Cycling across Hokkaido (Nemuro to Sapporo, Japan)
A Route recorded by jollynut@gmail.com on Jun 10, 16 -- View in full at http://ridewithgps.com/routes/14330105

Cycling across Hokkaido (Nemuro to Sapporo, Japan)
Full description of this Hokkaido cycle touring route with photos, campgrounds is at The Hokkaido Wilds: -- View in full at http://ridewithgps.com/routes/14330105

Kiritappu Campground
Free campground with OK facilities. Amazing views and great company of lots of other cyclists and motorcyclists.

Kititappu Onsen
500yen per person. Awesome views from the outdoor pools.

Motto Kazete Cow-shaped Campground
324yen per tent. 12km to nearest onsen.

Chikushikoi Campground
210yen per person. Coin showers available, coin laundry available.

Toromura Campground
380yen per person.

Akan Shizen Kyuyo Campground
750yen per tent. Onsen just next door.

Circle House Onsen
410yen per person, open from 10am till 9pm.

Honbetsu Campground
Amazingly beautiful free campground. Onsen is 5km away, so best to go to the onsen before heading up to the campground.

Hobetsu Onsen
500yen per person

Honbetsu Public Baths
Cheaper than the natural onsen up the road.

Memuro Arashiyama Campground
540yen per person, plus 320yen per tent. Free hot showers, coin laundry. Onsen is just over the road.

Arashi Lodge Onsen
270yen per person, open from 10:30am till 9pm).

Gorgeous 10km gravel road
2017 UPDTE: As of July 2017, this gravel route had a number of trees across it. See video by CyclingAbout.com at the URL above.
Head south to the coast on the main road to detour.

10km of nice gravel
2017 UPDTE: As of July 2017, this gravel route had a number of trees across it. See video by CyclingAbout.com at the URL above.
Head south to the coast on the main road to detour.

Hidaka Sarugawa Auto Campground
100yen per person plus 400yen per 2-person tent. Onsen just across the road.

Sarugawa Onsen Hidaka Lodge
Onsen is 500yen per person. Open from 6am till 8:30am, 10am till 8pm.

Nissho Pass
2017 UPDATE: Nissho Pass is closed due to multiple road washouts - we had a number of typhoons in 2016. Scheduled re-open is around October 2017. See link above (in Japanese) for current situation.
This is a pretty epic pass, but there is considerable heavy truck traffic. You have been warned.

Hobetsu Campground
510yen per tent. Onsen is 2km back down the main road (best to go to the onsen before arriving at the campground).

Jukai Onsen Hakua
520yen per person.

Start of Kita-Hiroshima Cycling Road
Almost 30km cycle road that runs straight into the almost-center of Sapporo. You'd be a mug to take any other way into Sapporo from this direction.

Nice closed road detour

Wildcamp
Not an official campground, but is a good park for a wildcamp.

Suzuki Rider House
1000yen per night

Campground

Yuni Onsen

Icecream shop

Niniu Campground