkaido, Odori Park and Hokkaido University. In the University, there is a row of 70 trees lined up for 380 m and the area turns all yellow.

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 02:44 AM

Hokkaido University Sightseeing Course

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Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 02:47 AM

Strolling Around the City of Sapporo

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Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 02:56 AM

Sapporo's Calendar

November 21, 2014–February 14, 2015: Sapporo White Illumination
November 28–December 24, 2014: Munich Christmas Market in Sapporo
February 5 – 11, 2015: Sapporo Snow Festival / More

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Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 03:27 AM

Hakodate, Hokkaido

1) Mount Hakodate

2) Fort Goryokaku

3) Motomachi (+slopes)

4) Morning Market

5) Bay Area + Red Brick Warehouses

6) Yunokawa Onsen

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 03:45 AM

Otaru, Hokkaido

1) Masjid Al-Noor Otaru

2) Otaru Snow Light Path Festival

February 6th~15th, 2015

3) Otaru Canal

4) Sakaimachi Street

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 04:55 AM

Furano, Hokkaido

1) Furano Flower Fields

2) Furano Ski Area

3) TV Drama Locations

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 05:43 AM

Selain daripada Furano, dua lagi tempat yg pemes dgn ski adalah Niseko dan Rusutsu.

Untuk yg hardcore punya boleh pegi Niseko (Niseko Grand Hirafu yg plg besar, senang pegi melalui Otaru).

Rusutsu lak mesra keluarga dan foreigner. Restoren makanan halal yang dapat sijil halal dari Malaysia Halal Corporation pun ada. Setengah orang ada yg contact & request untuk breakfast & lunch sekali. Ada free shuttle ke Rusutsu dari Sapporo.

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 06:03 AM

Limited sale Doto (eastern Hokkaido) Free Pass

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 07:45 AM

City yang paling pemes kat Tohoku region adalah Sendai, terletak dalam Miyagi prefecture, merupakan home of Date Masamune.

Dari Sendai, boleh ke Matsushima.
For hundreds of years, Matsushima Bay has been celebrated as one of Japan's three most scenic views alongside Miyajima & Amanohashidate.

Selain tu, boleh pegi gak kat gorge yg cantik, Naruko Gorge.

Kittie · Post time 8-9-2014 08:15 AM

Tohoku ni terkenal dengan coastline dia yang dipanggil Sanriku Coast, tapi coastline yg cantik ni yang menjadi mangsa tsunami 2011. Selepas tsunami, Sanriku Coast ni diberi keutamaan untuk pemulihan. Banyak lagi sistem pengangkutan yg kena baiki sepanjang Sanriku Coast ni, jadi kite akan pilih2 tempat yg senang nak pegi tapi still cantik.

1) Jodogahama

2) Ishinomaki

3) Kesennuma

4) Matsushima Bay pun sebahagian daripada Sanriku Coast, tapi kite skip penerangan sbb dah cerita kat previous post.

5) Worth mentioning, Goishi Coast ni cantik tapi susah nak pergi.

Peterpan17 · Post time 8-9-2014 08:57 AM

wah!! inilah yg aku tunggu2. Terimakasih Kittie darling. You are the best

lin0me · Post time 8-9-2014 09:26 AM

rindu kat hakodate dan otaru

skuter_buruk146 · Post time 8-9-2014 12:11 PM

semalam pi Matta Fair terlekat lama kat booth Hokkaido..
sebelum ni ingatkan best season nak g hokkaido ialah summer..tapi lepas review balik better pegi summer sebab aku nak tengok ladang bunga yang cantik gile tu..