Southern Circuit

The Southern Circuit (道南 Dōnan) covers the western and central parts of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Cities

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Map of Southern Circuit

41.766667140.7333331 Hakodate (函館市 Hakodate-shi) – domestic tourists come in droves for the food, culture and history
41.816667140.652 Hokuto (北斗市 Hokuto-shi) – adjacent to Hakodate, terminus of the Hokkaido Shinkansen's first phase; it is a bedroom community for Hakodate

Towns and villages

41.433333140.1166673 Matsumae (松前町 Matsumae-chō) — it has the only traditional-style castle in Hokkaido, and an Edo village
42.508056140.3730564 Oshamambe (長万部町 Oshamambe-chō) — known for Kanimeshi bento (crabmeat on rice)

Other destinations

42.0121140.6711 Onuma Quasi-National Park (大沼国定公園 Ōnuma Kokutei Kōen) - placid lakes and a steaming volcano

Understand

Get in

Hakodate is the main gateway, with trains north to Sapporo and south to Honshu, as well as ferry connections to Tohoku.

By train

JR Hokkaido Esashi line

By plane

Hakodate Airport (HKD^IATA)

Get around

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