In spite, or perhaps It’s by no means your usual holiday destination – in fact, residents are far from throwing their arms open to tourists. They are looking for a suitable ferry boat to carry passengers and freights but they expect to use a passenger vessel the Penguin33 for service on 2017. I decided to take the Penguin Ferry from Korsakov, Russia to Wakkanai, as it seemed the most pleasant option, and I was not disappointed. さてこれが到着した大阪港国際フェリーターミナル。安藤忠雄氏という、地元大阪出身の文化勲章も受賞されている著名な建築家の設計です。 Well, this happened to us when we checked in. TIMETABLE & FARE & RATE INFORMATION Availability of online reservation BOARDING PROCEDURE ABOUT RESERVATIONS WAKKANAI - RISHIRI ISLAND / REBUN ISLAND ESASHI -

In the summer of 2016?I hope you have a great time to travel around border region between Europe-eastAsia.Hello!

Once belonging to Japan, Sakhalin is still known to many Japanese as ‘Karafuto’, but the island was seized by Russia towards the end of WWII and bitter territorial disputes between the two countries have seen it stagnate.

As the train continuing to Well fed, and safe on the train, there is some good scenery to be seen as the train follows a river flowing through a valley, before it starts climbing a small mountain range, and darkness sets in.



When you have secured a ticket, you can wait in the adjacent waiting room, until the bus leaves to the ferry. I’m planning to use your service during my trip around the world. The customs in Korsakov was very easy and efficient, although it was a very small building. Make a call to DBS office +82-2-548-5557 or mail to I wish to reserve ticket to sail, with DBS, on or after 10 Sept, from Vladivostok to Sakaiminato. This was a stroke of luck and had we not met our first and only Russian friend, Alexey, I have no idea what we would have done.I can now tell you that the closest ATM is 10 minutes away by car inside Hotel Alfa, the only hotel in Korsakov (31 Krasnoflotskaya Street, across from Lenin Square).

The ferry Eins Soya that used to connect Korsakov and Wakkanai did its last trip in September 2015. Déjà vu! When will the timetable 2019 of the ferry between korsakov and wakkanai be publisherd? The reason, apparently, is because the island finds it more convenient and cost-effective to import Japanese cars than to ship European cars in from the mainland.While my blonde-haired German friend walked through security without a problem (it seems most locals assumed she was Russian – several people actually tried to speak to her in Russian during our trip), I was stopped by the guard. 北海道サハリン航路（HSL）は8月4日に稚内－コルサコフ航路の運航スケジュールを発表しました。今夏は8月8日から9月22日まで週3往復、合計... You get your own statue built beside every fountain and square in town, and have it named after you. The Wakkanai Press reported.SASCO Wakkanai-Korsakov ferry do NOT sail this year. Regular ferry connection allows voyages of tourists, making business trips for Russian and Japanese businessmen. What better way to prove you’ve been to Russia?Also be sure to browse the local supermarkets – I always find this to be one of the best ways to get to know a new culture.

Swipe your phone and say cheese (or something else if you’re not pro Lenin). Passenger terminal charge of Wakkanai port JPY400 or USD4 is needed when you buy a ticket for Korsakov.

I also later found out that you can exchange rubles at the Wakkanai branch of Hokkaido Bank too.You know when you make a hotel reservation through an online booking website and the reservation mysteriously just disappears? Is there any possibility tyo travel from Sachalin to Wakkanai in sept 2016? さすがに８０ｋｍもの距離を、高速もない対馬のクネクネ... お早うございます。

Even though a bit of online research shows that 90 percent of tourists here are Japanese, they still seemed suspicious of a young Asian woman.