Hokkaido Fun Guide | Enjoy a Full Day of Eating, Drinking, and Playing at the Airport!
| Enjoy a Full Day of Eating, Drinking, and Playing at the Airport!
🌟Normally, airports are just places for boarding or arriving flights, and you always rush to get there, fly quickly, and leave as soon as you land.
⏰But there's one airport that makes you not want to leave once you arrive, and even plan to get there a few hours early - that's Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport~
💖Not only does it have a variety of restaurants and exclusive products, but it also has several family-friendly amusement facilities, hot springs, and a cinema, making it a place where you won't get bored even if you stay all day.
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🔎First thing to note is that most of the fun is in the domestic terminal or the SMILE ROAD that connects the domestic/international terminals. The international terminal is quite barren, and you shouldn't plan on shopping after security check. It's not that there's nothing at all in the international terminal, but it can only fill gaps and is far behind the domestic offerings.
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🥢Restaurants are located in areas such as Shiden-dori Food Court Street, Hokkaido Ramen Dojo, etc. Recommendations include:
🍣Kantaro, a revolving sushi from Hakodate
🍚Hokkai Kamameshi Seafood Ginshari Fukutei, a seafood rice from Kushiro
🍜Ebisoba Ichigen, a famous ramen that always has a long queue
🥘Soup Curry lavi, a Hokkaido specialty soup curry
🍦Additionally, there is currently a soft serve ice cream competition, with many unique flavors to choose from, such as potato ice cream, corn ice cream, etc.
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🎊Family amusement facilities:
🌿Doraemon Happy Sky Park
Includes a children's play area, library, workshop, cafe, and shop.
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🏝️HELLO KITTY Happy Direct Flight
Travel around the world with HELLO KITTY dressed as a flight attendant, and check in at scenes from around the world. There is also a restaurant and shop attached.
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🚉Transportation: You can take the JR to and from Sapporo Station, which takes about 40 minutes. Buses are also available to Jozankei Onsen, Asahikawa, Obihiro/Tokachigawa Onsen, Furano/Kitami, Noboribetsu Onsen, Niseko, and other places.
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🌟TIPS:
💡Be careful with buying too much in spring and autumn... I added 20KG of luggage allowance and still worried about being overweight. There's just so much to buy in Hokkaido. However, from observation/experience, snacks carried by hand don't count as hand luggage, but I'm not sure.
🌟It's essential to have Roaming Man portable WiFi for early departures and late returns. I used to rent 4G, but this time I experienced a qualitative change with 5G! Whether it's searching or downloading apps, it's smooth and not laggy, and there's still battery left after leaving at 7-8 am and returning to the hotel at 9-10 pm, which is reassuring.