Nayoro (名寄) is a small city in Kamikawa, Hokkaido.

Understand

Tourist information site

• The local tourist association has an unexpectedly multilingual guide site.

• The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site.

Get in

By train

JR Soya main Line from Asahikawa to Sapporo.

By bus

Highway bus from Sapporo with 4 round trips every day. There are other bus services from Asahikawa, Okoppe and Horokanai.

By car

National Route 40 passes through the city on its way from Asahikawa to Wakkanai.

Get around

By train

Nayoro Station

JR Sōya Main Line runs through the city. The local train to the south from Nayoro Station makes 5 round trips per day, and to the north 3 round trips per day.

Station from north,

• 1 Chihoku Station (智北駅). 
• 2 Chiebun Station (智恵文駅). 
• 3 Hokusei Station (北星駅). 
• 4 Nisshin Station (日進駅). 
• 5 Nayoro Station (名寄駅). In the center of the city. The express train stops here. 
• 6 Higashi-Fūren Station (東風連駅). 
• 7 Fūren Station (風連駅). 

By bus

Meishi Bus (名士バス) runs in the city.

See

• 1 Sunflowers in Chiebun (智恵文のひまわり畑), Chiebun. Best time to see is July late - Augst mid.. Free.. 

Do

Ski Jump Ramp

• 1 Piyashiri Ski Area (ピヤシリスキー場). There is half pipe and jump ramp. 

Sleep

Youth Hostel

• 1 Nayoro SunPillar Youth Hostel (なよろサンピラーユースホステル), 391-2 Nissshin (日進391-2) (5 minutes walk from JR Nisshin Station. 30 minutes by bus from Nayoro Station, "Youth Hostel Mae" soon), ☏ +81 1654 2-2921, nayoro-yh@gold.ocn.ne.jp. Check-in: 16:00, check-out: 10:00. Hostel in an orange house. Domitory room stay ¥ 3350. (YH member) Breakfast ¥ 680. Dinner ¥ 1150. 
• 2 Nayoro Onsen Sunpillar (なよろ温泉サンピラー), Nisshin, ☏ +81 1654 2-2131. Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 10:00. Beside Piyashiri Ski Area. The bath is a hot spring. Only bath ¥ 400. Stay +2 meals ¥ 7665+. 

Go next

• Shibetsu
• Bifuka
• Horokanai
• Shimokawa
• Okoppe
• Esashi
• Horonobe
• Toyotomi
• Wakkanai

Routes through Nayoro

Wakkanai ←

N  S

→ Shibetsu → Asahikawa