Hokkaido's 14 regions.

Ishikari

石狩

The urban heart — and the doorstep of every Hokkaido journey.

8 towns →

Sorachi

空知

Coal country turned wine valley — Hokkaido's quiet middle.

24 towns →

Shiribeshi

後志

Powder, canals and the bluest coast in Japan.

20 towns →

Iburi

胆振

Volcano country — lakes, hell valleys and Ainu culture.

11 towns →

Hidaka

日高

Thoroughbred country, cherry-tree roads and the windswept cape.

7 towns →

Oshima

渡島

Hakodate's night view, castle towns and the shinkansen gateway.

11 towns →

Hiyama

檜山

The quiet Japan Sea coast where the herring boom lives on.

7 towns →

Kamikawa

上川

Lavender, patchwork hills and the roof of Hokkaido.

23 towns →

Rumoi

留萌

The sunset coast — and some of Japan's finest sea urchin.

8 towns →

Soya

宗谷

Japan's northern tip — and the flower islands beyond it.

10 towns →

Okhotsk

オホーツク

Drift ice in winter, wilderness gateways all year.

18 towns →

Tokachi

十勝

Hokkaido's breadbasket — big skies, gardens and food at the source.

19 towns →

Kushiro

釧路

Cranes over the marsh, caldera lakes in the mist.

8 towns →

Nemuro

根室

The wild east — famed first sunrise, last frontier.

5 towns →