hokkaido44.07° N, 144.99° E
Shiretoko
Shiretoko is a peninsula at the north-eastern tip of Hokkaido, reaching into the Sea of Okhotsk, inscribed as a World Natural Heritage Site in 2005 for the way its forest comes down unbroken to the sea.
Kashuni Falls, the Shiretoko coast
- Region
- Hokkaido
- Our journeys
- One stay here
- Where we stay
- Kitakobushi Shiretoko
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the place
A coast with no road, read from the calm of a boat.
Its eastern shore has no road and no settlement, and the deep strait draws cold-water life up to a coast of basalt cliffs, where waterfalls such as Kashuni drop straight into the sea and brown bears walk the tideline. Inland, the Five Lakes lie in the forest beneath the mountains, reached on an elevated boardwalk.
The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido gives Shiretoko three nights on the Okhotsk coast at Utoro, at Kitakobushi Shiretoko, whose rooms face the sea, each with a private open-air onsen. One full day goes up the roadless coast by boat.
what we do here
Shiretoko, as we show it
The coast by boat
Basalt cliffs and waterfalls falling into the sea, seen from the water.
The bears
Brown bears on the shore at the water's edge, watched from the boat.
The onsen over the Okhotsk Sea, Kitakobushi ShiretokoPhotograph: Kitakobushi Shiretoko The Five Lakes
Still lakes in the forest, the mountains reflected in them, from the boardwalk.
Kitakobushi Shiretoko
An onsen over the Okhotsk Sea, and the sun going down into it.
where we stay
Kitakobushi Shiretoko
A hotel at the edge of Utoro facing the Okhotsk Sea directly, the rooms with a private open-air onsen on the terrace looking at nothing but the water.
On The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido
our journeys here
The journeys that stay in Shiretoko
questions
Questions about Shiretoko
Which of your tours stay in Shiretoko?
The Wild North Tour of Hokkaido spends three nights here, at Kitakobushi Shiretoko in Utoro, with a full day on the roadless coast by boat.
How do you reach Shiretoko?
By air to Memanbetsu Airport, then about two hours by private car to Utoro. On the Wild North Tour of Hokkaido the journey continues across the island by road and by air.
Can Shiretoko be part of a private journey?
Yes. The Custom Tour of Japan can bring Shiretoko and eastern Hokkaido into a journey created around your party alone. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans the days for you.
Shiretoko, created for you alone.
The Custom Tour of Japan is created around your party alone, on your dates, and Shiretoko can be any part of it. If you would rather travel independently, the Expert Japan Itinerary plans every day for you.