Yubari

Yubari (夕張) is a city in Sorachi, Hokkaido.

Understand

It is a city that relied on coal mining. With a decline in coal demand, the mines closed in 1980s and the population shrank from a peak of 120,000 down to about 8,000 remaining.

Get in

By bus

Take a bus from Shin-Yūbari Station or Hokkaido Chuo Bus from Sapporo.

See

• 1 Yubari Coal Mine Museum (夕張市石炭博物館), 7‐1 Takamatsu, ☏ +81 123 52 5500. (updated Mar 2022)

Do

• Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Mount Racey Ski Area, 2 Chome-4 Suehiro, ☏ +81 123 57 7766. Ski resort. "Racey" is an Anglicized name for marketing purposes. Proper transliteration is Mount Reisui (冷水山). Day pass at ¥5,100 for adults and ¥3,100 for child. (updated Mar 2022)

Buy

Yubari is famous for the Yubari Melon. They are sold for about ¥1000 per melon.

Eat

• 1 Yubari Yatai Village (ゆうばり屋台村（バリー屋台）), 1 Chome-81 Suehiro (Across from the old JR Yubari station), ☏ +81 123 52 0230. Small food court with a couple of restaurants. (updated Mar 2022)
• 2 Orenchi (俺家), 3 Chome-71 Honcho, ☏ +81 123-52-2670. M-Sa 17:30-23:00; Su 17:30-21:00. Izakaya restaurant. (updated Apr 2022)
• 3 Nonkiya (のんきや), 1 Chome-52 Honcho (Walk 15 mins north from old Yubari train station). F-W 11:30-14:30. Ramen restaurant. ¥600 (as of 2018). (updated Apr 2022)

Sleep

The only hotel in the city, Hotel Mount Racey (Reisui), announced "temporarily" closure in March 2020 due to COVID-19. It has not reopened since.

Go next

• Shimukappu
• Mukawa
• Atsuma
• Minami-Furano
• Furano
• Ashibetsu
• Iwamizawa
• Kuriyama
• Yuni

Routes through Yubari

N S ← Chitose ←

W  E

→ Shimukappu → Obihiro