Japan travel – 18-hour overnight ferry from Tokyo to Hokkaido (under $100!)
Having spent 2 days exploring the incredible city of Tokyo, our next goal was to make the nearly 1,000 km journey to Sapporo, on Japan’s northernmost Island, Hokkaido, as cheaply as we could. Having heard about the natural beauty of the northernmost region of Japan, we couldn’t
Wait to explore what Hokkaido has to offer. With trains and planes being relatively expensive, we decided to try the lesser-known route, an 18-hour overnight ferry north on the North Pacific Ocean. We bought the cheapest ticket available, meaning we had to sleep in a shared room
On rolled-out futons. Ooo, this is basically where we’ll be sleeping. We are probably on a pirate ship after all. Having struggled a lot with seasickness in the past, I was apprehensive as to how we’d cope on the ocean. Would travelling by ferry actually save us money? Could I handle living on
A ferry for 18 hours without getting seasick? I think we have a woman down over there, unfortunately. Hello, good afternoon from Tokyo. My husband and I are currently in Tokyo Station. It has been such a hectic afternoon if you can’t tell. We’re huffing and puffing because,
We’ve been trying to get to this town called Oarai by taking the train to Mito. It was very confusing getting the ticket. Turns out you have to buy two tickets like a basic fare ticket and a limited express ticket. These are the tickets that we had to purchase. The first is, I think
This is the base fare ticket and this is the express ticket. We initially purchased this one particular ticket and they said this is not enough, you need to purchase also another ticket called Base Fare. I’m like, where in the world?! It’s so confusing to buy a train ticket in Japan!
The ferry was going to depart from Oarai, a port town 120 km north of Tokyo. We had to first get to the town of Mito, which was about 75-minute train ride from Tokyo station. The journey ended up costing about $27 each for the two-part ticket and would take us within 12km
Of the Oarai ferry port. Hello from limited Express train toilet! I am currently here to show you what this compact and tiny but clean toilet looks like. Obviously, you’ve got here sitting toilet. Clean! We’ve got a couple of toilet rolls, a basin, a very small basin although this
Is not a drinkable water. Seat cleaner, wet wipes basically, a seat for your baby if you’re travelling with one. Also, you can pull this out to change the baby’s diaper. We made it! We’re going out of Mito train station, which is fairly busy. We’re trying to get a taxi to reach the ferry point.
We are taking the stairs down to get to the taxi stand. Having missed our first bus, we were worried that we would miss the final check-in time so when we arrived at Mito station, we decided to pay $37 for a 25-minute taxi ride. This unfortunately
Turned our initial desire to make this a budget journey, on its head a bit. Finally made it to the taxi. I’ve always wanted to try this taxi as soon as we arrived in Tokyo. It feels like we’re in a mafia movie if that makes sense. It is very cool!
We thankfully check in with time to spare, and boarded the ferry to look for our shared room, where we would be sleeping for the night. How exciting! It is exciting. Look! Tomakomai, that’s the destination. Can you see the ferry behind me? Over here you’ve got so many cars lining up.
Ooh, this is exciting! So we will be staying in one of these futon beds. Hello, welcome to the room for the night. We chose the cheapest bed available for tourists and this is basically,
Where we’ll be sleeping. One of these beds will be laid out like this on the floor. So this is a futon bed which means a Japanese bed. I think there’s a separation here when you feel like you
Need some privacy. It’s comfortable basically, it’s a bit cosy if you feel like sharing with 11 other people, is okay for you, this is an experience that you can get when travelling in Japan. Apart from being cosy you also get some privacy.
As the ferry left in the evening, we went straight to the restaurant for dinner. We bought a ticket for dinner and breakfast buffets together for $20 each and had to pay with cash at the machines. I am currently sitting at the restaurant
Within the ferry and paid 2,900 Yen ($20) for a set meal, for one dinner and a breakfast. The dinner is actually a buffet and I’ve chosen all the food there is to it as you can see, I probably have taken too much for myself. Starting with I think this is pork.
With a bit of Japanese rice there. It just tastes nicer this Japanese rice. You get kiwi, orange, fresh tomato all of the food is so fresh-looking! You get this kind of bao bun kind of things, which I think you can sort of
Like fill yourself and make your own dish out of. I’ve already put a little bit of meat and some veggie in. I’m going to put a bit more meat in, no idea if I’m doing this right. That meat it’s actually really tender! After dinner, it was already getting late so we settled down
And stored our luggage in the convenient lockers on the ferry. We wanted to get an early night sleep, so we could see the sunrise in the morning. We finished our dinner and we were thinking of going to the observation deck but we weren’t allowed to be outside,
Therefore we don’t know what else to do. We will be filming again tomorrow and I am going to sleep. Good morning! It is about how about 6:30 am. I decided to get up because I wanted,
I really wanted to see the sunrise on the ship and it was actually a very beautiful sunrise. It has just been really peaceful you know, walking around the ship. There are a few people up and about not too many people.
It’s quite quiet. I think I’ve been on like a few ferry rides a couple of hours long but I’ve never slept on a ferry before so it was definitely a weird feeling like lying on the futon,
Just feeling the rocking of the ship. I’m just really happy that we got the ferry rather than like flying, because it just feels like a much slower, more local way of doing it. There’s a couple of foreigners on the ship, but everyone else is locals.
Ohayo Gozaimasu, which means good morning in Japanese. We’ve got two breakfast tickets and lining up to get to the restaurant. It’s 7:30 am and the breakfast only lasts until 9 a.m. We learned from last night to get in there quickly
And film the experience. It’s such a stunning morning to wake up to, because to see next to us is so stunning! Breakfast starts with a lot of selections. First, fish if you’re into that. I’ll get a bit of sausage probably. We get cold tofu and asparagus with some pork. I’ll try that one!
Oh no, that’s a dumpling. It’s so tidy! This is a bit more Japanese style of breakfast. There’s some seaweed. It’s moving quite fast and a bit bumpy now. I’m starting to feel a bit seasick. I’m feeling really sick because oh I don’t have the best of luck
When it comes to seasickness. I don’t even want to eat this food because I just want to lie down. Oh dear! I think we have a woman down over there, unfortunately. I don’t think we’re going to be able to film much because the boat’s moving quite a lot and she’s feeling really sick.
Unfortunately, my seasickness got so bad that I couldn’t eat anything or even stand up for long periods of time. Having taken motion sickness pills and not feeling any better, I had to lie down and try to slip through some of it.
I’m in one of the dressing desk or cubicles in the woman’s toilet, how thoughtful is that, they have this on a ferry. Yeah I’ve taken three tablets, motion sickness tablets since last night. I’m trying to feel better really and yeah just getting ready.
I am feeling slightly better and going to tour around the ferry but first, we’re going to the observation deck. Let’s go! Wow, this is lovely! You can see the surrounding nature. You can see some of the mountains over there.
You see what’s interesting, I don’t know if you’ve watched the One Piece cartoon. That’s like a pirate symbol, we’re probably on a pirate ship after all. I don’t know if you can tell from the camera,
That as you go up, it gets more windy. It’s a lot windier than down there. I think what I’ve just realized that could be the Hokkaido Island coming in, because over there, I don’t know if you can see the Honshu, Japan Northern Honshu island is called. We’ve got a couple of hours left
Until we’ve arrived at, sorry I’ve eaten my own hair, arrive at Tomakomai I think that’s the port town. The Sunflower Furano Ferry was very clean and consisted of three main floors. It was constructed in 2017 and is dedicated to the Tokyo Hokkaido route. Although there isn’t
Much to do on the ferry there are two floors of seating, some private cabins, a shop, a games room, vending machines, hot water for noodles or tea, kids’ area and an outside observation deck. Of course what Japanese ferry tour would be complete without a tour of the toilet.
Here we have the typical Japanese toilet you’d expect. You’ve got options to clean the rear and clean the front. You even have music for privacy and you can control the volume of the music, which I think is pretty hilarious to be honest. It’s a little bit weird filming yourself in the toilet.
I think we have arrived at Tomakomai. How exciting, look! I think this is the port, over there you can start seeing Hokkaido. How exciting! The ship is repositioning so that we can get off, we can get off from this lovely ferry that we’ve been on. Our home for the last 18 hours! Yeah
It’s actually gone very quickly. Even though you were sick for half of them. It’s been over really great experience. I’ve really enjoyed it. Me too! So passengers are already queueing up to leave and disembark. We’re just getting our backpacks. The staff are standing, to say goodbye to us.
This is the ferry port. There is an information that we can get a bus from the ferry terminal all the way to Sapporo station and it cost 1450 Yen ($10). The problem is that we don’t have enough cash
We found the bus, well, the only bus probably. We were wondering if they accept cards rather than cash payments. Oh well. We actually ran out of cash because we blew the budget out of the water
For the ferry meal set and it turns out that the bus all the way to Sapporo station costs 1450 Yen per person. We only have got 1,000 Yen left and there was no ATM at the fair terminal.
The driver was kind enough to suggest that we should go all the way to Tomakomai station to get an ATM and then we can also get a train to Sapporo, which comes in handy because the fare only cost
250 Yen per person and we were able to afford it. This is the bus and lots of passengers are disembarking. Travelling mishaps. We have got to Tomakomai station. How exciting! We are in the search for an ATM.
Will there be any ATM? If we don’t get any ATM, they can accept card payments, can they not? Probably. Yeah! Thankfully the train ticket counter accepted card payment. so we boarded the next train to Sapporo to find our hotel for the night. It wasn’t the smoothest journey with missed transports,
Extra cost, sickness and running out of cash but we were relieved to finally be in Sapporo after 24 hours of travel. Ladies and gentlemen, we will arrive at the Sapporo terminal in a few minutes. Well that was a long journey all the way from Tokyo to Oarai and then Tomokomayami, no Tomakomai.
Tomokomai, and then to Sapporo. We’re in Sapporo! Yay finally. It’s really nice being here because the weather is already fresh, it’s like crisp, nice clean air, actually it’s a lot more like England. Since getting off the boat I’ve sort
Of felt like, I’m still moving it’s like it was still like rocking like I almost feel more sick off the boat than I did when I was on the boat. Oh no, not for me. It was good fun, yeah!
It was really good fun. That was our very first experience having an overnight ferry. Let us know what you think in the comment section below. We worked so hard to get this video right hopefully. Yeah, the next video will be from Sapporo. See you again next time. Bye!
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Having spent 2 days exploring the incredible city of Tokyo, our next goal was to make the nearly 1000km journey to Sapporo, on Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido as cheaply as we could. Having heard about the natural beauty of the Northernmost region of Japan, we couldn’t wait to explore what Hokkaido has to offer.
With trains and planes being relatively expensive, we decided to try the lesser-known route: an 18-hour overnight ferry north on the North Pacific Ocean. We bought the cheapest ticket available, meaning we had to sleep in a shared room on rolled-out futons.
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You are too hot
Great video, feel for you on the sea sickness. I got it going on a whale-watching boat in Brisbane…
VIRY NISE VOLLGS
I love your vlogs
sounds great But Im not going to japan ever but i would love the cozy sleeping
nobody on youtube did this travel very cool
You have such class
As someone who suffers from severe motion sickness, I can relate so much to how you felt on the ship! Also i think the big skull and cross bones was an illustration from the anime/manga One Piece (but don’t quote me!) Enjoy japan, its one of my favourite countries to travel to!
All part of the adventure travel Syifa…Your gentleman really has a peaceful way of talking…Keep travelling and we will certainly accompany you guys…Much thanks from Bangalore. Stay blessed…
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19:32 ATMはセブンイレブン(7-11)にあります。国際カードも使えます。
Mbak n Mas Bojo , Whoosh menunggu .
Great ferry trip.
Nice
Even as time goes by and the surface of a town changes, nothing changes in the underlying foundation of the unique Japanese culture.
The common root of the creation of originality in Japanese culture is the uniqueness of its geopolitical location and the influence of its natural environment.
Even if they import culture and knowledge from abroad, they are not dominated by it, and after a certain period of time, they select the content, integrate it with their own culture, improve it, and eventually create a new style because of the influence of their unique natural environment.
Japan's original country name "NIPPON”(Japan) means "the land under the sun" , but another name is "YAMATO(WA)” , meaning “Peacefully Harmony among People and Nature”.
So Japan's name means “the Land under the Sun” and” the Land of "Great Harmony of People and Nature,”
The history of Japan is very old, about 2,000 years since the Emperor's reign, but humans began to live in villages and communities in this island nation about 14,000 years ago, during “the JOMON pottery” culture.
(That's 30,000 years ago, if you count the Neolithic period.)
Surrounded on all sides by the sea and geographically isolated from the Eurasian continent in the Pacific Ocean, this island nation has a warm and humid climate and is blessed with abundant underground clear water resources, diverse vegetation, and fishery resources.
For this reason, people have lived here for tens of thousands of years, enjoying nature and living in peace with it.
However, while the natural environment of this island nation is rich, it is also harsh, with both light and dark sides.
Since ancient times, the people of this land have lived in peace by respecting human harmony and working together as a group, and have shared and enjoyed the blessings of nature by overcoming many harsh and severe natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and typhoons by sharing wisdom and working together as a group.
This is because this island nation has a harsh natural environment that cannot be overcome by the power of one individual.
The ancient Japanese name of the country, "YAMATO" or "WA" (Peacefully Harmony among People and Nature) represents the desire and reality of people trying to survive in the unique natural environment of an island nation, which is different from the dry and stable land of the Eurasian continent.
And it is in this ancient Japanese country name that the essence of Japanese culture and the source and secret of the emergence of a unique Japanese culture different from the cultures of other Asian countries on the continent are hidden.
I’ve never witnessed such awesome editing as this one. Greeting from IRAN 🇮🇷 ❤
It depends on the season, but LCC is faster and cheaper.
Japanese convenience stores have ATMs
Wow, many people have uploaded V logs of Hokkaido, but this is the first time I've seen the development of going from Tokyo to Hokkaido by boat. Most people fly or take the bullet train. I didn't know I could do that. I would like to go to Hokkaido on this one-piece pirate ship one day.🚢
Thanks for this unique insight into ferry travel within Japan!
ようこそ、日本へ
内容、面白かったよ。
ありがとう😉👍️🎶 🇯🇵
水戸と言えば水戸納豆の地域です♪
それとテレビでやっていた時代劇の水戸黄門 です。
楽しむはずのクルーズ船が船酔いのせいで口からもどして辛かったのでその日だけはキャンセルした記憶が私にも有ります。私は常にいつ何時の為に“常備薬“を持ち歩いています。こういう時は1日だけ『安静に』する様に余裕を持って旅行してます。安静から彼女さんも回復し笑顔が戻って安心しました。最後､マイルームでお二人の何かを“頑張って発揮し切った“感が素敵でしたし最近忙しく旅行が出来てなかったので参考になりました👏
ありがとうございました😊
YouTubeは戦犯です。謝罪しろ‼️
ようこそ、茨城へ！水戸駅は通学で使う場所だから、旅行者からの視点は面白い。この北海道への行き方があまり知られてないのは意外だった。今度はぜひ、茨城の「ひたちなか海浜公園」や「偕楽園・千波湖」など訪れてみてください。とても綺麗で有名な場所です。
You'd better try large public bath
1:19 The reason why Japan's JR lines have two separate tickets, a limited express ticket and a boarding ticket, is because people often board a local train before and after boarding the limited express train. Japan's railway network is far more developed than people in the West, especially Americans, can imagine, so there are separate tickets for local trains and limited express trains.
[Example] If you are going from Shibuya(Tokyo) to Kyoto, take the local train (Yamanote Line) from Shibuya Sta. to Shinagawa Sta., and take the Shinkansen (Limited Express) from Shinagawa Sta. to Kyoto Sta. . And don't worry if you change your destination to Uji Station. Since you have a ticket, you can take the JR Nara Line to Uji Station without leaving Kyoto Station and pay the additional fare when you leave Uji Station.
This method allows you to move smoothly after getting off the limited express train, and also makes it easy to change your destination after getting off the limited express train. There is always a reason why Japanese systems are convenient for users.
酔い止め、置いてないか…？
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I m travelling to Japan on May 12th 2024 for 26 days tour
素敵な動画ありがとうございます、
体調が心配ですが大丈夫ですか？
風邪が強い時は髪の毛をシュシュで束ねることをお勧めします
20:01
JR Hokkaido's announcer is British Jean Wilson.
The same person is also the announcer for ScotRail Class 385.
https://youtu.be/8-oSa13YXJU?si=iPDjfUB1JFixgV4Y
食べたくないのに食事を持ってくる
アホだね
心からありがとうです
この国に訪れて下さって
この国の事を紹介して下さって|壁|ω`〃)ﾁﾗｯ
大洗からも新潟からもフェリーで北海道旅をしたものとして言いたい、絶対に飛行機が一番楽しめます。
船酔いしている友達を見ているのもつらいし、相部屋のうるさいいびきも悩ましい。
時は金なりです。経験としてはいいかもしれませんが、時間がないならお金よりも時間を大切にね。
お疲れ様❤
優しくない世界からようこそ日本へ。
食べれるだけ盛りましょうね。
Sea of Japan Accurate
East Sea Wrong