Hokkaido Travel Guide 3 Abashiri | wifi rental japan

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Abashiri is a small village with about 40,000 residents located on the eastern coast of Hokkaido. If you are expecting something like high buildings and sparkling night views of downtown, you’d better visit somewhere else. There are not very many places for shopping and dining in Abashiri; however, if you love to travel every nook and corner of a village, it will give you enough pleasure. There are tour attractions you can only experience in Abashiri such as trying ice breaking cruise or visiting prison museum.

I guess many of you plan to visit Abashiri in winter since there are more attractions to enjoy between December and February rather than visiting here during summer season. Actually it is not really bad idea to visit here in summer if you pursue a relaxing travel that doesn’t have to meet tons of other tourists and line up for taking a few photos. Though it is going to be very hard to find human itself this on the contrary gives you a fresh impression.

Ice breaking cruise

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Ice floe seeing, which can be also called as drift ice seeing, is the most famous tour attraction in Abashiri. As I mentioned in previous article, the water in Okhotsk sea starts freezing from October and this grows thicker and bigger. When it comes to around December, it starts floating away over the see and this let us observe drift ice until early March. It is said that similar geographical latitude of Abashiri with Portland and Venice helps us see ice floes. I would like to say between January and February is the best time to observe ice floes since it starts melting from March.

Observing ice floes really depends on the weather; therefore, you may not be able to see drift ice if there is nothing. In this case, you still can take cruise for looking around see and ticket price becomes cheaper. The cost for observing ice floes is JPY 3,300 while taking only cruise is JPY 2,500. Once you take a cruise you will be surprised by the scenery drawn in front of your eyes. You will never believe you are actually on the sea. You will think it is just a land not a sea.

Prison museum

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Abashiri prison museum gives you a new kind of experience; however, it shows the sad history of Japan at the same time. Please be careful to not go to different one because there is real prison in Abashiri as well. Abashiri prison was founded 115 years ago. Its geographical characteristic makes prisoners hard to escape and that’s why prison could be made here.

The entrance fee is about JPY 1,000 and you can try prison meal if you pay more. (I don’t really recommend it, though.) You will be able to see how prisoners stayed there such as their meals and living environment. As I mentioned above, Abashiri prison museum shows its sad history since many prisoners died due to the labor under harsh environment. You may check out why a lot of people died and how Japan is now reminding this of.

Drink Drift Ice Beer

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If you love beer and are older enough to drink alcohol, try Okhotsk beer, which is made from drift ice. This blue color beer is said to have a flavor of craft beer and a bit salty taste as well. Some people say this beer is similar to sport drinks in terms of its color and taste. Well… honestly many people say they would not buy it again and it is only food for trying one time. If you are not strong at alcohols and don’t really enjoy the bitter taste of beer you may like it. However if you know how to enjoy the taste of beer, just drink it as a pop.

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