Northernmost hotel in Japan "Hotel Meguma"
Horsehair crab [毛ガニ], Red king crab [タラバガニ], snow crab [ズワイガニ]
We took a walk around the hotel in the early morning.
Episode of Hotel Meguma
Tomo&Chouchou joined Hokkaido group tour. On the first day, we traveled Wakkanai [Japanese: 稚内] where was northernmost landmark in Japan. We stayed at Hotel Meguma [Japanese: ホテルめぐま] in Wakkanai. To be honest, Tomo&Chouchou didn't expect to have great dinner. Because, normally, it's difficult to have great meals with group tour. However, it was a great surprise! When we arrived at the restaurant, we were so surprised to see such a wonderful meal. There were three types of crabs; horsehair crab, snow crab and red king crab. So many varieties. Full of local foods. We really enjoyed crab dinner menu [Japanese: 宗谷カニづくし御膳].The service and atmosphere at the restaurant of Hotel Meguma was nice. We could really enjoy dinner.
After the dinner, we enjoyed hotspring [温泉]. Unfortunatelly we cannot take a photo in the hotspring. Especially open-air bath, we enjoyed hotspring in the snow. bath. There was snow so it was cold. But the hotspring was hot. It was simply great. It is the great moment to enjoy hotspring in winter. There was the fireplace [暖炉] at the lounge in Hotel Meguma. So after taking a bath, we could be relaxed there. Hotel room were western style and nice. Beds were comfortable.
Next morning, Tomo&Chouchou decided to have a walk because we love snow. We walked around the hotel. We didn't go far. We went to the backstreet of Hotel Meguma. We found a small snow hill. We decided to approach and climb it up. It was enjoyable to walk on the snow and to make our footprints. It was very beautiful view with white snow. It was very quiet and refreshing. We could see the white snow mountain "Mt.Rishiri [Japanese: 利尻山]" far. We didn't expect to see such a big mountain. It was a lucky surprise. We felt it was the right decision to walk in the early morning as we could see the wonderful landscape. We could also take a photo at the front door of the hotel. Then we had breakfast. It was Japanese meal. It was good.
Hotel Meguma is the northernmost hotel in Japan. Foods are great. They use local foods. We could enjoy seafood. We were so satisfied with Hotel Meguma. Hotel Meguma gave us a great memory of our Hokkaido trip.
Information
Hotel Meguma / ホテルめぐま
Address: 2-13-14 Koetoi, Wakkanai, Hokkaido[北海道稚内市声問2丁目13番14号]
Access: 5 minutes by car from Wakkanai airport
(cf. It takes 1 hour 50 minutes from Haneda airport to Wakkanai airport by plane.)
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Travel agent：Club Tourism International Inc.
Date: Feb in 2016 (2 nights 3 days)
1st day: Arrive at Wakkanai airport ⇒ Scallop lunch at Wakkanai station which has northernmost railroad track ⇒ Snow activities such as snow rafting, snow mobile, snow tube at Soya Fureai Park (Japanese: Soya Fureai Koen, 宗谷ふれあい公園） ⇒ Visit Cape Sōya (Japanese: Sōya-Misaki, 宗谷岬), where is the northernmost point of Japan. Visit Drift Ice Hall too. ⇒ Watch Russian musical ensemble at Wakkanai Sakhalin Hall (Japanese: Wakkanai Sakhalin Kan, 稚内サハリン館) ⇒
Stay at Hotel Meguma in Wakkanai. Enjoy Wakkanai hot spring and Soya crab dinner course.
2nd day: Visit Lake Kutcharo (Japanese: Kutcharo-ko, クッチャロ湖) in Hamatombetsu (浜頓別). ⇒ Go to Cape Drift Ice / Cape Ryuhyo (Japanese: Ryuhyo-misaki, 流氷岬) in Monbetsu (紋別). Bord on the drift ice crusher "Garinko Ⅱ". ⇒ Stay at Sounkyo Kankou Hotel (層雲峡観光ホテル). Enjoy 41th Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival at night.
3rd day: Enjoy snow sculpture and ice sculpture of 67th Sapporo Snow Festival. ⇒ Eat Sapporo Ramen (Japanese: ラーメン, which is a Japanese noodle soup) at New Chitose Airport Terminal (Japanese: Shin Chitose Kuko, 新千歳空港) ⇒ Fly back to go home.
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Travel review of Hokkaido Snow Festival group tour
Tomo & Chouchou had dreamed of traveling to the snow festival in Hokkaido. Our dream came true with this tour!
There are so many snow festivals in Hokkaido. Sapporo Snow Festival is the most famous one. With this tour, we could go to two festivals "Sapporo Snow Festival" and "Sounkyo Hyobaku Festival". Normally it costs a lot to travel to Hokkaido during snow festival season. With this group tour, we could travel at a relatively reasonable price. So we were very lucky. We could also visit the northernmost point of Japan and board the drift ice crusher. Even though we couldn't see the drift ice, 2016 was not so enough cold to see the drift ice, it was enjoyable to look for the drift ice. All the foods that we ate were good. We were really satisfied with this tour.
Relating article
sightseeing spot in Wakkanai
* Wakkanai Secondary Port Market [Wakkanai Fukuko Ichiba]
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