Northern Circuit

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

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

Cities

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

Towns and villages

 * (美瑛町 Biei-chō)
 * (上川町 Kamikawa-chō)
 * (層雲峡 Sōunkyō)


 * (占冠村 Shimukappu-mura)
 * (幌延町 Horonobe-chō)

Other destinations

 * Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park
 * (利尻島 Rishiri-tō)
 * (礼文島 Rebun-tō)
 * (大雪山国立公園 Daisetsuzan Kokuritsu Kōen)

By plane

 * Asahikawa Airport
 * Wakkanai Airport

By train

 * JR Rumoi Line
 * JR Soya Line

By boat

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