To ensure your safety and rights, all participants are kindly requested to carefully review all the precautions on this page before making a reservation. Your reservation will be considered as an agreement to the following information.
Feb. 1 to Mar. 20
* May change depending on actual drift ice conditions
* Sometimes, the tour has to be cancelled due to weather or drift ice conditions. Any cancellation is posted on our official website by the morning of the scheduled tour at the latest. We do not notify participants of cancellations individually, so please remember to check the website.
Morning 8:30-10:00
Afternoon 12:30-14:00
* The tour lasts about an hour and a half (including the meet-up, info session, and putting on the dry suits; actual time on the drift ice is about 40-60 minutes).
8,000 yen per person
* Fully paid online before the tour.
* Fees include the rental of dry suits and gloves, accident insurance, and taxes.
131, Utoro-higashi, Shari-cho, Shari-gun, Hokkaido
Located next to Maruko Suisan
* We do not provide pick-up or drop-off service. Check out the “Access” page for parking spaces and hotels that are within walking distance of the location of the tour.
1. Height: 130-185 cm
2. Weight: 100 kg or less
3. Age: 70 or younger
* You must meet all the requirements to take part in the tour.
* There are no restrooms at the meeting point nor anywhere along the tour route, so please go before arriving at the meeting point. You can use it at your hotel, or use it at Road Station Utoro･Shiretok or Utoro Onsen Bus Terminal.
* Please show respect to the other participants by arriving on time. If you do not arrive on time, we will consider it as a cancellation and proceed without you, so be sure to remember the meeting time and location.
* Morning Tour (Example)
The staff at the counter will check your name and help you put on the dry suit.
（How to put on a dry suit：YouTube）
※Please arrive before 8:30.
At the meeting point, tour participants get on the shuttle service, which takes about 5 minutes to get to the destination.
Have fun with your guide and the local fishers of Shiretoko on the drift ice!
Participants return to the meeting point, and remove their dry suits for the end of the tour.
* The time may vary according to conditions on the day of the tour.
● Dry Suits
● Use of Cameras and Smartphones
It is recommended that you wear clothing that is light and easy to move in.
Please do not wear skirts. No private changing room at meeting point.
Please do not wear hoodies since they cause chafing around the neck of the dry suit. We recommend wearing a fitted long-sleeve top with an appropriate thickness for the temperature on the day of the tour.
The recommended sock length is anywhere between mid-calf and above the ankle. That way, you can tuck your trousers into your socks so that they won’t roll up as you put on the dry suit.
We can lend you gloves for free. As for beanies or sunglasses, please prepare your own.
If you have long hair, please have it tied up. For all accessories including watches, please remove them before the tour to prevent damage or loss.
* You can only bring your camera or smartphone during the activity.
Please leave your valuables
at your accommodations.
The full amount is to be paid by credit card when booking the tour.
If the weather is poor or ice conditions are unideal, the tour will be canceled, you’ll receive a refund after a handling fee (5% of the total cost) is deducted by the platform.
We take out accident insurance for all participants of the activities we organize.
Details on payment of claims is as follows.
Death, sequela: 10 million yen per person
Hospitalization: 4,000 yen per person per day
Hospital visit: 1,760 yen per person per day
After you have signed up, if you cancel for any reason or simply don’t show up, the following rules will be applied.
Information about our company, which runs the LANTOKO Drift Ice Walk Tour, can be found here :
About the Company
