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Hokkaido Wild Loop
A 7-day driving loop across Hokkaido, with volcanoes, flower fields, caldera lakes, wild coast, and one very good excuse to eat seafood almost every day.
7days
26stops
Day 1: New Chitose Airport → Lake Shikotsu → Noboribetsu Jigokudani
3 stops
New Chitose Airport
09:00
Lake Shikotsu
11:00
Noboribetsu Jigokudani
15:00
Day 2: Noboribetsu Onsen → … → Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse
4 stops
Noboribetsu Onsen
09:00
Lake Toya
10:30
Onuma Quasi-National Park
14:30
Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse
17:00
Day 3: Depart: Hakodate Bay area → … → Odori Park
4 stops
Depart: Hakodate Bay area
08:30
Hakodate Morning Market
09:00
Rusutsu Resort area
13:30
Odori Park
17:30
Day 4: Sapporo → … → Susukino
4 stops
Sapporo
09:00
Otaru Canal
10:00
Cape Kamui
13:30
Susukino
17:30
Day 5: Depart: Sapporo → … → Asahiyama Zoo
4 stops
Depart: Sapporo
09:00
Farm Tomita
11:30
Shirogane Blue Pond
14:30
Asahiyama Zoo
17:00
Day 6: Asahikawa → … → Lake Akan Ainu Kotan
4 stops
Asahikawa
08:30
Sounkyo Gorge
10:00
Lake Mashu Observatory No. 1
14:30
Lake Akan Ainu Kotan
17:30
Day 7: Kushiro Marsh Observatory → Akan International Crane Cent… → New Chitose Airport
3 stops
Kushiro Marsh Observatory
09:30
Akan International Crane Center
11:30
New Chitose Airport
17:30
Heads Up
- 1. Hokkaido drives are long but pleasant; fuel up before remote mountain or eastern routes.
- 2. Book rental car and lodging early for summer flower season and winter snow season.
- 3. If traveling in winter, choose a rental with proper snow tires and keep daily plans flexible around weather.
- 4. Day 7: 5h 30m driving — plan rest stops