Hokkaido - possible routes

Route Wakkanai - Rumoi ⇒ 4 days, 180 km

• Flight to Wakkanai
• Ride bicycle to Rumoi, 180 km, flat, along the coast
• See Garmin HOK - Wakkanai to Rumoi
• See this web page: http://www.14degrees.org/hokkaido-cycle-touring-routes/
• Accommodation:
• Hotels available in Teshio (70 km, totally flat) , Shosanbetsu (40 km, some up and down), Tomamae (30 km, up and down), Rumoi (40 km, flat)
• Toho yado are specially recommended. There are 4 along this route. 
• Attractions: Along the sea
• Train from Rumoi to Sapporo (2:30 h)
• If instead one wants to continue to Sapporo from Fukagawa to Sunagawa there is a cycle road and then again one from Ishikari River along Toyohira River to Sapporo.

Here the link to the actual ride from Wakkanai to Rumoi. It took 4.5 days.


Route Sapporo - Furano ⇒ 2 days, 115 km

• Ride bicycle from Sapporo through Takikawa to Furano
• See Garmin HOK Sapporo - Furano
• Note cycle road along Toyohira River out of Sapporo
• Flat until Akabira (90 km from Sapporo), then slightly rising until a hight of about 120 m
• Over the montain by train
• Train from Nokana to Furano (20 min)
• Accommodation:
• Many hotels available until Takikawa and also some in Furano
• Attractions: 
• Furano, nice country side

Route Furano - Asahikawa ⇒ 1 - 2 days, 60 km

• Ride bicycle from Furano through Biei to Asahikawa
• See Garmin HOK Furano - Asahikawa
• From 180 m to 300 m and then down, not too much up-and-down
• Accommodation: 
• Furano, Biei, Asahikawa
• Attractions:
• Nice country side around Furano and Biei, Asahikawa Zoo (?)

Route Chitose Airport - Sapporo - Otaru ⇒ 1 + 1 day, 60 km bicycle + train

• Flight to Chitose
• Ride bicycle from Chitose to Sapporo, through Kaitaku open air museum and then maybe by train from Sapporo to Otaru
• Note Shiroshi cycling road from Sapporo to Kitahiroshima (see also pictures below)
• See Garmin HOK Chitose - Sapporo 
• 60 km, flat, but once up to 100 m
• See Garmin HOK Sapporo - Otaru
• 35 km, from 0 m to 100 m , plus one spike at 200 m, but road could potentially quite full of traffic and there are no alternatives
• Maybe better to take a train, which goes right on the seaside, ca 50 min
• Accomodation
• Sapporo and Otaru
• Attractions:
• Kaitaku Open Air Museum http://www.kaitaku.or.jp/
• Otaru, Fishing Village
• Sapporo Arts Festival 6.8. - 1.10.2017

I did ride a part of the Sapporo - Kitahiroshima bicycle lane. You can find the description of the ride here, and below the images of the maps:

Entire map from Sapporo to Atsubetsu Minami Green Space (see below for detailed pictures)

Sapporo to Minoru Park

Minoru Park to Sapporo Shindo

Sapporo Shindo to Atsubetsu Minami Green Space

Route Chitose - Shikotsu Lake and back  ⇒ 1 - 2 days, 80 km (total) bicycle 

• Flight to Chitose
• Ride bicycle up the mountain from Chitose to Shikotsu Lake
• See Garmin HOK Chitose - Shikotsu Lake
• 40 km, one direction, from 25 m to 316 m elevation in 27 km
• Cycle road from Chitose up to the lake: http://www.cyclesports.jp/courseguide/jitenshado/030/index# , http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/kn/ddr/cycling/sikotuko-cycling.htm
• Accomodation:
• On the lake
• Attractions:
• Shikotsu Lake

Special accommodation in Hokkaido:

• Toho-yado http://www.toho.net/english/

Alternative routes

• Here a description of a trip through Hokkaido: http://japancycling.org/v2/cguide/part3/
• A lot more are available here: http://www.14degrees.org/