Operation period
2025.2.1 (Sat) → 2.24 (Mon)
Time table
| Boarding / alighting place | Arrival time | Departure time | Get on / off | Sightseeing | |
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| Kitami Station | 8:30 | Get on | |||
| Memanbetsu Airport | 9:30 | Get on | |||
| Abashiri Prison Museum (Choose Abashiri Prison or Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum on the day) ※1 | 9:55 | 11:35 | No | Sightseeing for 100 mins |
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| Okhotsk Ryuhyokan(Choose Abashiri Prison or Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum on the day) ※1 | 10:00 | 11:25 | No | Sightseeing for 85 mins |
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| Ride on the JR Ryuhyo Monogatari Train | 不可 | Kitahama→Abashiri approximately 10 minutes | |||
| Abashiri Station(Bus stop 1) | 12:45 | Get on | |||
| Michi no Eki Ryuhyokaido Abashiri | 12:55 | 13:55 | No | Lunch 60 mins |
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| Cape Notoro | 14:15 | 14:35 | No | Sightseeing for 20 mins |
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| Michi no Eki Ryuhyokaido Abashiri（Board the drift ice icebreaker Aurora） ※3 | 14:55 | 16:50 | No | Sightseeing for 105 mins |
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| Abashiri Station(Bus stop 1)※Only those traveling to Kitami can ride. | 17:00 | Get off | |||
| Memanbetsu Airport | 17:30 | Get off | |||
| Kitami Station | 18:00 | Get off | |||
- ※A bus guide will board the bus.
- ※1 Includes admission to Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum and Abashiri Prison Museum
- *2 Includes ride fee for JR Drift Ice Story.
- ※3 Includes boarding fee for Aurora (departs at 15:30)
Route Map
Ride fare
Note: Dwarfs are in parentheses (applicable to one child per adult)
The fare shown in yellow includes the Aurora boarding fee. If you are not on board, there will be a 5,000 yen discount for adults and a 2,500 yen discount for children.
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.
For more information, please click here.
Icebreaker Aurora
Aurora is an impressive icebreaker vessel capable of breaking and navigating through drift ice from the northern waters. If you're lucky, you'll even get to see seals perched on one of the ice blocks.
DetailsRoute points
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The roadside station adjacent to Bihoro Pass, which offers a magnificent panoramic view of the frozen Lake Kussharo covered in white ice, is also a popular spot.
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Visit Cape Notoro, a popular spot in Abashiri that cannot be reached via public transportation. The view of the Sea of Okhotsk covered with drift ice is spectacular!
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If you wish, you can alight and visit the Abashiri Prison Museum, one of the most popular tourist attractions in 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. - 6:00 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 → Kitami
- No. 9 Abashiri → Bihoro → Kitami → Abashiri
