Hakodate to Sapporo by Train in Japan - Super Hokuto Limited Express
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
- What it's like taking the train from Hakodate to Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan, on the Super Hokuto Limited Express. Plus: ramen (& vegetarian ramen!) in Sapporo at Sapporo Ramen Kumakichi.
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Hakodate is at the end of the bullet train (shinkansen) line in Hokkaido. It's 4 hours from Tokyo to Hakodate, then another 4 hours from to Sapporo, where we're going for the snow festival! See what it's like on an intercity express train in Japan, with snacks from the convenience store, snowy landscapes in February and then ramen in Sapporo's Ramen Alley, where you can get vegetarian/vegan vegetable ramen as well as pork.
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Amazing place !!!
Never been anywhere like it! :-)
I took it too, from Shin hakodate to Sapporo.
This train is powered by Diesel engines.loving sounds and smell( diesel exhaustion ?) .
I recommend to anybody who wishes to visit Hokkaido.
Probably not so many people will take this train when the new shinkansen line's finished!
@@cakeswithfaces It will be another several years to reach Sapporo.
I guess.
Yeh, I enjoyed your video. Thank you.
The vegetable broth puree sounds delicious. I don't like the cold but I do like cold weather foods!
Haha, they taste all the better when it's cold!! :-)
Good vid girl, them sculptures looked pretty cool, Ramen looked yummy, just to darn cold....lol.
Haha, yes it certainly was! There's more to come! (more sculptures and more cold!) 😝
Brought back happy memories of our trip in April 2019. We travelled the other way.
Even though it's such a long journey, it didn't seem that long! I found it interesting just looking out the window :-)
Place names in Hokkaido (even including Sapporo and Hakodate) sound "foreign" even to us Japanese-speakers because they are in the Ainu language. Those town names might "look" Japanese because they are assigned kanji, but ones like Oshamanbe still sound pretty foreign to the Japanese ear.
That's interesting to know, thank you! For a foreigner it's hard to tell things like that, but they do have a different sound to place names elsewhere in Japan.
So cool (no pun intended) + your voice is very soothing.
Haha thank you!! Lots more snow to come!! :-)
I must say i really love your all movies form Japan. From today I have to wait only 2 months for my 1st trip to Japan and thanks to your advices I feel less stressed and more hyped then before. And watching snow during summer is awsome. Thanks for that and all your work.
How exciting!! :-) Glad my videos are helping - before my first trip I was nervous too (that's part of why I make my videos!).
@@cakeswithfaces never stop doing it. For me it is great source of information and good entertaiment after hard work day.
@@JackobMcKanne Thanks, that makes it worth it! :-)
I was on Hokkaido in February, very snowy every day but everybody made a point of getting around for a night out. They don't use salt or chemicals on the snow the way they do in the US . The snow is around for such a long time it affects the water and they love the water there. Every river had someone putting out a line.
Isn't it amazing - I'd never seen snow drifts so big! I guess if it's snowy for such a long time, you can't let it stop you going out. That's a good point about not using chemicals or salt - I'm glad that's better for the environment. 💚
ooh we didn't take this train when we went to Hokkaido, but that's so pretty traveling on it in the winter time!
I didn't get bored looking out the window! :-)
Great video really enjoying this trip you did in the snow ❄️ 👍🏴🇬🇧
There's still lots of snow to come! And snow in the shape of Hatsune Miku!! :-)
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winter wonderland indeed!
So magical! Just wait till you see the festival at Otaru...! :-)
Sapporo citizen here. Wohoo
What a great place to live! :-)
Loved the Video and Love my new T Shirt.
Thanks so much, so glad you like! And thanks for supporting Cakes with Faces! :-)
Is that covered by the JR pass . That cool train .
Yes! All included, it's such good value :-)
This is so useful for my trip there next year 👍🏻
Thanks! Glad it's useful - look forward to your trip!! :-)
Most train in Hokkaido has two diesel engine per car...That’s why it sounds loud (outside)
But it’s comfortable inside~
Not as fast as Shinkansen, but pretty fast on narrow gauge nevertheless.
Narrow gauge line‘s scenery always better than Shinkansen.
I certainly enjoyed the scenery! One day there'll be shinkansen all the way to Sapporo.
Cakes with Faces
Already heard this railway project ,
It will finished during 2030.
JR Hokkaido tried to develop brand new limited express call
Kiha285 .
But was scrapped without entering revenue services because the safety issues and maintenance costs.
4 hours of view of winter wonderland from Hakodate to Sapporo! I love cold weather and snow!!! The wakame onigiri looks delicious. Those ice sculptures in Sapporo look very intricate. I really hope that they (ramen shops in Sapporo and elsewhere) would make miso ramen without any animal products. Personally I loooove miso ramen! I look forward to future uploads for the Snow Fest!
So much snow. Warmed up with a sugar rush after the hot drinks? ^^ Quite a different country side indeed.
So different from the rest of Japan! There really is a lot of variety in the different prefectures. I really got into those sugary hot drinks - the red bean soup is delicious!
Kaito in Sapporo hunting for Ice Cream and Veggies. 💙💙💙😋😋😋
Neat, thx for posting! ...
Meiji is my most favorite era so I love Hokkaido, especially Hakodate. It's a shame you didn't visit Noboribetsu; the hot springs there are amazing,... hiking around hell valley you can soak your feet in forest hot water streams.
And in Spring/Summer there are IMMENSE flower fields.
If you like tv series there is a really good one called 風のガーデン which was filmed in Hokkaido.
Noboribetsu was on my list actually! If I went back in the spring or summer I'd definitely go. Sounkyo looks beautiful too!
@@cakeswithfaces if you go hiking just be careful, Aomori and Hokkaido are bear infested,... we have property there but I'm definitely NOT going to visit it (^_^)
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Have noticed that their hot chocolate is a tad bitter as well, but I prefer it. The summer drinks this season are peach, peach milk is my favourite from 7/11, cherry flavoured drink and coke cola lime, all nice. I was brought up in the snow so no more snow for me lol. Why did that train look like the nex ?
I love how there are so many seasonal speciality flavours and limited edition varieties of things in Japan!
Thank you for sharing!
It was a unique experience! Just editing my snow festival vlog for tomorrow! :-)
is that all covered by JR rail pass? Tokyo-hakodate-sapporo?
Yes! Such excellent value. You need to reserve seats for the shinkansen though (free of charge), and if you're going at snow festival time I'd reserve the whole trip as it'll be busy.
Hugely enjoyable video and I love those tiny ramen places absolutely me that is . Also Phil looked good in that scarf and I hope he paid lol do you have any of those left as I’m going to treat myself, plus it gives a bit back to you for all you’re superb videos 👍
Thanks! If you're not restricted by being vegetarian it's a lot easier to find tiny ramen bars and other restaurants like that! You can get the scarf here - support is always appreciated, thank you!! :-) www.cakeswithfaces.co.uk/product/hedgehog-scarf/
i going from hakodate to sapporo on feb 2020( 7- 10) too .( i be stopping at lake toya for one night. is the vegetarian ramen easy to find??
I found it completely by chance! It's upstairs inside JR Hakodate Station (not Shin-Hakodate the shinkansen station). The station isn't huge so you should be able to find it! Enjoy!! Hokkaido in the winter's a unique and unforgettable experience! :-)
Getting snow pile into art work.
Did you see my Sapporo Snow Festival video too? :-)
New video has come !
How was the Super Hokuto Ltd. Express ?
Still not extended Shinknsen from Shin-HakodateHokuto to Sapporo.
Super Hokuto is not faster than Hayabusa.
Because, the rail gauge is different that Shinknsen and conventional JR lines
But, probably not so bad.
Except speed, probably almost comfortable.
And very good sightseeing.
Hayabusa is a electric car.
Super Hokuto is a diesel car.
So, Hayabusa is silent than Super Hokuto.
Some Hayabusa have a large luggage space at the end of cabin like Kagayaki.
(Nozomi, Hikari, Kodama have not)
If there is not like that,
I recommend you put large luggage in the back of the most rearward seats at the cabin.
For the references at the next opportunity of train trip in Japan.
Please have fun!
I'm looking forward the snow festival !
I think the Super Hokuto would be more comfortable if it wasn't so crowded (for the snow festival). Every seat was full! I look forward to when the shinkansen line is extended all the way to Sapporo! :-)
@@cakeswithfaces
Thank you for comment back.
Please enjoy a train trip in Japan again !
Also, I look forward next video !
Names of places in Hokkaido were taken from Ainu Language.
They are like Celtic to you for Japanese people.
Even in some names in the mainland, especially in the northern part of Japan are from AInu language.
The southern limit of Ainu origined place namss are by Kanto.
For example, Nippori in Tokyo is from Ainu. Ppor means a big river in Ainu.
Comapre Nippori with Sapporo.
Thanks, I love it when you guys in the comments can help me find out about things! :-) Makes sense! (I got as far as working out that Roppongi = 6 trees?)
Yes,Roppongi means 6 trees
Until the middle about the 10th century, Tohoku was not considered to be a part of Japan. Even until the12-13 th centuey, Tohoku did not feel fully Japanese. You can see the difference in the Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke.
As for Hokkaido, by the 19th century, it continued being a land for the different people.
Japanese empire conquered north by north through the history.
(On the other hand, they did southern by southern in the earlier age).
But
actually, Ainu is not completely different from the majority of Japanese.
Ainu was an unmixed original Japanese who used to live all through Japanese islands from Okinawa Islands to the Northern islands including Sakhalin in the prehistoric age.
The New people who brought rice to Japan abosrobed Ainu into themselves century by century and they became the today’s Japanese. But Ainu remained unmixed until the modern age.
Depending on regions, some still remain non rice hadvesting oriented cultures today from rituals, languages to foods.
If you are from UK, I am sure that you can get the nuance of the history.
The original Japanese came from Polynesia by canoes.
Today, the original culture remains only in isolated islands like this.
movjapan.com/boze-god-mask-festival/
Believe it or not, this is Japan even if it looked like somewhere in the south pacific island.
Foreign people often say that Japan is a mixture of Modern and Tradition.
But actually, not only the “tradition”, but such ancient cultures of primitive age remain in Japan.
The extremelt complicated geography has kept the cultures of every ages remaining in the same country.
Even one town lives the primitive age, the ancient age, the middle age, the modern age and future! at the same time here.
In Japan, the history does not flow but it piles up.
..Love Hokkaido looks very quiet, i wonder what happened to those fallen trees? That strawberry creme bread looks good..also the ramen..
I wonder if the trees could have fallen down from an earthquake maybe?
@@cakeswithfaces ..Yeah, maybe it doesn't seem man-made as well..
So beautiful in winter! When did you buy your reserved seats for Hakodate to Sapporo? Did you buy the same day, or a few days before? I'm going in ~2 months but I can't find a site to buy Hokuto tickets.
I was using a JR Pass on this trip, and made my seat reservations on JR East's website a month before. As it was snow festival time, the trains were at their busiest so I booked as early as I could; it likely wouldn't be so busy at other times of year.
Depending on your plans, the JR East South Hokkaido Pass might be worth it - it's one of the few regional passes that includes the shinkansen line from Tokyo: www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/pass/easthokkaido.html
So much snow I can not wait I am going to Sapporo in January 2020!
You'll love it! This is from February so it should be just as snowy when you go!
Cakes with Faces i can not wait it will be my first time in Japan, and i plan on traveling a lot for the 45 days i am there!
@@byronthecameraman3570 Wow that's a long trip, you'll get to see so much! :-) And the benefit of going at that time of year is that it's off-season, so not as busy everywhere (on my Digital Art Museum video, a lot of people said it was much more crowded when they went).
Really enjoying your content, informative and your just being yourself on camera which is refreshing. Just wondering how early you booked/reserved your train tickets in advance. We go in December/January, trying to plan ahead. Keep up the great work👍🏼 Looking forward to your next video😊
Thanks, so glad you enjoy my videos! :-) I got a JR Pass, which you have to purchase before you travel (it's only for foreigners). For JR East (between Tokyo and Hokkaido), you can reserve seats online a month before you go. I knew it'd be busy so I booked them as soon as I could. For other lines (eg Tokyo to Kyoto) you have to wait till you get to Japan to make your reservations. I've always been find reserving the night before. Sometimes I've left it till I arrived at the station to take my train, but on some occasions the train I wanted was fully booked so I had to take a later one.
Cakes with Faces thanks heaps for the info. We did jr Pass last time and were fine but wasn’t sure about travelling to Sapporo as it’s our first time heading that direction. We are going to Nikko and Morioka on the way too which I’m excited for and Aomori on the way back. I assume they have a restroom on the train from shin Hakodate to Sapporo too, don’t think I could last the journey otherwise lol. Excited to see another side of Japan we’ve not visited before 😊 and enjoy some winter ramen. Miso base is my fav so Sapporo will be awesome.
@@SpookyMelChan That sounds like a great plan! Yes they have toilets on all express trains :-) You'll love it! We went through Morioka and Aomori - there's so much to see in Tohoku and I don't think it's as visited by tourists. Good idea to break up the trip and see more of Japan.
So beautiful, but you are braver thsn me going out in that snow. I live in Florida, so heat/humidity I can take very well and safely. Cold?... Well if I cannot wear sandles and a wind breaker to stay warm... and if it drops to or below 60℉... It is too cold. I keep my A/C at 75℉ to 78℉... and that is still cold.... lol It still looks like a beautiful place.
Haha you'd freeze in Hokkaido then!! :-) Today in the UK it's 73℉ & it feels like the height of summer! It was worth braving the snow though for the experience!
What month was this filmed? There's quite a bit of snow which I didn't know Japan got that much! My family and I will be visiting Japan for the first time this summer and your videos have really helped us plan.
This was in February at Sapporo Snow Festival time :-) Hokkaido and north Japan get lots of snow, but it doesn't snow every year in Tokyo. It's such a long country that there's quite a variation in climate! The summer can be very hot and humid so be prepared! Enjoy planning your trip! :-)
Zero dislikes exactly how it should be love the vids @cakeswithfaces
Haha thanks! I wonder how long that will last...! 😝
Really wish I can see snow along the train journey like you. So jealous!!
It was so different from home, where it hardly ever snows! :-)
0_o.... -12!
Freezing... If i go there I am for sure bringing a very heavy jacket that's for sure!
Definitely! You need as many layers as possible!
5:44 Because a lot of places name in Hokkaido have come from the Ainu languages.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_languages
Thank you, that's interesting - I didn't know! :-)
Man I really wanna go to the snow festival!! It looks super epic from the small footage here.
There's lots more to come! It was really cold but an amazing experience.
Hi. Do you know what time is the earliest shinkansen from hakodate to sapporo? :) thanks
The best website for train times is Hyperdia: www.hyperdia.com/
You can search (in English) all different times and routes, it's really useful :-)
I love your shirt. Where can I get one?
It's from Listen Flavor, I got it from their shop in Harajuku!
Hello, please could you give me some info on the JR railpass? I go to japan in November and I’m just wondering if I need to get one before I go? Many thanks :) love your vids :)
There's a bit about it in my How to get around Tokyo video - if you have any particular questions just put them in the comments and I'll try & help out! :-) ua-cam.com/video/rvqitrtmziY/v-deo.html
Cakes with Faces thanks I’ll check that video out :) keep posting vids there so useful and good! :)
Thanks so much!! :-)
@@davidfoster1387 Thank you!! :-)
Can t wait for my japan trip because it s safe travel place to go to.
AwesomeAdam From 2099 totally! It is super safe here! I hope you enjoy your trip
Cheap Japan I did planing on it.
AwesomeAdam From 2099 great :) I’m happy to hear that.
Cheap Japan yeah I m UA-cam aswell and plan doing videos in japan.
AwesomeAdam From 2099 so am I! I look forward to watching them!
hokuto ?
It's the name of the train: Super Hokuto Limited Express.
1:57 Getting ready to sculpt?
Haha it'd be perfect wouldn't it? I don't think they were planning a snow festival in Hakodate but these would be just right! There were piles of snow everywhere we went - I guess it's a problem when it doesn't melt away! :-)
How far ahead should you buy train tickets ? Thank you
If you're taking lots of trains, a Japan Rail Pass might be worth it - it's only for foreigners so you have to buy it before you travel. You can purchase it online within 3 months of your trip. If you're going north of Tokyo or to Hokkaido, you can make seat reservations online 1 month before you go. Otherwise, you can make them at a station when you get to Japan. Hope that helps!
@@cakeswithfaces Thank you so much for your response :) . I've been interested in the Japanese snow festivals too , so your videos came at the right time to plan ahead. ( it's over 100 degrees in the US currently ! ) Will you be featuring the Otaru light festival in a future video ? Thanks again & safe travels :)
@@spookycat3667 I actually booked this trip in August, during last year's summer heatwave - there's something appealing about snow festivals when it's summer! :-) Yes, there's a video about the Otaru festival coming up - it was actually the best part of the whole trip for me!
Which month did you visit this place?
It was the start of February, at the time of the Sapporo Snow Festival.
@@cakeswithfaces Thanks for the reply ! Would you suggest visiting japan in Late October - early November? How's the weather that time?
@@Rachit114 I've been there in early October (Tokyo & Kyoto) and it was still really warm (like summer in the UK!). It cools off throughout October but would still be t-shirt weather in the daytime. The autumn leaves start a little later than you'd think, in November, but it depends on where you're going in Japan as the climate varies from north to south. Hokkaido and north Tohoku would be colder and might not be t-shirt weather. Overall autumn's a great time to go!
@@cakeswithfaces Autumn is exactly when I'm planning. I wish to go when the weather is cool but not too cold to wear sweaters and jackets. Like around ~ 20℃. And mostly planning for Tokyo n Kyoto. Early November would be good? I want to see the autumn colors xD
@@Rachit114 Yes I think that'd be a perfect time to go then!