Shiraoi

Shiraoi (白老) is a town in Iburi, Hokkaido. Shikotsu-Toya National Park on the west side of town.

Understand

Tourist Information Site

The local tourist association has a multilingual guide site.

Get in

By plane

Use the New Chitose Airport.

By train

JR Muroran main line

By bus

There is a bus service from Sapporo, New Chitose Airport, Tomakomai and Muroran.

By car

Hokkaidō Expressway (Shiraoi I.C.) and National Route 36 runs the town.

Get around

Tomakomai Port, there is a ferry service from Oarai, Tsuruga, Niigata and Akita.

See

• Ayoro Beach
• Inkura Falls
• Lake Kuttara
• Mount Horohoro
• Shiogama Shrine
• Upopoy (ウポポイ). Complex for the culture of Ainu. National Ainu Museum, shops, restaurants and food court, and some activities. (updated Mar 2024)

Do

Kojohama Hot Springs

Outdoor bath of Hotel Hokuyō

Hot spring facilities of about 10 hotels are arranged in the National Route 36 along.

• 1 Yumoto Hokuyō (湯元ほくよう), 41-121 Takeura, Shiraoi-cho. 白老町竹浦 121-41, toll-free: 0120-234522 (non-geographic number), fax: +81 144 87-3888, info@h-hokuyo.com. 05:00 - 24:00. It has large outdoor bath. ¥ 500. 

Buy

• 1 Kani Goten (かに御殿), 2-96 Takeura, Shiraoi-cho. 白老町竹浦96-2 (National Route 36 alomg.), ☏ +81 144 87-3887, fax: +81 144 87-3860, info@kanigoten.co.jp. 08:00-17:00; closed We. Seafood restaurants and souvenir sales floor. 

Go next

• Noboribetsu
• Tomakomai
• Hidaka
• Toyako
• Sobetsu
• Date
• Muroran
• Chitose
• Sapporo

Routes through Shiraoi

Iwamizawa ← Tomakomai ←	N  S	→ Noboribetsu → Oshamambe
Sapporo ← Tomakomai ←	N  S	→ Noboribetsu → Oshamambe