Eastern Circuit
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Regions / Cities / Other destinations / Culture and History / Travel to Eastern Circuit, visa requirements / Get around / Eastern Circuit attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Eastern Circuit nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Get outDestinations in Eastern Circuit
The Eastern Circuit (道東 Dōtō) covers the eastern half of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
Regions
The Eastern Circuit is composed of the following four subprefectures:
- Abashiri
- Tokachi
- Kushiro
- Nemuro
Cities
- Abashiri - fishing town famous for drift ice and infamous for its prison
- Bihoro - gateway to the Akan National Park
- Kitami - the onion capital of Japan
- Kushiro - the largest city in the Circuit with 200,000 people
- Obihiro - the main city in the Tokachi Plain, a large agricultural area
- Nemuro - at the easternmost tip of Hokkaido
Other destinations
- Akan National Park - known for the crystalline mountain lakes of Akan, Kussharo and Mashu
- Daisetsuzan National Park - Japan's largest national park named after its "Great Snowy Mountains"
- Shiretoko National Park - the most inaccessible and least explored of Japan's national parks
Culture and History
The most sparsely populated region in all Japan, this vast area is nearly 40,000 sq.km. in size. While the easternmost part is largely flat, rural and filled with endless cow pastures, much of the circuit is ringed with mountains.
Travel to Eastern Circuit - Visa Requirements
Kushiro and Memanbetsu (near Abashiri) have regional airports.
Tours and Getting around Eastern Circuit
Here, if anywhere in Japan, a rental car will come in handy. Train coverage is severely lacking (many lines have been terminated due to a lack of customers) and buses are infrequent, inconvenient and expensive.
Eastern Circuit tourist attractions and sightseeing
Eastern Circuit city tours
Eastern Circuit Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Eastern Circuit nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
Get out
Destinations in Eastern Circuit:
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