Operation period
2024.1.27 (Sat) → 3.3 (Sun) service
Time table
Boarding / alighting place | Arrival time | Departure time | Get on / off | Sightseeing | |
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Respective Hotels in Akanko Onsen ※1 | 8:00 | Get on | |||
Lake Mashu 1st Observatory | 9:25 | 9:45 | No | Sightseeing for 20 mins |
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Kawayu・Mt. Iou | 10:20 | 10:35 | No | Sightseeing for 15 mins |
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Kawayu Onsen (Taiho Sumo Memorial Museum) | 10:40 | 10:45 | Get on | Get off | |
Aurora Terminal (Michi-no-Eki "Ryuhyo Kaido Abashiri") | 12:00 | Get off | Sightseeing for 105 mins |
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JR Abashiri Station (No. 1) | 12:15 | Get off | |||
Aurora Terminal (Michi-no-Eki "Ryuhyo Kaido Abashiri") | 13:45 | Get on | |||
Lake Saroma Tsuruga Resort | 14:35 | 14:35 | Get on | Get off | |
Mombetsu Garinko Station | 15:55 | Get off | |||
Hotels within Mombetsu ※2 | 16:00 | Get off |
- ※1 You can choose from Yuku no Sato Tsuruga, Tsuruga Wings, Gozensui, New Akan Hotel, Hinanoza, Hanayuuka, and Akankoso.
- ※2 You can choose from Mombetsu Prince Hotel, Mombetsu Central Hotel, and Hotel Okhotsk Palace Mombetsu.
Route Map
Ride fare
Note: Dwarfs are in parentheses (applicable to one child per adult)
Each price includes a drift ice zero carbon cooperation fee of 187 yen.
The Drift Ice Zero Carbon Cooperation Fund will be used to protect drift ice and the natural environment around it.
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Ice Breaker Garinko Ⅱ・Ⅲ
Go into the Sea of Okhotsk by Icebreaker Garinko far and wide. The world's first sightseeing icebreaker will bring you a powerful and premium experience.
DetailsRoute points
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You have 105 mins of free time at the terminal of the icebreaker ship, Aurora. Go on a drift ice cruise!
Note: Aurora is available in February and March. Advance booking is required. -
You can tranfer to Express Bus No. 1 to Utoro at Abashiri. (departing from Aurora Terminal at 3:15 p.m.)
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After arriving at Monbetsu Garinko Station, you can board the Garinko III Sunset Cruise (departing at 16:30). (Reservation required yourself)
Request when boarding
- Note: Children (3-11 years old).
- Note: Advance booking is required. Click the button below to book your seat at least 5 days before by 5:00 p.m.
- Note: The vehicle may change to a minibus taxi or a regular taxi depending on the number of the reserved passengers.
- Note: For an inquiry on that very day or travel agencies
Tel: (+81) 152-45-56665 (9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Mon. - Fri.)
Eastern Hokkaido Express Bus Control Center - The buses are limited to those who stay in the designated accommodations as a supporting hotel of the service.
Check the list of the designated accommodations here.
Reservation
Express Bus Personal Booking Office - Online Travel Co. Ltd.
(+81) 50-3619-4178(Mon. - Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Closed on Sundays and Holidays)
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reservation
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Route list
- No. 1 Mombetsu → Mombetsu & Abashiri → Utoro
- No. 2 Akan → Mashu & Abashiri → Mombetsu
- No. 3 Kitami & Abashiri → Mashu → Akan → Kitami & Abashiri
- No. 4 Kushiro → Akan → Bihoro → Abashiri → Utoro
- No. 5 Utoro → Notsuke → Akan → Kushiro
- No. 6 Utoro → Shibecha (SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train Connection)
- No. 7 Shibecha → Utoro (SL Fuyu-no-Shitsugen Train Connection)
- No. 8 Kitami & Abashiri → Bihoro → Kitami
- No. 9 Abashiri → Bihoro → Kitami → Abashiri