Coronaviruses have also had a significant impact on the sports world. In particular, the Asian League of Ice Hockey, which consists of leagues from multiple countries, abandoned the traditional season at the beginning of July, and the 2020-2021 season will be held from January to April in a different way than usual.
https://www.alhockey.jp/news/2020/07/2020-2021.html
If the Asian League is only a Japanese team, it will be the following four teams.
Nikko Icebacks (Nikko Kirise Ice Arena, Tochigi)
Hitachi Hokkaido Crains (Hokkaido Nippon Paper Ice Arena)
Red Eagles Hokkaido (Hokkaido Shiratori Prince Ice Arena)
Tohoku Free Blaze (Technol Ice Park Hachinohe, Aomori)
At this stage, the J.League and professional baseball are playing an audience game with a maximum of 5000 players, but it is still uncertain. But it's best to be ready to watch the game until the day comes.
Here, I would like to show you a spectator trip to Kushiro, home of The Crains, Hokkaido.
Kushiro, home to the Nippon Paper Ice Arena, is a town with a population of about 160,000 people famous for kushiro marshland and marine products in hokkaido's Doto region. In summer, the greenery of Kushiro Marsh is abundant, and even in August, the average temperature is about 20 degrees Celsius, and in winter the average temperature is very cold at minus 5 degrees Celsius, but you can enjoy the open-air bath in the hot spring while watching the snow, it is a town where you can feel the four seasons firmly.
It is also the birthplace of Zangi, Hokkaido's soul food, and because it is a port town, seafood is also very delicious, and there are many ranches when you travel by car, so you can enjoy food such as delicious sweets using dairy products.
Although there is little snowfall in Hokkaido, Winter Sports is a city where skating is more active than skiing and snowboarding.
Kushiro City has several ice arenas and speed skating stations, including the ice arena where "Hitachi Hokkaido Crains" is home.
In addition, not skates, ice hockey performed in boots, the name of which is also famous as "long ice hockey", its history is about 40 years, but there is also a tournament in which many people, from elementary school students to the general public, participate. In ad
dition, Kushiro, along with Bali and Manila, has been selected as one of the "world's three most beautiful sunsets" as one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world, and sailors traveling around the world say, "The sunset at Kushiro's port is one of the most beautiful in the world!" It is said that it was selected from t
he mouth. Please visit such a city of Kushiro by all means!
Basic information of the venue
Nippon Paper Ice Arena (Koji Ice Arena) 0
84-0906 Tottori-Dai-tochi, Kushiro, Hokkaido 3-6-33
Seating capacity 3,739
About access
It is about 4 km away from Kushiro Station, and it is basically a venue that can be accessed by car. There is also a city bus service, but because of the small number of trains, it is not practical to use the city bus f
or Crains games. Please check the team's website to see if there is a shuttle bus servic
e. If you do not have a shuttle bus, you can access it by taxi or car rental. If y
ou use a taxi, be sure to use it from Kushiro Station. The nearest stati
on seems to be Shin-Fuji Station, but this is a station where you don't think there is a taxi at the station. Hockey season is basically a cold season, so it is more reliable to use a taxi from Kushiro Station.
Kushiro Station
Kushiro as a trip
We are guided to the model plan. Mo
del plan (2 days per night)
Kushiro Tancho Airport
If you arrive at Kushiro by air, you will arrive at Kushiro Tancho Airport.
Kushiro arrives from Haneda Airport in about 1 hour and 30 minutes, and every day there are three round-trip flights: JAL and ANA (including AIR DO codeshare flights).
It is about 20 kilometers from the airport to the center of Kushiro, and it is a sense of distance that can be arrived in about 30 minutes by car. The main ways to get to the center from the airport are car rental, taxis, buses and more. Kushiro has a lot of attractions in the suburbs, so I think car rental is the best choice, but if you watch it in the middle of winter during the hockey season, the weather may be quite bad, so please change your choice depending on the time of year and length of stay.
Bus Th
e bus to Kushiro City departs the airport about 20 minutes after the arrival of the plane. It will be connected to all arrival flights. Area from
the airport to the center 950 yen per way / half price for childre
n Timetable
Taxi Fr
om the airport to the center, about 6,500 yen is a guide.
Car rental
There are several companies that rent a car, so it is convenient to make a reservation
in advance. Exit the airport and you'll have a sale
s
office in a few minutes
. Toyota Rent-a-Serv
ice Nissan Rent-a-Car N
ippon Rent-a-Car
Times Car Oryx Rent-a-Car
Accommodation
In Kushiro, the area centered on the beautiful Mint Mai bridge of the sunset, the hotel is substantial, and the food shop has more choices. Th
ere are many hotels of the type like the route-in near Kushiro station. Therefor
e, if you want to stay as a sightseeing, I think that the area around the Mint Mai Bridge is more convenient. If
you want to get to the station from Mintmai Bridge, it's only a 15-minute walk, so it's not too far.
Areas of Mint Mai bridge
Natural Hot Springs Hotel P
aco Kushiro 085-0014 Suehiro-cho 2-chome, Kushiro, H
okkaido Location Close to Mintmai Bridge, Izumiya is a few minutes' walk away, and Torimatsu is just 5 minutes away. If you are outside Hokkaido, you may not know much about hotels, but Hotel Paco has hotels mainly in Hokkaido and is a hotel with natural hot springs.
Natural Hot Spring Mint Dance Yu Ra
vista Kushiro River 085-0015 Kita-Dai-dori 2-chome 1, Kus
hiro, Hokkaido Location This is the image of Hotel Paco almost next door. It will be a hotel deployed by Doomy Inn. This is also a good location near Mintmai Bridge, a few minutes' walk from Izumiya and about 5 minutes from Torimatsu.
ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kushiro 08
5-0016 Kashiwamachi, Kushiro, Hokkaido 3-7 Locati
on From The Mint Bridge is an image that is half way around Kushiro Fisherman's Wharf MOO. The bridge itself is not too far away, but it takes less than 10 minutes on foot to get to Izumiya and Torimatsu.
Kushiro Prince Hotel 0
85-8581 7 chome 1, Yukimachi, Kushiro, Hokkaido Location
It is an image about the middle of the station and the Mint mai bridge. Both are about a 10-minute walk away.
Kushiro City Hall is located in front of Prince Hotel.
Areas of Kushiro Station
Kushiro Royal Inn 0
85-0018 Kurodemachi, Kushiro, Hokkaido 14-9-2 Location The ima
ge right next to Kushiro Station is this Kushiro Royal Inn. Even if it is accessed by car, the park
ing lot of the Times is next to the hotel, and a considerable number can be stopped. If you stay at a hotel, you can go in and out for about 500 yen per night. There is no hot spring, so you will use the bath in your room. The Japanese merchant of the selfish rice bowl is also very close.
Hotel Route Inn Kushiro Statio
n 085-0015 Kita-Dai-dori 13-chome, Kushiro, Hokkaido 2-10 Location The
location of the image in front of Kushiro Station is the root-in. The advantage of staying around
Kushiro Station is that it is close to Wako (within walking distance), and after that, you can pick up a taxi at the station, which is easy to get on the Norocco. There is a parking lot of the hotel even if it is accessed by car, and if you stay at a hotel, you can go in and out for about 500 yen per night.
Attractions in Kushiro
Kushiro Marsh
Kushiro is famous for Kushiro Marsh, but it is so vast and has an area of about 28,000 hectares, which is about the size that Tokyo's 23 wards can ent
er as it is. So, I'm not sure where to look from, but Kushiro Marsh has an observatory at each point. If you go to the obs
ervatory, you can look down on the vast Kushiro Marsh and feel the size, and there is also a promenade, so you can enjoy a walk.
You can feel the blueness of the trees in summer, and in winter you can see the silver world after it snows. However, depending on the observatory, you may have to walk for almost an hour on foot, so be careful.
Norocco
The Norocco is a train that enjoys riding from Kushiro Station to Kushiro Station while looking at Kushiro Marsh. Because it runs near the marsh like the observatory, there is a different way to enjoy it. On the way, stop at Higashi-Kushiro, Kushiro Marsh, and Hosooka stations, and Kushiro is the last stop. If you enjoy traveling only by train, take the train from Kushiro Station, which leaves about 20 minutes later, to Kushiro Station, and you will be sightseeing by train for a
bout 2 hours. As a stop point, if you get off at Kushiro Marsh Station, you can get to Hosooka Observatory in about 15 minutes on foot.
Hosooka Observatory
Among the several observation decks, the most popular one is this Hosooka Observatory. It is
attractive that access is good. If it is
a train, you can get off Kushiro Marsh Station and go to the observatory in about 15 minutes on foot, and if you are by car, it is not 10 minutes from the parking lot.
There is also a visitor center, so there is also a sense of security.
Kushiro Wetland Observatory
Here, the roof of the building is an observation deck, and there is a charge, but the observatory in this building looks like a rather wetland and the opposite side. If you park your car in the parking lot of this observatory and walk about 20 minutes on foot, there is a satellite observatory, so from there, it will be a wetland-like view. You can
go to this satellite observatory for free. So, i
f you enter the building at Kushiro City Wetland Observatory, business hours are fixed for a fee, but if it is a satellite observatory, it is an image that you can go at any time.
Sunset seen from The Mint Mai Bridge
In Kushiro, there are many movie locations such as "Tora-san torayo", "Hanamizuki" and "We were there", but it is "Mint Maibashi" which is about a 15-minute walk from JR Kushiro Station. And, the sunset
of Kushiro is chosen as "the world's three largest sunsets", but the sunset over the sea seen from this Mint Mai Bridge is very beautiful. The suns
et over the horizon gradually dyes the sea orange, and its appearance is very fantastic, and when you go to Kushiro, I would like you to see and experience the economy with your own eyes.
Eating in Kushiro
The Japanese Market'
s S
elfish Kushiro Wa
sho Market 085-0018 Kuronmachi 13-chome 25, Kushiro, Hokkaido Busine
ss days Monday to Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday is a regular holiday.
The parking lot is in the basement. It will be free for 2 hours.
It is a seafood bowl eaten in the market which is about a 2-minut
e walk from JR Kushiro Station. At a side dish shop in the market, I buy only white rice, put it in a plastic bowl, hold the rice in my hand, and go to the shop wh
ere the seafood material is sold. Therefore, you can buy as much fresh seafood as you want to eat, put it on white rice, and make your own seafood bowl and eat it.
I can't choose the seafood bowl I eat in the cafeteria by myself, either because I'm not good at this material, or if I wanted to eat more of it.
With "Handydon", you can make seafood bowls with only seafood material that you want to eat.
Restaurant Izumiya's Spa Cutlet
Restaurant Izum
iya 085-0013 Sakaecho 3-chome 1, Kushiro, Hokkaido Bu
siness days Monday to Saturday 5:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
(Closed on Sundays) Lo
cation This is the area of Mint Mai Bridge. If you take a hotel in this area, you can easily walk away.
"Spakatsu" is a B class gourmet, it is a soul food of Kushiro, I think that there is no person who does not know in Kushiro.
On a hot iron plate, it's not Al dente at all, "Isn't this a little stretched?" It is a dish with spaghetti on it, a tonkatsu on top of the spaghetti, and a lot of meat sauce on top of the tonkatsu. Kushiro people are famous enough to eat many tim
es since they were children, and originally they have a volume, but when they are in full scale, they have a large amount of spaghetti in a hot iron plate frying pan and two tonkatsu. Even so, male high school students
are so delicious that they eat with perari. Of course, there are a lot of people
who eat it even after it becomes an adult, and it is a soul food familiar for the person in Kushiro for a long time so that "Spa cutlet when it says Izumiya" anyway. By the way, there are many spaghetti menus in Izumiya, but the salty spaghetti called "Izumiya-style" is also famous, and Izumiya-style has become a menu of convenience store bento.
There are three locations: Restaurant Izumiya Head Office, AEON Kushiro Store, and Big House Store.
Zangi of Torim
at
su Tor
imatsu (song) 085-0013 Sakaecho 3-chome 1, Kushiro, Hok
kaido Business days Monday to Saturday 5:00 p.m. to 12:30
p.m. (Closed on Sundays
) Location This is the area of Mint Mai Bridge. If you take a hotel in this area, you can easily walk away.
There is "Zangi" in Hokkaido's soul food, but the origin of Zangi is here "Torimatsu". Even if you eat it as
it is, it has a taste and is delicious, but there is a sauce like Wester sauce, and it is even more delicious when you eat it with it.
"Tenmaru" at Marumi Edo Higashi Shinfuji Store
Marumi Edo Higashi Shin-
Fuji 084-0904 Shin-Fuji-cho 3-chome 1-14, Kushiro, Hokkaido Bu
siness days Tue-Friday 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. / Sat., Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m. (Closed on Monday
s) Location This shop is located near Kushiro Arena (about 2 km) and is located next to Shin-Fuji Station.
Kushiro is famous for lying in many soba shops, but the green soba containing chlorella is common for Kushiro soba. Marumi Edo-east soba is also green, but the shrimp tempura that comes with "Tenmaru" here is very big, crispy, crispy, crispy, and the soba is delicious, but the tempura is also v
ery
delicious. "Tensoru" with zaru soba, tsuketsuyu, tempura and warm tentsuyu is a very satisfying taste. The m
os
t famous soba shop in Kushiro will be a shop called "Takeroen" that the Emperor of Showa has also visited. It has become famous that the Emperor has changed his place. If you are interested in it, please go there.
Souvenirs of Kushiro
Ichiro Toba
Kushiro is a port town, so many people choose seafood as souvenirs. This "toba Ichiro" is a salty taste that dried sliced salmon. There seems to be a lot of people who drink sake, but I think that the person who does not drink sake can eat deliciously. There are many kinds of persimmons sold by various companies, but personally, I think that this "Toba Ichiro" is the most delicious and will be pleased with souvenirs.
The egg of the new egg
It is a sweet wrapped in cream with white ball powder from Kushiro. It is a cake with cream of various flavors in a firm mochi, and similar sweets are other products, but I think that the mysterious naming of "neta egg" and the cream which stuck to the raw material of Hokkaido are very delicious, and I think that it is pleased with the souvenir. It is sold frozen at a shop at Kushiro Airport.
Sanmanma
It is a local gourmet of Kushiro where a large leaf is put on top of the cooked rice, and it is wrapped up to one whole. When I held a Hokkaido product exhibition in Kanto, I have opened many stores, so many of you may know, but I think that you will be pleased with souvenirs for those who like Sanma.
Sightseeing in the suburbs of Kushiro
Ta peace observatory
It is a ranch that can see the 360 degree horizon which can be done in less than 1 hour and 30 minutes by car from Kushiro station.
It's a very vast place, and you can see the 360-degree horizon from the observatory, so you can say, "The earth is really round! It is a place where you can have a very valuable experience that you can confirm.
If you go during the day, you can see the horizon of 360 degrees, and if you go on a sunny night, you can see a very beautiful starry sky.
There are no buildings around that overlook the 360-degree horizon, so if you go here on a sunny night in the new moon, you'll see countless stars twinkle that are likely to be sucked up when you look up, you can see the River of Heaven, and you can see a number of flowing stars flowing through the River of Heaven.
Lake Akan
Lake Akan is a less than two-hour drive from Kushiro Station. Lake Akan is famous for Marimo, but in summer you can go around the lake on a cruise boat, in winter you can run on an ice-covered lake with snowmobiles, you can do wakasagi fishing, and it is not very big, but there is also a ski resort.
In addition, the hot spring is famous, and there are many hotels around Lake Akan, where you can take a day trip bath. There is also Ainu Kotan, a place where you can experience Ainu history, folk art and dance. It may feel far w
hen you hear that it is less than two hours by car, but in Hokkaido, there are few signals and there are many straight roads, so if you enjoy driving while looking at the surrounding scenery, you will feel two hours in no time.
Mashu
Lake Mashu is about an hour and a half from Kushiro.
It is often covered with fog so that there is a song called Lake Mashu of fog, but Lake Mashu seen on a sunny day when there is no fog is said to be "Mashu Blue" with very vivid blue. This is the second most transparent lake in the world, so there are few reflections other than blue from its transparency, and on sunny days, bright blue seems to shine.
If you come to Kushiro, please come to Akkeshi!
Akkeshi Town is about an hour's drive from Kushiro to Nemuro. Oysters from Akke
shi are famous. Oysters in Akkeshi can be eaten all year year. By all me
ans, please extend your legs and enjoy the oysters of Hokkaido.
The main shop where oysters can be eaten in Akkeshi
Road Station Akkeshi Gourmet Park Akkeshi Taste Terminal Conqu
irier Oysterbar Pitresk (2nd floor in the road statio
n) 088-1119 E 2-chome 2 in Akkeshi-cho, Akkeshi-gun, Hokkaido
There is a shop where you can eat oysters in the station of th
e road. Therefore, if you want to eat oysters casually, this is recommended.
Oyster bar Pitresk is made so that you can see the sea from the inside of the shop, so the atmosphere is good.
Akkeshi Fisheries Cooperative Direct Sales
Store Euroko Location: 088-1128 Akkeshi-gun, Akkeshi-cho, Hokkaido 5 chome 3
This is a fish shop. You can bu
y what you sell and eat it on the spot. The price is low,
but oysters and the like empty the seashells by themses, so those who enjoy including such things are recommended here.
Attractions you want to keep in Akkeshi
Cape Aikon
If you eat oysters and go sightseeing in the Akkeshi area, Cape Ainkane has a panoramic view, so it might be a good place to go.
There is a parking lot, and it takes about 10 minutes to walk from the ca
r to the cape. On the way, there is a museum. It's free, so if you can stop by, please stop by. It is open from May 1st to October 31st.
