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Coral Princess
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Frequently Asked Questions
In the western sector of the port, an industrial area four to five kilometres from the centre. The city generally provides shuttles with two well-chosen stops: the Fisherman's Wharf MOO complex and JR station, steps from the market.
The bowl your way. You first buy a bowl of rice, then move from stall to stall topping it as you please: salmon, sea urchin, crab, fish roe, scallops from the morning catch. Washo market has fed the city since 1954 and faces JR station.
Washo market, Nusamai bridge and the MOO complex quays are all walkable from the shuttle stops. Shitsugen marsh needs about thirty minutes each way by road: you must choose between the city and the wetland.
Japan's largest wetland, nearly 270 square kilometres of reed beds, meandering rivers and forest, north of the city. Viewing platforms along its edge, reachable in about thirty minutes by road, look out over the green expanse.
Perhaps, but nothing is guaranteed in summer. The tancho, the black and white bird with its red cap, now lives in the marsh year-round, but you need luck. Excursions combining a viewpoint with an observation centre give the best odds.
Because it was believed extinct in Japan until a handful of birds were rediscovered in these marshes. A symbol of longevity in Japanese culture, it became the region's emblem and the reason for its protection.
A downtown bridge carrying four bronze statues representing the seasons, by noted Japanese sculptors. The surrounding district gathers restaurants, the MOO complex shops and quayside walks where fishermen mix with strollers.
Facing west from the quays around Nusamai bridge. The sun drops straight down the axis of the port, setting the water and the boat silhouettes alight. Locals rank this sight, without false modesty, among the world's finest.
Yes, and it is worth knowing. In summer, sea fog often wraps the city, which then appears in fragments. Eastern Hokkaido residents treat it as a local trait. The sunset, on the other hand, needs a clear sky.
A different place entirely: crystalline air, snow on the reed beds and cranes dancing in pairs at the feeding sites. Photographers travel from around the world for that ballet, which winter passengers get with far less effort.
