How are you all spending 🌿 Squid? Otofuke is currently sunny in sight, but it rained heavily last night. As a result Tokachi the river is increasing Water. The rain has calmed down, but the water level is still rising in some places. Please continue to pay close attention to the condition of the river. Please stay safe.

Event Notice📣 Tokachi Nakasatsunai Gourmet Ride 2025 takes place on Sunday, September 21! Nakasatsunai Village, blessed with beautiful nature, is a rich agricultural area with abundant food. 😊 The village offers countless picture-perfect landscapes, including views of the Hidaka Mountains, and is a member of the Association of The Most Beautiful Villages in Japan. This cycling event lets you savor the village’s charms at your own pace! Ride freely as you visit checkpoints and aid stations around the village. If you stay within the time limit, you may stop to sightsee or visit places you like along the way. The only condition is to finish at Nakasatsunai Village Hall by 2:00 PM. 🎵 Each aid station serves gourmet dishes made with local ingredients so you can enjoy Nakasatsunai’s flavors. 😍 Why not come cheer on cyclists from across the country on the day? Wave flags along the roadside to welcome them (cheering flags will be provided). Register via the QR code on the flyer or here → https://forms.gle/QMEeQC1PTjFBfoPu5... Meeting place: Nakasatsunai Village Hall headquarters Meeting time: 8:30 AM Inquiries Tokachi Nakasatsunai Gourmet Ride Executive Committee TEL: 0155-68-3390 (Secretariat: Nakasatsunai Village Tourism Association)

Autumn Harvest Festival "Yuissho "Shintoku" Daisetsu Festival" Announcements 📢 This is 📢 an announcement of a food festival where you can eat high-quality Local ingredients from Shintoku Town And what's more, this year marks the 50th anniversary 👏 Held in in the Kuttari area of Shintoku Town. There is only one bus on this day, but a free Pick up and drop off bus will be operated. Not only Local people, but also those who came to the town by Transportation by JR or bus can enjoy a delicious BBQ 🍻🍖 while enjoying Events in the venue Raised in the Rich in nature climate of Shintoku Town, there is also 🥔🥕 an all-you-can-eat packing of delicious agricultural products Come and visit 🚙🚌🚃 the delicious Events before winter Delicious "Shintoku" Great Snow Festival Date: Sunday, October 5, 2025 Time:10:00~14:00 　*Held rain or shine Location: Kuttari Park schedule 10:00~All-you-can-eat Local crops, 　　　　Friendship City, Yamagata Prefecture, Higashine City, Fruit Sales 　　　　Yakiniku Corner 　　　　* Free rental of stove and charcoal for those who purchase meat at the venue! 10:00~Shintoku junior high school brass band performance 11:30~Live "Ryu with Guiter" / "Erina Kato" 13:00~Children's lottery 　　　　* Lottery tickets will be distributed to the first 100 people. 13:30~Fun lottery 　　　　* Lottery tickets will be distributed to the first 300 people. * Please note that in case of unseasonable weather, the contents and time may be changed. At the children's lottery, you can win book tickets and sweets. Fun lottery will win a pair Accommodation ticket, Shintoku specialty Soba set, and vegetable set 🎯 We look forward to seeing you there! Autumn Harvest Festival Announcement of the "Umaissho Shintoku Heavy Snow Festival" 📢 This is a food festival where you can sample high-quality local ingredients from Shintoku Town. 📢 And this year marks the 50th anniversary of the festival! 👏 The festival will be held in the Kutsuri district of Shintoku Town. There will be only one free shuttle bus available on this day, so locals, as well as those traveling by JR or bus, can enjoy a delicious BBQ while enjoying the event at the venue. 🍻🍖 We'll also be offering a free bag of delicious produce grown in Shintoku Town's lush natural environment. 🥔🥕 Come and enjoy this delicious event before winter sets in. 🚙🚌🚃 Delicious "Shintoku" Heavy Snow Festival Date: Sunday, October 5, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM *Will be held rain or shine Location: Kuttari Park The children's raffle will feature book vouchers and sweets, and the fun raffle will feature a pair of accommodation vouchers, a Shintoku specialty soba noodle set, and a vegetable set. 🎯 We look forward to seeing you there! #Hokkaido #Tokachi #Shintoku Town #Shintoku #Festivals #Harvest Festival #ｂｂｑ #Autumn #Daisetsu Festival #Sato Tiles #Erina Kato #hokkaido #hokkaidotrip #hokkaidotourism #tourism #tokachi #shintoku #welcomeshintoku #discovershintoku

【Yesterday's Tokachigaoka Observation decks 🔅】 The maximum temperature during the day also fell below 25 degrees Celsius, and the signs of autumn began 🍃 to be felt little by little In the mornings and evenings, the temperature drops below 10°C, making it feel chilly. As the seasons change, please take care ☺️ of your physical condition

Event Announcement 📣 The 49th Kashirin Park Festival will be held on Sunday, September 21, 2025 😊 This autumn industry festival lets you savor the flavors unique to Taiki, a town with both mountains and sea!! This year’s HBC Radio live recording guests are Mariko Nagai and Shinya Kono and Hitoshi Fujio from Oklahoma 🎵 The program is packed with favorites like the annual Wagyu Festival and the Aki-aji (autumn salmon) Grab, food stalls featuring Taiki’s delicious offerings, dairy product sales from Snow Brand Megmilk, which has a factory in Taiki, and a fun raffle 😍 📍Note: Entry to the Aki-aji Grab is by lottery. Lottery tickets will be distributed between 9:00 and 9:30. Also, the event may be canceled depending on fishing conditions. Please understand in advance. There are kid-friendly activities too, including a stamp-art workshop to make a Taiki drawstring bag, a woodworking class, and a bounce dome ✨ Come enjoy Taiki’s seasonal flavors in Kashirin Park, surrounded by the town tree, kashiwa (oak)!! We look forward to seeing you 🤗 📍Date and Time: Sunday, September 21, 2025, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM 📍Location: Kashirin Park (held rain or shine) https://visit-taiki.hokkaido.jp/tp_detail.php?id=424...

Today, the total number of visitors to "Roadside Station Otofuke Natsuzora no Furusato" reached 5 million, and a commemorative Ceremony was held! ✨ Thank you to everyone who attended! It is 🌟 a Roadside Station full of charm where you can enjoy the blessings of Local Tokachi Thank you for your continued support of "Roadside Station Otofuke"!

Kushiro Tairyo Donpaku was held in on September 13. This year, many customers Fun large fireworks that color the night sky from Guest Room and restaurants. If your stay is a memorable one, it will be a great pleasure for us. All of our staff are looking forward to bringing you a special day next year. The videos are three-shaku balls taken by the 📷 staff

Event Announcement📣 “Sea and Land Festival” and Toyokoro Industry Fair 2025 is coming 😊 Enjoy an autumn in Toyokoro filled with sights, tastes, and fun. This year, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the town’s establishment, the festival will be more lavish than usual, featuring special complimentary items like Toyokoro wagyu diced steak and Toyokoro autumn salmon chanchan-yaki available in limited quantities 😍 Onstage, you can enjoy drum performances by Toyokoro Taiko “Enyukai” and a concert by Toyokoro Junior High School Brass Band, plus a spectacular stage show featuring enka singer Junko Ishihara as a guest! Also returning by popular demand are the annual hits: the Otsu autumn salmon direct-sale event and the autumn salmon grab contest 🎵 There will also be a bounty of activities including a rice cake and sweets toss where you can win local specialties, various local product stalls, and food trucks—plenty to enjoy!! Toyokoro’s bounty is ripe for the picking—now’s the perfect time to taste it! We look forward to seeing you 🤗 📍Date and Time: Saturday, September 20, 9:40 AM–2:00 PM 📍Venue: JA Toyokoro Multipurpose Plaza https://www.toyokoro.jp/page/6325.html...

[Limited] 10 sets a day! Seasonal Halloween dessert plates will be served 👻 with drinks such as coffee and tea Please enjoy the special marriage of playful Sweets and Aroma drinks only in autumn. Period: Friday, October 24, 2025 ~ Friday, October 31, 2025 Time: 11:30 a.m. M.～5:00P.M. Fee: ¥3,000 Contents: Dessert plate + drink (you can choose from the following) Drink menu: Hakodate Misuzu Coffee, Ronnefeldt (tea), Mari Senjo Hana Ai (Jasmine Tea) Contact: 0154-31-1277 (9:00A. M.～6:00P.M.)

A viewpoint has been set up in the Valleys "Tarumae Garo"! The location is about 200 meters north of the forest road just across the "Tarumae Garo Bridge" from the Car parking lot. and danger of bedrock collapse, in recent years it has only been possible to look down from the top of the bridge, but with the installation of a viewpoint, you can see the Tarumae Garo from near the riverbed. In consideration of environmental conservation, there are no stairs or handrails on the slope to the viewpoint. It is slippery due to the pile of fallen leaves, so please be careful under your feet.

I went to Moerenuma Park. Moerenuma Park is a river (swamp?) I like it because it's wide. The leaves were red in places, and there were many dragonflies flying. I felt that autumn was coming soon.

🚗 「SKY ROAD FESTA 」💫 The 30th anniversary Events will be Held in on Monday, September 15, 2025! It was Held in with the aim of expressing our gratitude to the people in the area along the railway line who Use the Hokkaido East Road on a daily basis, and Events such as stage Events and Fun lottery are a lot of! Enjoy everyone! Held in: Monday, September 15, 2025 Time:10:00~15:00 Location: Tokachi Plaza Obihiro City Nishi 4-jo Minami 13-chome

This dainty little flower is "Mizo Soba". It is a plant of the same family as "Soba". It can be observed on the Lakeside of Utonai and around the alder terraces. (Image source: Lake Utonai Wildlife Conservation Center)

Scene of the recent Hanak (flower clock)! 🌸 Today is September 12th, "#Quiz Day", so we will bring you the Hanak Quiz! Q3. What is the origin of the name "Hanak"? A. The name is a combination of "flower" and "clock" B. The name of the river near the park C. Name of the person who made it D. Meaning "big" in Tokachi dialect 〜Thinking Time〜 🕒 🎯 The correct answer is... A. The name is a combination of "flower" and "clock"! With a lovely name that combines flowers and a clock, Tokachi has become 🌷⏰ a symbol of Oka Park

Event Announcement 📣 On Thursday, October 30th this year, the Doto Expressway will mark its 30th anniversary since opening, and we will hold a commemorative event for the Tokachi-Shimizu IC to Ikeda IC section 😊 The event will feature stage shows by local groups along the route, character greetings, a photo panel exhibition covering the 30 years since opening, and a grand lottery with prizes for 30 winners, including accommodation vouchers for Tokachigawa Onsen!! 📌Stage Shows by Local Groups Along the Route 📍10:10–10:30 Calligraphy performance by the Calligraphy Club of Obihiro Hakuyo High School 📍10:50–11:20 Local hero show of Obihiro City 📍11:30–11:50 HIP HOP dance show by the JOYFIT Dance Circle 📌Special Guest: Talk Session with Hiroyuki Morisaki 📍13:00–14:00 We invite Hiroyuki Morisaki, a member of the theater unit TEAM NACS, for a talk session themed “30 Years Since Opening: Toward the Future.” 📌Character Greeting 📍NEXCO East Japan’s manners-promotion characters Manaty and Ikanzame will appear, along with Ushikun, the mascot of the Obihiro Tourism & Convention Association, and Onigiri Shian, a local VTuber from Kushiro who also serves as a COOL Kushiro City tourism ambassador. They’ll be visiting—please take photos with them! 🎵 📌Grand Lottery with Luxurious Prizes 📍Among visitors on the day, 30 winners will be chosen by lottery to receive luxurious prizes. 🔸Tokachigawa Onsen accommodation voucher (worth 50,000 JPY) 🔸Tokachigawa Onsen day-use bathing tickets 🔸Pair tickets to see the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (for the game on September 22, 2025) Other regional gourmet items from along the Doto Expressway will also be available 😍 *Lottery participation tickets will be distributed on the day.* 🎵 Date and Time: Monday, September 15, 2025 (public holiday) 10:00–15:00 Venue: Tokachi Plaza, 1st Floor Atrium and Large Assembly Room Please come with your family and friends!! We look forward to seeing you 🤗 https://www.e-nexco.co.jp/pressroom/hokkaido/2025/0808/00015203.html...

The cosmos of "Taiyo-no-Oka Engaru Park Cosmos Garden" is in full bloom and is in Best time to visit! This season, the flowers bloom better than every year, and it is a very beautiful cosmos field. Please come and ♪ see it "Taiyo-no-Oka Engaru Park Cosmos Garden" Address: Marudai, Engaru Town, Monbetsu District, Hokkaido

The season of new Soba has begun. From mid-August, beside the Soba field along National Route 38, "Soba Road" "Soba no Machishintoku" In order to announce the "Shintoku New Soba Festival" by PR, Two types of streamers are erected. Until the Shintoku New Soba Festival is Held in, the 1.3km section with Soba fields is 🚩 lively The new Soba will be produced in 2025, but Production people are working hard to harvest it. You can taste new Soba at the Shintoku New Soba Festival, Soba noodles shops in the In the town also offer new Soba noodles, so Those who can't come to the festivals, For those who are thinking one step ahead, Or those who eat at festivals but say they don't eat enough! Please visit Shintoku and come 💁 ♀️ to the Soba noodles shop Shintoku New Soba Festival Sunday, September 28 From 10:00 to 14:00 We look forward to seeing you there 💁‍♀️ #Hokkaido #Tokachi #Shintoku #Shintoku Soba #New Soba #New Soba Festival #Soba Road #Welcome Shintoku #Welcome back Shintoku #Shintoku Tourism Association #Shintoku Station #Station front Complex facility #tuktuk ##hokkaido #hokkaidotrip #hokkaidotourism #tourism #tokachi #shintoku #welcomeshintoku #discovershintoku

Event Announcement 📣 The "Shimizu Town Digital Stamp Rally" is now underway 😊 Visit Shimizu Town’s food spots (restaurants serving noodles), scenic views, and historic sites to collect stamps, and you could win luxurious local specialties in a lottery 😍 📌 How to Participate 📍Add Shimizu Town’s official LINE account as a friend to display the event participation screen. 📍From the participation screen, scan the QR codes placed at each participating spot to earn stamps! 📍You can enter the prize drawing once you have collected 3, 5, or 10 stamps. Take this chance to explore local food, scenery, and historic sites, and submit your entry. We look forward to many participants 🤗 📞 Contact Shimizu Town Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division TEL: 0156-62-1156 https://www.town.shimizu.hokkaido.jp/section/08/details/post_74.html...

[🗻 To Higashikawa Town this winter! ] JAL Hometown Support Discount Start ✈️] Higashikawa Town, Hokkaido is about 10 minutes 🚗✨ by car from Asahikawa Airport Surrounded by Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group National Park and Mt. Asahidake, it is a beautiful town full of Nature. 💧 It is a rare town with no upper Water road, and the Water from the melting snow is used as it is for daily life. 🍚 "Higashikawa Rice" Raised in this mineral-rich Water is a popular brand Rice in Japan! ❄️ Skiing heaven 🎿 where you can enjoy the finest dry powder in winter Café hopping is also recommended ☕️✨ ▼ Now go to Higashikawa Town with the "JAL Hometown Support Discount"! 👜 Subsidy of 7,000 yen per night of accommodation (up to 3 nights) 🎁 In addition, the first 100 people will receive "Higashikawa Rice 150g (1 go)"! * This subsidy applies only to reservations made from the Subject page of the JAL Hometown Support Discount. ・ Subject travel period: October 1, 2025 (Water) - January 31, 2026 (Saturday) ・Reservation Subject period: September 2, 2025 (Tuesday) - January 30, 2026 (Friday) 🔽 Please check the QR code for details!

【Puppet Theater Company Pook Nishiokoppe Village Performance】 Water, September 24, 2025 The puppet theater company Pook is coming again this year! Thank you very much for visiting from inside and outside the Village last year. The program is "Little Monk Zuten" Two works of "It could be an apple". Opening at 18:00 The show starts at 6:30 p.m. The performance will be held in the large hall of the Nishiokoppe Village Community Center. Advance tickets are 500 yen Same-day ticket is 600 yen Children aged 2 and under are free of charge. Tickets can be purchased from Puppet Theater Circle Dore Traditional Japanese straw raincoat members or booked from the QR Code. Also, on the day of the event, for those who live in the Kamiokoppe area Pick up and drop off bus. Please Use it. 18:00 Kamiokoppe Bus Stop 18:05 In front of Kamiokoppe Residents' Center 18:10 In front of Kamiokoppe Elementary School For inquiries about this performance, please contact the following. Nishiokoppe Village Board of Education 0158-87-2501 It's a small thing, but I'm going to prepare a funny one We look forward to seeing you there. Sponsorship: Puppet Theater Circle Doremi / Nishiokoppe Village Board of Education #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Puppet show #Puppet Theatre Company Pook #Performances #Kobozu Zuten #It could be an apple #Puppet Theater Circle Doremi #Nishiokoppe Village Board of Education #September 24

[Milk Festa 2025 ~ Tokachi Main Factory Open Day ~] It will be held in on Saturday, September 13th! 🌟 There are so many things to see! ・Visiting the site of a milk and Butter factory! ・ Sales 🍦🍕🧀🥛 of Popular soft serve ice cream and pizza ・ Very popular! Toilet paper exchange 🧻 ・A lot of other fun Events! This Events is Held in to let people know more about the appeal of milk and dairy products, and to express our gratitude to the local community. Enjoy ♪ the Events Held in: Saturday, September 13, 2025 Time:10:00~15:00 Location: Yotsuba Dairy industry Co., Ltd. Tokachi Main Factory Events venue (Hokkaido Kawato-gun Otofuke Shindori 20-3) Inquiry: 0155-42-2121 (Yotsuba Dairy Industry Co., Ltd. Tokachi Main Factory)

📍 Ramen shop "Saboriya" 🍜 in Otofuke You can enjoy 🔥 delicious ramen at a reasonable price The photo is "Karamiso". There is a along National Route 241, it is also recommended 🚗 to stop by on the way to Drive

【Autumn Markets and KAMU Sound】 This year's Autumn Markets Two days on Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21. At Roadside Station Nishiokoppe Kamu Held in from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On the 21st (Sun) Continuing from last year, in the flower park A small stage Events "KAMU Sound" will also be held in. In the morning, bands and storytelling performances, In the afternoon, please enjoy reading aloud and reading koto and picture book. Around noon A guided walk through the flower park is also planned. To the flower park There is an admission fee of 200 yen for high school students and older. Junior high school students and younger and Village residents are free of charge. We look forward to seeing you there! #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Autumn Markets #KAMU sound #Roadside Station #Kamu #Flower Park

Did you know that the Cycling Road connecting Toma Komaki and Lake Shikotsu was once run by the Oji Light Railway, which was Nickname called the "Mountain Line"? For 43 years from 1908 to 1951, it was active in transporting materials and construction personnel to build a power plant in the upper reaches of the Chitose River, transporting logs in the middle period, and Boarding tourists to Lake Shikotsu in the latter period. On September 6, 2025, the Events "YAMASEN 30th" will ✨ be Held in to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Yamasen Line being exhibited at its current location

【Nishiokoppe Village Performing Arts Festival】 Thursday, September 11 That performance that was revived last year is back ...! This year, from 6 p.m. There is also a time capsule opening Ceremony. A time capsule buried 20 years ago. Who was burying what? It seems that the person who buried it can't remember what he buried ... There will be a performance from 18:30. Stalls for food and Ennichi are also available. Enjoy the Village's food and karaoke! The location is at the large hall of the Nishiokoppe Village Community Center. #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Performing Arts #Time Capsule #Unboxing #100th anniversary of the opening of the Village #September 11

【The 11th Ezo Spruce Summit 🌲】 For two days from tomorrow (September 6th and 7th), the Aka Ezo spruce Summit will be ✨ Held in in Kawayu Onsen The first day will be held at the Kawayu hometown Museum, and the second day will be held at the Kawayu Visitor Center, and we will talk about the theme of "Forest × Food". CAFE SOFTWOOD on the 2nd floor of the Kawayu Visitor Center also offers Ezo spruce herbal tea (limited quantity, ¥690-)! You can enjoy ☕️✨ a special Ezo spruce herbal tea that you can't usually taste Talking, learning, smelling, tasting... Let's touch the 🌲 ❣️ depth of Ezo spruce

Why don't you walk with us? 【Eastern Hokkaido Trail & Train Monitor Tour】 "Trail & Train" walking along the Senmo Main Line is a long trail project where you can enjoy the path = trail in Nature. Outbound, enjoy the scenery on foot, and relax by train on the return. Adult and children alike can enjoy this new style of travel. You are also welcome to participate for just one day! If you would like to participate in the Traditional Japanese straw raincoat of the day, please select the Course you would like to participate in and indicate in the "Concerns" column what day you would like to attend. ・Organizer・ JR Senmo Main Line Maintenance and Revitalization Executive Committee Secretariat Hokkaido Takarajima Travel Agency Co., Ltd. Travel Sales Department / Amaike, Suzuki (Kaori) Mail at-info@hokkaido-takarajima.com Tel 011-252-2115 【Information on the exchange meeting】 In addition, in conjunction with the monitor tour, we planned an exchange meeting with the people of the town. The Hokkaido Higashi Trail is a 410km walking journey that connects three national parks and towns. It just opened in October 2024, but we are exploring the possibilities with the aim of creating local fans and tourism that makes the town happy. Interested parties in trails, those who want to walk, those who are active in tourism, and those who are warming up to collaboration ideas, let's talk together. ・Inquiries・ Hokkaido Trail Club Mail admin@dototrail.com Tel 080-2128-7689

【Early morning hot air balloon experience】 The other day, I participated in an early morning hot air balloon experience! Unfortunately, the sky was cloudy on this day, but it was a special time with ✨ an extraordinary scenery that you can not usually enjoy Fresh and exciting moments that emerged 😆 softly The early morning hot air balloon experience is Held in until September 30th! Traditional Japanese straw raincoat reservations will be held basically during the winter period, so if you would like to experience it individually, please held in it this 🌤️ month. For details, please contact Tokachi Nature Center! 【Contact】 Tokachi Nature Center 0155-32-6116

"National Treasure Markets of the Northern Great Earth" Held in on September 14 (Sun) and 15 (Mon)!! To commemorate the Held in of the exhibition "National Treasures of the Northern Great Earth: Thoughts of People Beyond Time", which is currently Held in in Engaru Buried Cultural Property Center, we will Held in "National Treasures of the Northern Great Earth market". This Events commemorates the valuable exhibition of Hokkaido's two major national treasures, "Hokkaido Shirataki Archaeological Site Excavations" and "Hollow Clay Figurines (Replicas)", and thoroughly enjoys national treasures that transcend time. There are also goods sales and workshops by Jomon creators, sales of Hakodate Jomon Sweets, and Stalls of creators and food and drink booths in the In the town. Also, on Sunday the 14th, there will be a local quiz contest with ♪ a large gathering of characters from the Flower Migration area (Monta, Picolo, Chupit, Anji-kun, and Princess Lingonberry) Please come and visit us for two days with a lot of content! Date: September 14 (Sun) 10:00-16:00, September 15 (Mon) 10:00-15:00 Location: Engaru Buried Cultural Property Center, Shirataki Geopark Exchange Center, etc.

🐟Scene 🐟 of Totrode on 9/1 (Mon) The Water was a little muddy due to the continuous rain, but ... There were a lot of salmon going upstream! ✨ The sight of them swimming one after another is a 👀 masterpiece Of course, I don't know much about fish... It is a Spot that you can enjoy even if you say! The salmon upstream season is [around September to October], so please visit at this time!