Editing Travel plans/Winter 2025 (section)

= Hokkaido trip =

== Tuesday 2025/02/18 Sapporo ==
Mika class at 7AM

* travel: fly to Hokkaido. Depart at 15:30 (HND) and arrive at 17:00 (CTS)
* stay (Sapporo): Sapporo Hotel Gracery Sapporo (RESERVED)

;Done: 

* SoupCurry King

== Wednesday 2025/02/19 Kushiro ==

* travel: train from Sapporo to Obihiro
** <strike>Tokachi line: Sapporo station to Obihiro station 167 mins (no transfer)</strike>
** train: 2025/2/19 14:17 - 18:39: OZO7 sapporo -> kushiro (reservation {{todo}})
* <strike>stay (Obihiro): [https://www.apahotel.com/hotel/hokkaido-tohoku/hokkaido/obihiro-ekimae/ APA hotel Obihiro Ekimae]</strike>
* stay (Kushiro): {{done}} Hotel Crown Hills Kushiro (ホテル クラウンヒルズ 釧路) booked through Yahoo travel by Mika
* eat:

* fun:

== Thusday 2025/02/20 Kushiro ==

* travel: 
: tourist bus from Kushiro to Kushiro at 20250219005131-00000034611.
* stay (Kushiro): {{done}} Hotel Crown Hills Kushiro (ホテル クラウンヒルズ 釧路) booked through Yahoo travel by Mika
* fun: [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mount+I%C5%8D/@43.6148106,144.3974716,13z/data=!4m10!1m2!2m1!1z54Gr5bGx!3m6!1s0x5f6d704a5dd5ac13:0x62b9b22d7c05a5a!8m2!3d43.610341!4d144.4389344!15sCgbngavlsbFaCCIG54Gr5bGxkgEEcGVha5oBI0NoWkRTVWhOTUc5blMwVkpRMEZuU1VNdE1HSnBWbEpuRUFF4AEA-gEECAAQHg!16s%2Fm%2F05zq0j0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIxMi4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDU1SAFQAw%3D%3D アトサヌプリ] Atosanupuri - hike up to the mouth of the volcano. Get off at Kawayuonsen Stataion. It's a 25 minute walk from the station.


* extra info
: Obihiro （帯広）at 9:19AM Ozora Line to Kushiro (釧路) at 10:56AM; 
: Bus from Kushiro 1:15PM to the cranes at 2:30 PM; 4:10PM from the cranes to Kushiro at 5:13PM
: Leave Kushiro 5:54PM to Kawayu-onsen 8:33PM
: [https://www.visit-hokkaido.jp/en/spot/detail_10245.html Akan International Crane Center in Kushiro] [https://mako.cc/go/2y this map leaves at 12:13 from Ohibiro and gets to the crane center by bus at 4pm] which is an hour before closing
: <strike>CANCELLED: Samurai Produce will pick us up at 4:30AM (2/20). We'll be back around 11:30AM, so we should check out at 4:30AM. Bring cash. CANCELLED: 4:30-11:00AM: do jewlery ice (samauraiproduce https://digjapan.travel/en/blog/id=11862) (RESERVED)</strike>
: Kayanuma station, where we may be able to see tancho cranes. It's a tiny town with an unattended station. Oji Coffee in town seems nice, so if we don't see cranes, we can wait for the next train there. It's 1:51 to Shiretoko Shari. There's also a cottage.
: (For future reference, there's an SL train that runs from Kushiro to Shibecha on weekends but it's all booked for our travel dates.)
: Tancho Crane at Kayanuma station
: Drift ice walk seems less likely

== Friday 2025/02/21 Abashiri ==
* travel: 2025/02/21 8:52-11:59: Kushiro to Abashiri 
* stay (Abashiri): {{done}} Dormy Inn Abashiri Natural Hot Spring (ドーミーイン網走): late checkout at noon
* eat:
* fun: 
: '''RESERVED''' Abarshiri Aurora Ship at 16:45 (bring cash; arrive early because we need to sign some forms) Reservation number:　250221166524 Ship# 006便　16:45

* overnight plans 2/21-22 
: Mika Academic retreat zoom call from 23:00-02:45.
: Mako 2/22 4-10:30AM work

== Saturday 2025/02/22 Takikawa ==
Mako work until 10:30AM.

* do: day in abashiri
* travel: 2025/2/22 12:35 - 17:02: 2 trains: TST4 + LLC34: abashiro -> asahikawa -> takikawa? (ideally should arive by 5pm or near that if possible) (reservation {{done}})
* stay (Asahikawa): {{todo}} hotel (suggestion is Hotel Suehiro shared w/ Mika on IRC)
* eat:
* fun: [https://en.japantravel.com/hokkaido/takikawa-lantern-lighting-festival/3765 Takikawa latern festival] in a town that's halfway between asahikawa and sapporo on that saturday night

== Sunday 2025/02/23 == 

* do: day in Asahikawa or maybe in Sapporo?
* travel: Asahikawa to Sapporo
* stay (Sapporo): Air Terminal Hotel {{done}}
* fun: [https://artpark.or.jp/en/about/ Sapporo Art Park] or maybe the [https://www.shiroikoibitopark.jp/en/ Shiroi Kobito park]? both are kind of out of the city

== Monday 2025/02/24 ==

* flight back at 7:45AM-9:25AM CTS-HND
* M to Seattle at 8:25PM departure HND-SEA