Abashiri Port Tourist Information

Abashiri Port Tourist Information http://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/cruise/

Abashirichanpon(noodle) Abashiri "champon" noodles are the fusion of Nagasaki/Unzen history and Hokkaido/Abashiri food culture. It is arranged in the Obama "champon" style from Obama, Unzen City and served up deliciously. It is a dish that combines the strengths of two vastly separated towns in northern and southern Japan. Abashiri "champon" is made with the passion of people who love their community and warms both body and soul.

Location/View South 3, East 4, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,093-0003

Access 5 min. via car from port(2km)

Season Year-round

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Okhotsk AbashiriZangi-don

This local delicacy was created so that more people could experience the deliciousness of Abashiri Okhotsk salmon. Abashiri "zangi" is Abashiri Okhotsk salmon pickled in fish soy sauce and deep fried. It is then served on top of Hokkaido rice. This dish is popular even with the children who do not like fish because of its meaty taste.

Location/View South 3, East 4, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,093-0003

Access 5 min. via car from port(2km)

Season Year-round

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Gelato and Soft ice cream

Gelato and Soft ice cream made from milk produced in Abashiri have a rich taste. Furthermore, there are many kinds of sweets using local ingredients and recipes.

Location/View 418, Aza Yobito, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,099-2421

Access 25 min. via car from port(12km)

Season Year-round

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Roadside station "RyuhyoKaidoAbashiri" Located at the mouth of the Abashiri River, it's a tourism and exchange center that doubles as a functional rest stop where you can get a view of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Shiretoko Peninsula. You can find tourism information and various other information on the area here, and they sell local agricultural and processed marine products. The center further serves as a base in winter for drift ice sightseeing as the launching port of the Aurora icebreaker and sightseeing ship.

Location/View South 3, East 4, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,093-0003

Access 5 min. via car from port(2km)

Parking for Season Year-round tour buses 16 buses

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Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum

This science museum is themed with the drift ice and creatures of the Sea of Okhotsk. There is a drift ice laboratory where you can touch actual drift ice even in summer. Inside this -15°C room you can also enjoy swinging a wet towel around and watching it freeze in a twisted shape. You can also closely see clione, the angels of the sea. Newly opened in August 2015.

Location/View Tentozan, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,093-0044

Individual travel:Short walk from Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum Access bus stop(7km from port)

Parking for About 50 Season Year-round tour buses buses

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Abashiri Prison Museum

The actual buildings of Abashiri Prison, which was used since the Meiji Period, were dismantled, restored, preserved, and opened to the public as an outdoor museum. The radial five-winged one-story prison, built in 1896, is currently Japan's oldest prison facility and the oldest wooden prison of this type in the world. There are plenty of displays on the history of the prison as it developed as an administrative unit together with Hokkaido.

Location/View Yobito, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,099-2421

Individual travel:Short walk from Abashiri Prison Museum Access bus stop(8km from port)

Parking for Season Year-round tour buses 20 buses

Abashiri Prison Museum Related links http://www.kangoku.jp/world/

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Abashiri Phlox Park Some 150,000 phloxes bloom riotously in the 10ha of this hilly park in the Yobito region. In addition to the many blooming phloxes in the park, visitors can get a view of Abashiri Lake and the plains towards Memanbetsu. The park trails are paved with scallop shells. The reds, pinks, and purples of the phloxes paint a beautiful picture together with the white of the trails and the blue of the Okhotsk sky.

Location/View 465 Yobito, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,099-2421

Access Individual travel:25 min. via car from port(13km)

Parking for Some buses Season Late July - Early September tour buses

Abashiri City Travel Site Related links http://abashiri.jp/tabinavi/en/tourist/spot.html

Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples

The Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples is Japan's only museum dedicated to the northern regions, and one of the rarest ethnology museums in the world. Permanent exhibits introduce the culture of various peoples in this northern region and deep prehistoric culture related to their formation.

Location/View Shiomi, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,093-0042

Individual travel:Short walk from Hokkaido Museum of Access Northern Peoples bus stop(7km from port)

Parking for About 10 Season Year-round tour buses buses

Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples Related links http://hoppohm.org/english/index.htm

Moyoro Shell Mound Museum

These remains of middens were excavated from within the flat area of the left bank at the mouth of the Abashiri River in 1913. Distinct from the people of the Ainu culture as well as others that existed at the time, these people were called the Moyoro people, and this region was named MoyoroKaiduka (midden). Later it turned out that these were the remains of the Okhotsk culture that flourished around the Sea of Okhotsk, and this museum, containing the typical remains of this culture, has become famous around the world.

Location/View North 1, East 2, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,093-0051

Access 8 min. via car from port(3km)

Parking for Season Year-round tour buses 3 buses

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Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Shiretoko was registered as a world natural heritage in 2005. When it was registered, it was praised for the interrelationship between its marine ecosystems that gives rise to drift ice and its highly primitive terrestrial ecosystem. It was also praised as an important ecosystem for rare species such as Blakiston's fish owl and viola kitamiana, as well as fish from the salmon family and marine mammals.

Location/View Utoro West, Shari-cho, Shari-gun, Hokkaido ,099-4354

Access Individual travel:About 90 min. via car from port(75km)

Parking for Season Year-round tour buses 8 buses

Shiretoko Shari-cho Tourist Association Related links http://www.shiretoko.asia/world/index.html

Contact Us[ Shiretoko Shari-cho Tourist Association ] TEL:0152-22-2125 l E-MAIL:[email protected] l Website:http://www.shiretoko.asia/world/index.html

Abashiri Morning Market

This morning market at the Abashiri Port is only held for a limited period. Visitors can enjoy purchasing local marine, agricultural, and dairy products from the shops that have gathered here, as well as delicious breakfasts using fresh ingredients from the market.

Location/View Minatomachi, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,093-0032

Access 10 min. walk from port(1km)

Parking for About 5 Season July - September tour buses buses

Abashiri City Travel Site Related links http://abashiri.jp/tabinavi/en/event/index.html

Abashiri Okhotsk Summer Festival

The Abashiri Okhotsk Summer Festival is a delightful summer festival in Abashiri. The central shopping district becomes a pedestrian mall. 1,000 people every year perform the RyuhyoOdori dance, and elementary and junior/senior high school students from the city perform in a big music parade. The highlight is the fireworks display. You can feel the force of the fireworks shells at the port as the beautiful, huge fireworks color the skies and seas of Okhotsk.

Location/View South 4, West 1, Abashiri-shi, Hokkaido ,093-0014

Access 8 min. via car from port(2km)

Season Late July

Abashiri City Travel Site Related links http://abashiri.jp/tabinavi/en/event/index.html

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