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.
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
