Tag: Tomakomai
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Smelly, hellish, hot floor ground and hot shipping port water
Today’s trip was to “Jikukodani” (“hells gorge”) in the hills of Noboribetsu.Public traffic is a bit different in Hokkaido. As the whole island is more rural traffic is more car centric than the main island. This makes it a bit more challenging to get by using public transport. And the IC cards get a lot…
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Travel day to Tomakomai
Today our destination is even further north. A small town called Tomakomai on Hokaido island. This time the hotel bus was upgraded and we travelled in a bit more luxury to Morioka train station. The Shinkansen speed through the Seikan tunnel to Hokadate. This tunnel is with 53,85 km the longest under water tunnel by…