"The Land of Flowers" Top 5 Page for this destination Hokkaido by kielorla


Hokkaido Travel Guide: 838 reviews and 1,830 photos

Rainbow land

Hokkaido is a very beautiful place, it is the most northern island of Japan. Hokkaido produces the best chocolate in Japan as they have the finest milk in the country. The best honeydew melon, potatoes and also sweet corn in Japan. They also have the freshest seafood.

Summer in Hokkaido is not very hot, it has the best climate in Japan. The temperature range from 25 to 28 degree C. Therefore during summer holiday, alot of japanese from the other parts of Japan will be flocking to Hokkaido for flower seeing and also tour there.

Apart from all the nice things found in Hokkaido, there are also alot of disadvantage especially for foreign travellers like us. Backpacking or Free and Easy tour in Hokkaido are almost impossible for foreign travellers. I found out from my tour guide that in Hokkaido, they only target the japanese travellers and not people from other country. And it is true, as when i am there, i felt that i am illiterate, they dont speak english, all the road signs are in Japanese and all the menu are all in Japanese. We communicate through gesture and pictures pointing.

And also i tried to get some town maps or Hokkaido maps but they all in Japanese. The transport infrastructure is also not as good as in the main island like Toyko and Osaka. As Hokkaido is an island by its own, the only way to reach there is by internal flight or JAL. And travelling in Hokkaido using the train to get from one place to another is also not very friendly. And there are places like lavander farm or skiing resort are also not accessiable using train. Renting a car and drive around is the only solution but only workable if you understand japanese and is able to read in Japanese. Another thing in Hokkaido is that things are very very expensive, if you think that Toyko is a very expensive city, well Hokkaido is much more expensive so be prepared to spend more if you planned to travel there.

Therefore, you must be thinking, how i got there and managed to travel around, well i signed up for the package tour in my country. Oh ya, forget to tell you all 1 stupid mistake i have made while i am there, i brought along my digital camera and also the adpater to charge my battery, but i actually forgot to bring my charger !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I almost killed myself for such a stupid mistake. Therefore i survived on my friend's opitcal camera. Thus i apologised if some of the photos in the tips are blurred or not clear, as some of those are scanned using my old scanner.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:Nice weather, beautiful flowers and fresh seafood.
  • Cons:Very Very expensive and also English unfriendly
  • In a nutshell:A very beautiful place for travel in all 4 seasons
  • Last visit to Hokkaido: Jul 2004
  • Intro Updated Jul 27, 2004
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    y_lyn Apr 24, 2007 at 1:22 AM Report Abuse

    Nice intro photo! Hokkaido is a lovely but expensive place to go... Which agency did you book this tour with?

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    nixca316 Feb 13, 2007 at 5:59 PM Report Abuse

    The Otaru waters look so peaceful.

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    funnybeee Apr 15, 2005 at 5:09 AM Report Abuse

    Hello Kielorla! How was your interview? Hope everything went allright... Cool Hokkaido Pages... If you ever come to the Nethelands, come to the Keukenhof. Check out their website: www.keukenhof.nl and click on the english version...

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    CliffClaven Mar 31, 2005 at 8:49 AM Report Abuse

    Good page - did you get as far north as Wakkanai?

  • kissgurami Nov 17, 2004 at 10:26 PM Report Abuse

    helo !! love ur pix !! especially the lavender fields !! hokkaido is one of THE places on my list. keep the pix coming in !! :)

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    Jim_Eliason Nov 14, 2004 at 6:31 AM Report Abuse

    fantastic page, makes me want to go!

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    victorwkf Oct 4, 2004 at 3:12 AM Report Abuse

    Really glad that you enjoyed your trip to Hakkaido ! How time flies ..... you told me you were going there during our last Singapore VT meeting :)

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    Wild_Orchid Sep 23, 2004 at 10:41 PM Report Abuse

    Caroline, your pages are lovely. and loved the yukata tips (I wore mine the wrong way! but not dead yet!) :-)

  • mufen Sep 10, 2004 at 12:57 AM Report Abuse

    Wow!! what a beautiful place with lots of beautiful flowers u hav gone! 10Q for sharing these beautiful pics and i'm juz too touched by the beauty and I wanted to shout.. I missJapan.. so much!!

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    kenHuocj Sep 2, 2004 at 6:28 AM Report Abuse

    flowers en masse are natures bounty ;-)))

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