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Originally Posted by ghfyoug
I'm going to Hokkaido this month for 5-6 days. I want to go to famous tourist spots such as, Sapporo, Akan, Asahikawa, Furano, Shiretoko etc.
1) I was wondering if it's ok to only travel by train? Are the train stations close to the exact tourist spots? Is it necessary to hire cars? Because I don't know much about other transportations other than trains in Hokkaido and I don't drive.
2) And if I only stay in one hotel (probably in Sapporo), is it convient to travel to all those tourist spots?
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Hokkaido is huge. If you base yourself in Sapporo, you won't be able to go to Akan or Shiretoko on a day-trip because it takes about 6 hours one way to go from Sapporo to either of those two places by train. You may want to consider spending 2-3 days in that area without commuting from Sapporo.
You can do Asahikawa and Furano on a day-trip, but I assure you there isn't much to see in Asashikawa.
For a great day-trip from Sapporo, I recommend Otaru.