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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| Kitami Station | 8:10(January only 7:40) | Get on | |||
| Aurora Terminal (Michi-no-Eki "Ryuhyo Kaido Abashiri") | 9:10(January only 8:40) | 9:10(January only 8:40) | Get on | Get off | |
| Respective Hotels in Abashirikohan Onsen ※1 | 9:25 | 9:25 | Get on | ||
| Kawayu Onsen (Taiho Sumo Memorial Museum) | 10:45 | 10:50 | Get on | Get off | |
| Mt.Iou | 10:55 | 11:15 | No | Sightseeing for 20 mins |
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| Lake Mashu 1st Observatory | 12:00 | 13:00 | No | Sightseeing for 60 mins |
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| Mashu Station | 13:20 | 13:20 | Get on | Get off | |
| Tsurui Ito Sanctuary | 14:10 | 14:30 | Get on | Get off | Sightseeing for 20 mins |
| Tsurui Village (in front of Tsurubo's house) | 14:35 | 14:35 | Get on | Get off | |
| Kushiro Airport | 15:10 | Get off | |||
| Akanko Onsen ※2(Passengers boarding and dropping off at each hotel) | 16:10 | 17:00 | Get on | Get off | Sightseeing for 50 mins |
| Memanbetsu Airport | 18:30 | Get off | |||
| Respective Hotels in Abashirikohan Onsen ※1 | 18:45 | Get off | |||
| Abashiri Station | 19:00 | Get off | |||
| Kitami Station | 20:00 | Get off | |||
- ※1 You can choose from Abashiri Kanko Hotel, Abashirikoso, and Abashiriko Tsuruga Resort.
- ※2 When getting on and off, you can choose from Yuku no Sato Tsuruga, Tsuruga Wings, Gozensui, New Akan Hotel, Hina no Za, Hanayuuka, and Akankoso.
If you want to sightsee after getting off, please get off at Yuku no Sato Tsuruga and enjoy sightseeing.
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.
Kitami Yakiniku
There are in Kitami a great variety of Yakiniku (barbecue) restaurants from luxury to reasonable ones, and casual ones where you can have barbecue for lunch.
DetailsRoute points
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The bus will take you to breathtaking scenic spots of winter including Lake Akan,Lake Mashu and Lake Kussharo.
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At Memanbetsu Airport, you can transfer to flights to AIRDO and JAL Haneda (fees after the evening).
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This bus is recommended as a day trip during your stay in Kitami / Abashiri.
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)
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
