{"id":2089,"date":"2020-07-24T19:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2020-07-24T14:16:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T06:16:44","slug":"family-trip-to-hokkaido-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/2020\/07\/24\/family-trip-to-hokkaido-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning Your Future Family Trip to Hokkaido, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the world temporarily shutting down and closing borders, travel plans were cancelled and many people were left with nothing but hope to get back to normal the soonest. While it most likely won\u2019t happen anytime soon, the only silver lining is that your cancelled or postponed travel can get much better with a little tweak in your itinerary.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the uncertainties of what the next few months would hold for the tourism industry, it is important to consider planning a trip to countries like Japan that have the best locations whatever season it may be. Go off the beaten path and skip the bustling cities of Japan for a memorable family trip up north as Hokkaido\u2019s all-year-round landscapes make it a charming and ideal family destination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2104\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/Hokkaido-Family-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/Hokkaido-Family-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/Hokkaido-Family-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/07\/Hokkaido-Family-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hokkaido brings out a different vibe in every season making it one of the best places to visit at any given time. So while in quarantine, make that cancelled plan the most memorable one by checking out the hidden gems of the awe-inspiring seasons and family-friendly destinations of Hokkaido.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Access<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>By air:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recommended airline: Japan Airlines (JAL)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Manila to Tokyo Haneda (4 hrs)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Tokyo Haneda to Hakodate (85 mins)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>By train:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Covered by JR East-South Hokkaido Rail Pass and Japan Rail Pass.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tokyo to Hakodate: 4 hrs. 15 mins.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tokyo Station (Tohoku Shinkansen) \u279c Shin-Aomori (Hokkaido Shinkansen) \u279c Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto \u279c Hakodate Station (Hakodate Liner)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hakodate to Noboribetsu: 2.5 hrs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">JR Hakodate Station (express train) \u279c Noboribetsu Station<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hakodate to Nanae: 20 mins<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">JR Hakodate Station \u279c Shinhakodatehokuto Station \u279c Onuma Station (Hakodate line)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hakodate to Shikabe: 1 hr<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">JR Hakodate Station \u279c Shinhakodatehokuto Station \u279c Shikabe Station (Hakodate line)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Getting around<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hakodate\u2019s main mode of public transportation is the tram, with fares ranging from \u00a5210 to \u00a5260 (adult). If renting a car, it takes 3.5 hrs from Hakodate to Noboribetsu, about an hour to Shikabe, and a 15-minute drive to Nanae.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>COVID 19 Travel Guidelines<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As of June 23, foreign nationals from 111 countries or regions including the Philippines are still denied permission to enter Japan unless there are exceptional circumstances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only Japanese nationals are allowed to enter Japan. All nationals arriving from the 111 countries or regions within 14 days prior to their application of landing into Japan are required to undergo PCR tests and wait 14 days at a designated quarantine station for the time being.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Government of Japan restricts arrival airports for passenger flights from China or Republic of Korea to Narita International Airport and Kansai International Airport only and requests the airlines concerned to conform this restriction.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the world temporarily shutting down and closing borders, travel plans were cancelled and many people were left with nothing but hope to get back to normal the soonest. While it most likely won\u2019t happen anytime soon, the only silver lining is that your cancelled or postponed travel can get much better with a little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2089"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2110,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2089\/revisions\/2110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/feature\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}