This video is the [commentary version] of "Hokkaido car camping trip 53 days with a light car". The [narrated version] is below. • [Compilation - Hokkaido car camping trip] 53 days in midsummer with a light van, 2700km ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー Nice to meet you, my name is Ozen. This video is a vlog of my car camping trip around Hokkaido, Japan in the summer of 2022. I stayed in my car for 53 days in a light car. It was my first long-term car camping trip, but I was able to enjoy it at a leisurely pace. I hope this will be helpful for those who are planning to travel around Hokkaido by car camping in the future. [Travel record] Total travel expenses: 153,520 yen Mileage: 2,700 km Car used: Subaru Samburvan TV1 Transporter 5MT Animals encountered: Bears twice, deer three times, squirrels three times, foxes twice ------- [Details of trip days 1-2: Hakodate] ------- ● Location of the wharf where we slept in the car https://goo.gl/maps/QHiM7uSUdzszddTn6 ■ Hakodate Chamu (seafood bowl) https://goo.gl/maps/PzicvaYtRE642b48A ▲ Sakuranari Bathhouse Center https://goo.gl/maps/UYTrUE2zjkgYkj2u9 ---[Days 3-11 of the trip: Otaru]----●Location of the pier where we slept in the car https://goo.gl/maps/QHiM7uSUdzszddTn6 ▲Higashi-Onuma Campsite https://maps.app.goo.gl/vrDcxmCv8KZbH... ■Blue Hawaii Coast https://maps.app.goo.gl/riiPitZ2sZHBB... ●Paradise for people with free time (Otaru Port Umamachi Wharf) https://maps.app.goo.gl/MTFkqZi5dPBvz... ■Park with the sea right in front of you (Chikko Waterfront Park) https://maps.app.goo.gl/2MkNUwhB8nWPx... ▲Stiff Hilltop Park (Temiya Park) https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZKaaAKPPphMSX... ---[Day 12 of the trip: Ororon Line]--------------------● Haboro Sunset Beach parking lot (sleep in the car) https://maps.app.goo.gl/YAbtoDLfcbqVe... ■ Hamamasu Onsen (sleep in the car in the adjacent park) https://maps.app.goo.gl/U3whP1bJhyRjS... ● Kunimare Sake Brewery (drawing water) https://maps.app.goo.gl/49fyptf1muP9V... ■ Yamada Fisheries Department (fresh scallops) https://maps.app.goo.gl/dxsVQmEyfuHvg... ---[Days 13-18 of the trip: Wakkanai]--------------------▲ Sato Coin Laundry https://maps.app.goo.gl/sBDVPcJ6ewyah... ■ Wakkanai Roadside Station (sleep in the car) https://maps.app.goo.gl/aZsDRiDKdJJzn... ---[Day 19 of the trip: Wakkanai]--------▲Around the entrance to the Soya Hills (the road we actually drove on) https://goo.gl/maps/UYB9BbKPiedwCbRj9 ■Starting point of the White Road (Soya Hills side) https://maps.app.goo.gl/YsRircX6nj1dp... (It is recommended to enter from this side) ●End point of the White Road (National Route 238 side) https://maps.app.goo.gl/mk9FYHwfgL3DP... ■Soya Hills Observation Parking (Stunning views of the sunset and windmills) https://maps.app.goo.gl/M3ah1ohNtdZxC... ●Sarufutsu Roadside Station (Sleeping in the car) https://maps.app.goo.gl/gEvnE1Gt6gxWM... ---[Day 20 of the trip]----▲Saruppu Parking Shelterhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/1VdDtbWf3To4E... ●Okhotsk Monbetsu Roadside Station (Sleeping in the car) https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fq2pSrpCdvheY... ---[Day 21 of the trip: Eastern Hokkaido]----●Piraoro Observatory (Unbroken view of Lake Saroma) https://maps.app.goo.gl/UHtiykARj5R2Y... ▲Hokusho Suisan Direct Sales Shop (Scallop burger, fried octopus) https://maps.app.goo.gl/qQsDKkwdTs2MT... ● Advics Tokoro Curling Hall https://maps.app.goo.gl/sjuj4aAWyANpF... ■ Yobitoura Campground (Sleeping in the car) https://maps.app.goo.gl/aLNmo6UXAWtqu... ---[Day 22 of the trip: Teshikaga] ---■ Miyazaki (Potato dumplings) https://goo.gl/maps/4B1oaMCznZeHhRF97 ● Wakoto Peninsula (Parking lot) https://goo.gl/maps/WBnZsThSZXgeh9Dv9 ■ Sunflower fields https://goo.gl/maps/GzSa1ChKmEBDYkfM6 ● Sand bath https://goo.gl/maps/yUKn2Ma6iDRW8iPc8 ▲Mount Iou https://goo.gl/maps/JQvh4oMz2qd1vLYB7 ■Lake Mashu Third Observation Deck https://goo.gl/maps/i2kZSNLbDTKGHx1U6 ●Mashu 2-chome (outlet sweets) https://goo.gl/maps/11aouwW9evVb8axU9 ■Kaminoko Pond https://goo.gl/maps/mvQJsUZ4qJPjfvsm7 ●Sakura Falls (trout swimming upstream) https://goo.gl/maps/WMTH9xnR75fyzVhf6 ●Roadside Station Hanayaka Koshimizu (overnight stay in the car) https://goo.gl/maps/a87xRhqqowswGTT99 -------[Day 23 of the trip]--------▲Roadside Station Utoro-Shirietoku (overnight stay in the car) https://goo.gl/maps/WnCxEsjQqRz43Goh9 ------- [Days 24 to 33 of the trip: Kushiro] ------- ■Sandaime Chiba Shoten https://goo.gl/maps/msA2qZn9WAdu8XVr8 ■The Marshland (Canoe Port Hosooka Station) https://goo.gl/maps/e28rjQzqZVbnMkxY9 ●Nanban-tei https://goo.gl/maps/6aG2B1d97vwQSsTY8 ●Nichijin Shrine https://goo.gl/maps/t4iZw5Bbxkj5F7eJ9 ■Butadon no Kashiwa https://goo.gl/maps/AatBc51ZEu2UrjAMA ■ Furano City Museum https://goo.gl/maps/Xsjhgc4VuSHiCZkp6 ■ Yamabe Nature Park Taiyo no Sato https://goo.gl/maps/roGuaCRuQSEZ4qBB9 -------[Day 35 of the trip: Furano]--------■ Yamabe Nature Park Taiyo no Sato https://goo.gl/maps/1nJGaPFdxXURgXdW9 ● Tokachidake Bogakudai parking lot (overnight in the car) https://goo.gl/maps/HbnngB6evsEk9aSG7 -------[Day 36 of the trip: Biei]--------■ Blue Pond free parking lot (probably closed) ■ Marumi Suga Seika (Bakery in Biei) https://goo.gl/maps/App7CuSnSTRHy8Lx8 ● Matsuura Shoten (bicycle rental) https://goo.gl/maps/HbnngB6evsEk9aSG7 ● Northwest Hill Observation Park (overnight stay in the car) https://goo.gl/maps/n7ZXjjkQ7kXE35mPA [Days 37 to 53 of the trip] ■ Mild Seven Hill https://goo.gl/maps/NnL1vZ5gv82Sp5P96 ▲ Sheep Farm (Milje Hill) https://goo.gl/maps/BotrcBgdeyyVtqpx8 ● Jujitsu Hill https://goo.gl/maps/btdGoinVodyCBp5w5 ■ Roller Coaster Road https://goo.gl/maps/UQr3WXYttWqbHxMR8 ■ Chicken Cuisine Onogi https://goo.gl/maps/c2TGqApvtWNgFZj69 ● Okameya Bread Shop https://goo.gl/maps/ft1vG6EtV4KuRLwUA ■ Maeda Forest Park https://goo.gl/maps/ktdkA1Erqiyk14k98 ● Otaru Ferry Terminal https://goo.gl/maps/YcUtcgYPKGsnLeHh9 ================================= [Ozensan's Tools] ■ Single burner: https://amzn.to/3wjpQIk ■ Small OD can: https://amzn.to/3HTW7rX ■ Folding frying pan: https://amzn.to/49cJJPM ■ 30W solar panel: https://amzn.to/49sMwnq ■ Secondary LED lantern (5200mAh): https://amzn.to/42FjNtp ■Mini fan: https://amzn.to/49sDkQJ *The Amazon link is an associate link. =========================================== [Video Table of Contents] 00:00 Opening 00:32 Day 1 of the trip (Hakodate) 04:47 Day 2 of the trip (Walk around Hakodate) 10:01 Day 3 of the trip 10:58 Higashi-Onuma Campsite 14:51 Day 4 of the trip 15:51 Day 7 of the trip 23:40 Day 8 of the trip (Walk around Otaru) 30:02 Day 11 of the trip 31:11 Day 12 of the trip (Oloron Line) 45:18 Day 13 of the trip (Oloron Line 2) 54:29 Days 13-18 of the trip (Wakkanai) 58:22 Day 19 of the trip (Cape Soya) 1:00:07 Soya Hills 1:01:02 The White Road 1:08:23 Day 19 (Saruppu) 1:14:01 Day 21 (Monbetsu) 1:15:04 Lake Saroma 1:25:20 Day 22 (Abashiri) 1:33:33 Lake Kussharo 1:40:23 Mount Iwo 1:44:57 Lake Mashu Third Observatory 1:49:07 Kaminokoike Pond 1:51:37 Sakura Falls (trout swimming upstream) 1:54:38 Day 23 (Koshimizu) 1:59:19 Road to Heaven 2:05:10 Kamuiwakka Hot Spring Falls 2:12:47 Shiretoko Five Lakes 2:19:17 Encountering a bear 2:21:43 Days 24-31 2:22:34 Day 32 (Kushiro Marsh) 2:31:29 Chichigami Shrine 2:34:27 Day 33 (Obihiro) 2:35:58 Day 34 2:41:43 Day 35 (Furano) 2:57:37 Day 36 (Furano 2) 3:00:06 Blue Pond 3:05:46 Biei, bicycle trip 3:14:22 Day 37 (Biei) 3:19:08 Day 38 (Asahikawa) 3:21:21 Sapporo sightseeing 3:24:12 Final day, Day 53 (Otaru) ========================================== #sleeping in 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