Understand
[edit]Tourist information site
[edit]The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.
Get in
[edit]By train
[edit]Tomakomai is the junction point for the JR Muroran, Hidaka and Chitose lines. The trip from Sapporo, via Chitose airport, takes about 45-60 min.
By boat
[edit]Tomakomai is best known as a major port, with shipping services to points throughout Honshu. There are two separate terminals, both served by local buses from JR Tomakomai station (~20 min to either) and by long-distance buses direct from Sapporo (around 90 min).
- 1 Tomakomai-ko Ferry Terminal (苫小牧港フェリーターミナル).
- 2 Tomakomai-ko East Ferry Terminal (苫小牧東港周文フェリーターミナル). This terminal is home for Shin-Nihonkai Ferry.
- 3 Shin-Nihonkai Ferry Tomakomai Terminal (新日本海フェリー 苫小牧東ターミナル), Hamaatsuma 17-6, Atsuma, ☏ +81 145 28-2800. This ferry has lines connecting daily to Tsuruga and Akita, and to Niigata 3 times a week.
Get around
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[edit]Do
[edit]- Northern Horse Park (A free shuttle bus service operates out of Shin-Chitose airport every hour.), ☏ +81 144-58-2116. Northern Horse Park' is 50 hectares of natural parkland where you can enjoy an entire day of horseback riding or cycling.
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| Routes through Tomakomai |
| END ← | W  E
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→ Hidaka → Samani |
 ← Iwamizawa ←
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N  S
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→ Shiraoi → Oshamambe |
| Sapporo ← Chitose ← | N  S
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→ Shiraoi → Oshamambe |