Wakkanai Fukukou Market 稚内副港市場
Wakkanai Sakhalin Hall - Russian ensemble -
Old Japan (Early Showa period)
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Episode of Wakkanai Fukuko Ichiba
Tomo&Chouchou went to Wakkanai Secondary Port Market [Japanese: Wakkanai Fukuko Ichiba; 稚内副港市場] by tour. There was a Russian show called "Russian Ensemble" at Wakkanai Sakhalin Hall [Japanese: Sakhalin-kan; サハリン館] on the ground floor. Russian people sang Russian folk songs. They also danced. We could experience Russian culture while we were in Wakkanai in Hokkaido, Japan. It was very friendly cultural event. We could feel the peace.
There was the area of Old Japan in Wakkanai Secondary Port Market. It was the atmosphere of Early Showa period (around 1926 - 1989). Tomo&Chouchou don't know such old shops and electric appliances. But we could understand how much Japan had developped. We felt like we were time-travelling. :-) It was nostalgic.
There was the shopping area in Wakkanai Fukuko Ichiba. There were many local products such as seafoods and sweets. We can get both fresh and dried seafoods. Here is the good place to get Hokkaido souvenirs. Tomo&Chouchou bought dried seaweed (=dried kelp) because Rishiri kelp is very famous.
Mainly we came to Wakkanai fukuko market for Russian folk ensemble show. It was the special moment for us to feel the history between Japan and Russia.
Tomo&Chouchou's advice for Wakkanai Fukuko Market
We can send via parcel delivery service if we buy a lot of things or heavy things in Wakkanai Fukuko market. It's very convenient. Especially if we buy something fresh such as crabs, we can send it to home by refrigerated shipping. It is very useful. Normally the percel will arrive to home (Japanese address) within 1 or 3 days. It will be up to where you live. In Japan, we can specify the arrival date and time.
About Early Showa period (1926-1989)
Japan had developped a lot after the World War Ⅱ. Especially Japan had developped from 1955 to 1973. This period is called the Japanese high economic miracle period [Japanese: 高度経済成長期]. First fridge and washing machine were made in Japan in 1930. First television was made in Japan in 1953. First radio was made in Japan between 1925 to 1928. Many new convenient things came up. People's life got better. There was the time of full of energy for Japan.
Information
Wakkanai Secondary Port Market / Wakkanai Fukuko Market
[稚内副港市場; Wakkanai Fukuko Ichiba or Wakkanai Fukukou Ichiba]
Address: 1-6-28 Minato Wakkanai Hokkaido 097-0021
Access: 3 minutes by car from Wakkanai JR station, 1 minutes on foot from Minato 2 chome bus stop (Soya bus), 20 minutes by car from Wakkanai airport
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Russian ensemble at Wakkanai Sakhalin Hall
[稚内サハリン館 ロシアンアンサンブル]
Free admission
Event time: 17-18h around February (in 2011 - 2020)
Russian folk song ensemble performance & dance
* Due to Covid-19, Russian ensemble has been cancelled since 2021.
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other spots in Wakkanai
Travel Itinerary of Hokkaido Snow Festival tour Tomo&Chouchou joined
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) in Wakkanai Secondary Port Market (Japanese: Wakkanai Fukuko Ichiba, 稚内副港市場) ⇒
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 because 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.
