Ferry from Japan to Sakhalin (Russia)
Hi,
coming back from Siberia and Central Asia, I wanted to recommend the ferry connection from Northern Japan (Wakkanai, Hokkaido) to Russia (Korsakov, Sakhalin). It's a six hour journey on a very nice Japanese ship.
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If you like to stay in the best hotel in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, this is the Mega Palace at ca. US$ 150 per night. Really nice. www.megapalacehotel.ru/?main_eng
The best hotel in Wakkanai is the ANA, right at the train and ferry stations, for ca. US$ 120 per night.
There is a number of flights from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Vladivostok (Air Vladivostok), Khabarovsk (S7), Novosibirsk (S7) and Moscow (Aeroflot).
The ferry from Sakhalin (Kholmsk) to the mainland (Vanino) takes 18 hours and seems a little more rough than the one from Japan. The onward journey can be done on the BAM train to Krasnoyarsk, or on the road (and if you like the Amur ferry) to Khabarovsk.
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