Asahikawa, Hokkaido: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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JPY 5,000 - 12,600 Washington Hotel Asahikawa
 Located right in front of Asahikawa Station, the Washington Hotel offers bright rooms, 2 dining options and free wired internet. It is close to shop… MoreJPY 23,100 - 23,100 Senshoen
 A Japanese inn with a history of over 70 years, Senshoen offers traditional-style rooms, natural hot spring baths and Japanese course dining. Free wir… MoreJPY 3,800 - 8,000 Hotel Resol Asahikawa
 On only a 2-minute walk from Asahikawa Station, Hotel Resol Asahikawa offers comfortable rooms with free wired internet access. The hotel provides ren… MoreJPY 6,000 - 13,000 Dormy Inn Asahikawa
 Dormy Inn is just a 10-minute walk from JR Asahikawa Train station. It offers rooms with free internet access, free private parking and a large public… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asahikawa, Hokkaido: Guide
Asahikawa (旭川) is the second-largest city on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan.
Get in
By plane
Asahikawa Airport (AKJ) serves flights to major domestic destinations and to Seoul (South Korea).
By train
Asahikawa is the terminus of the JR Hakodate Main Line to Sapporo, Otaru and Hakodate. The Super White Arrow limited express travels to Sapporo in 1:20-1:35 and charges ¥4880, while ordinary trains cost ¥2,420 and take closer to three hours.
Many of JR's Hokkaido lines branch out from Asahikawa: the Soya Line connects to Wakkanai, while the Sekihoku Line connects to Abashiri and the Furano Line goes to skiing hotspot Furano.
By bus
There are some bus services to Daisetsuzan National Park.
Get around
See
Ski resort(Kamui Ski Links,Santa Present Park,etc)
Asahiyama zoo (The most famous zoo in japan)
Asahikawa Winter Festival / Illuminations (February)
Otokoyama Sake Brewing Museum
Asahibashi Bridge
Arashiyama Pottery village
Hokkaido Traditional Art Craft Village
Romantic Road (Tree tunnel and Churches)
Asahikawa Furniture Center
Do
Asahikawa is the coldest city in Japan, holding Japan's temperature record of -41°C. It's not that bad most of the time though, and the good side to cold and snow is that there's some great skiing nearby.
Kamui Ski Links is a local favorite just west of town, and Furano is about one hour away. Back-country options include Asahidake and Kurodake.
Buy
Asahikawa-furniture (High-class)
Pottery / Wooden handiwork (Arashiyama area)
Eat
Asahikawa is known as one of Japan's gourmet towns, and despite its small size, contains many restaurants of nearly every description. Many restaurants are clustered in the Kaimono Koen (Shopping District Park) area, in front of the JR station. This makes touring a number of restaurants on foot a viable option for a day trip.
Asahikawa's ramen noodles are nationally famous, with shoyu (soy sauce) being the flavor of choice.
Asahikawa also contains a large variety of ethnic restaurants.
You can also enjoy dairy products (milk, cheese, butter, chocolate and ice cream), seafood (especially as sushi), fruits (honeydew melon, strawberries) and meat (sausages, ham, bacon and beef).
Chico's Pub, . Foreign beers, pub-grub, local info, and some friendly faces. In summer, outdoor tables are set out so you can enjoy the numerous festivals at their streetside location.
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Asahikawa Ramen Village (Ramen-mura). Eight of Asahikawa's greatest ramen shops in one combined outlet.
Confectionery
Asahikawa mutton barbecue「Genghis Khan」Drink
Asahikawa is famous for its sake, especially Otokoyama (男山, lit. "man mountain"), which is probably Hokkaido's best-known label. Other local sakes include Takasago (高砂) and Taisetsu no Kura (大雪の蔵). Beer fans will wish to look for the local Taisetsu microbrew.Sleep