Rebun Island / Furano

[August 9, 09]

I feel cold while walking on the street at Wakkanai. Cold and windy. I don't know that it can be cold during summer in Wakkanai. Anyway today we went to Rebun Island that near to northern tip of Hokkaido. Actually there are 2 islands that we can visit, but somehow we prefer Rebun Island due to its attractive scenery. We took HeartLand ferry to there. Round trip from Wakkanai to Rebun Island cost us 5000Yen. You can check the time schedule for the trip here.

Must make sure the time of ferry, else will spend more time in the ferry like us. We bought the wrong time ferry and we thought the ferry will directly send us from Wakkanai to Rebun Island. Yes. We are wrong. At the end we spent 2 hrs+ in the ferry because the route of ferry is actually Wakkanai-Rishiri-Rebun. Rishiri Island is another island that quite near to Rebun Island.

We took lots of photos in the ferry. We captured sky. Captured people. Captured achitecture of ferry. We even captured B-I-R-D-S. :P

When we reached Rebun Island, it was actually quite late and we have to rush to Furano (Central part of Hokkaido which need to travel for 5 hrs again from Wakkanai -_-'''). To save time, we rented a cab for sightseeing. We choose 2 attractions throughout the trip. One is Nekoiwa (cat rock) and Jizo rock. Check the photos below. I'm sure you will like this place! :P

Had our late lunch at the ferry port before heading back to Wakkanai. Another long journey back. This time nothing for us to capture anymore, so we sleep all the way to Wakkanai. =)

Evening we travelled from Wakkanai to Furano. Another long long journey. Btw luckily we have reserved seat. Once you have JR day pass, you are eligible to reserve your seat for every station. Again we sleep in the train.. :P

Reached Bibaushi station around 1030pm. A deserted place. Got very strong smell of fertilizers. But don't worry, it only happened that night we reached. We stayed at 2 double-decker room although just 3 of us. We have to share public bathroom and toilet with other backpackers. The facilities here very clean and neat. And all these only managed by the owner of this hostel and his wife. Every morning 10am they will clean up every room. We stayed 2 nights here with the rate 4880 Yen per night. I strongly recommend Bibaushi Liberty Hostel to those who plan to have budget trip at Hokkaido. Some photos taken on the next day morning.