Hi JJ
1. I want to see the "Clione" in Hokkaido, so I'd like to know that where can I see it, other than Kamikawa Ice Pavillion and Okhotsk Ryuhyo Museum?You can see the creature also in Sapporo, Wakkanai, and Otaru.
When you move from Shin-Chitose Airport to Sapporo by railway, get off a train at JR Shin-Sapporo Station to move to a nearby small aquarium. This aquarium (called Sanpiaza Suizokukan) is located only 200 meters south-west of the Shin-Sapporo station (it is situated behind Daiei, large department store next to the station).
Note: Suizokukan means "aquarium"
The clione living at this aquarium:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atLLaCgNjtwAt this small aquarium, you can see also various kinds of creatures:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpVON6o2QkYhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts1mOiT7_2Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wm6LYL-IrEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEpd2A0XftwSanpiaza Suizokukan
Open Hours: 10:00-18:00
Admission fee: 900 yen
tel: +81-11-890-2455
In Otaru, visit "Gin no Kane" (a small fantasy world of several attractive facilities). Its third facility is called Clione Museum (imagine a coffee shop named displaying clione to attract tourists. The fourth facility may remind you of Kamikawa's Ice Pavilion. The fourth facility is next to the coffee shop).
Note: Gin no Kane means "silver bell."
The clione you can see at this museum:
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/maruaki1551/23661729.html Enjoy watching tiny clione with drinking coffee.
Gin no Kane
http://www.ginnokane.jp/branches/page2.htmlThe first half of the page above shows the second facility, while the second half shows the third facility (the coffee shop mentioned above)
address: Aioi-cho 6-1, Otaru
tel: +81-134-25-8888
Open Hours: 9:00-17:00
open everyday
Admission fee: at most, you will pay for a cup of coffee
Google map (marked by "C"):
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?q=%E5%B0%8F%E6%A8%BD%E9%8A%80%E3%81%AE%E...2. Is there any bus route from Goryokaku Tower to Goryokaku Station? I searched from Google map, but I can't see anything...Most tourists visiting the tower get on a shuttle bus at Hakodate Station.
Goryokaku Station is located about 2,000 meters north-west of the tower (not so far). You can move to this station by taxi. It is expected you will pay around 1,000-1,500 yen for the taxi. Take a look at this image:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:Gory...This is Goryokaku Station, a rather small station for local community, not for tourists.
