It was now time to venture further into Hokkaido. After lunch we got on the train east headed for Kitami, a 3 hour ride.
Now, Kitami isn't rural per se, but there was a noticable difference from, say, Sapporo. Even right around the central train station and mall, there were few people around and many stores had been closed and abandoned.
In the evening we took the bus to an onsen.
