The Okhotsk Train is a limited express train service which runs between Sapporo and Abashiri. Many tourists use this train to get to Abashiri even though it takes more than 5 hours since there are some factors people can enjoy while taking this train. Abashiri is famous for ice floe and every year many people including tourists and researchers gather here to observe huge ice floes. Then why Ice floe in Abashiri became famous?
The water in Okhotsk Sea starts freezing from October due to the influence of cold weather from Russia. The frozen sea water grows thicker and bigger and finally start floating away over the sea. Thanks to freezing cold weather, it is also possible to observe ice floes until early March. Abashiri has been academic spots for researchers from many countries who especially are studying ice floes. Nowadays ice floes in Abashiri are being researched for global warming issues.
what is okhotsk train?
As I mentioned above, the Okhotsk Limited Express runs between Sapporo and Abashiri, which is the most northern island in Japan. It takes about 5 and a half hours and two scheduled trains are operated in a day; however, you will have to be careful about the train time since one is on early in the morning and the other is on afternoon. The fare is about JPY 10,000 but you may use JR Hokkaido Pass which costs JPY 16,500 for 3 days.
Some of you may think taking a train for a few hours is really tiring. It is actually true; however, Japanese people actually enjoy taking trains, for sure, there are exceptions though. There are things you can enjoy only when taking trains.
Try EKIBEN
Before taking train, you will see there are shops where sell Bento Box(lucnh box) in station. There are a lot of different types of bento you can choose from, such as bento with tempura(fries) and snow crab. They also sell sushi so you may try it. Ekiben is very popular among local Japanese people and tourists so that there also is a place where professionally sells only ekiben. There also are regional ekibens; for example, Yokohama, where is famous for Chinatown and dumplings, have dumpling lunch box while Hokkaido, famous for snow crab, has snow crab lunch box.
Enjoy Scenery
If you are taking the Okhotsk Limited Express during winter, it is a perfect season to enjoy scenery of heavy snow. As Hokkaido is famous for snow and ice, all you can see along 5 and a half hours will be snow. A village covered with snow, a tree covered with snow, a frozen lake covered with snow…! Snow will be topped into every single thing in this area and you may take a picture or video of it. If you are from a country where does not have a lot of snow falls, enjoy it as much as you can!
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