Eastern Circuit

[[file:Ozora banner trees - Marchen-no-oka in Ozora}} Mashuko_Trees - Twisted trees near Lake Mashuko, Akan National Park The Eastern Circuit (道東 Dōtō) covers the eastern half of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

An Introduction to the Region of Eastern Circuit

GPS 43.397|145.168|zoom=7}} The Eastern Circuit is composed of the following four subprefectures:

• Okhotsk – it was renamed from the earlier Abashiri Subprefecture on 2010
• Tokachi – the region is dominated by the Tokachi Plain, a major agricultural area
• Kushiro – the region is dominated by the Kushiro Plain, a major agricultural area
• Nemuro – the region is dominated by the Nemuro Plain, a major agricultural area

Cities and towns

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Cities

• Kushiro GPS 42.983333,144.383333 (釧路市 Kushiro-shi) – the largest city in the Circuit with 200,000 people
• Abashiri GPS 44.016667,144.266667 (網走市 Abashiri-shi) – fishing town famous for drift ice and infamous for its prison
• Kitami GPS 43.8,143.9 (北見市 Kitami-shi) – the onion capital of Japan
• Monbetsu GPS 44.35,143.35 (紋別市 Monbetsu-shi)
• Nemuro GPS 43.333333,145.583333 (根室市 Nemuro-shi) – at the easternmost tip of Hokkaido
• Obihiro GPS 42.916667,143.2 (帯広市 Obihiro-shi) – the main city in the Tokachi Plain, a large

agricultural area

Towns

• Bihoro GPS 43.825,144.105556 (美幌町 Bihoro-chō) – gateway to the Akan National Park
• Shari GPS 43.916667,144.666667 (斜里町 Shari-chō) – gateway to Shiretoko National Park and home of onsen village Utoro

More Destinations

• Betsukai
• Nakashibetsu
• Shibetsu (Nemuro) | Shibetsu
• Rausu
• Kamishihoro
• Nakasatsunai
• Engaru
• Ozora|Ōzora
• Takinoue

National Parks

• Akan National Park GPS 43.544444,144.283611 (阿寒摩周国立公園 Akan Mashu Kokuritsu Kōen) – known for the crystalline mountain lakes of Akan, Kussharo and Mashu
• Daisetsuzan National Park GPS 43.660278,142.858056 (大雪山国立公園 Daisetsuzan Kokuritsu Kōen), – Japan's largest national park named after its "Great Snowy Mountains"
• Kushiro-shitsugen National Park GPS 43.108,144.401 (釧路湿原国立公園 Kushiro-shitsugen Kokuritsu Kōen)
• Shiretoko National Park GPS 44.1,145.183333 (知床国立公園 Shiretoko Kokuritsu Kōen) – the most inaccessible and least explored of Japan's national parks

Eastern Circuit Halal Travel Guide

The most sparsely populated region in all Japan, this vast area is nearly 40,000 km² in size. While the easternmost part is largely flat, rural and filled with endless cow pastures, much of the circuit is ringed with mountains.

Travel to Eastern Circuit

Buy a Flight ticket to and from Eastern Circuit

Kushiro, Monbetsu and Ozora#By plane|Ōzora, Memanbetsu (near Abashiri) have regional airports.

Get Around

Here, if anywhere in Japan, a rental car will come in handy. Train coverage is severely lacking (many lines have been terminated due to a lack of clients) and buses are infrequent, inconvenient and expensive.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Eastern Circuit

Eastern Hokkaido has beautiful coastline, wonderful outdoor thermal spas (Muslim Friendly), and remote hiking. Some combination of these should make for a satisfying visit.

Halal Restaurants

Hokkaido on the whole is good for seafood — if you're on the coast — and dairy, and the east is no exception. In central Hokkaido, near Asahikawa and Furano and there are a plethora of melon stands, though by foreign standards, Japanese melons are exceedingly expensive. Butadon of Pancho - Pork Bowl

• Pork Bowl - 豚丼 Buta-don | Pork bowl with sightly bigger Beef. Obihiro is originated, it is feasible to eat Halal in Tokachi whole area.

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