Notice to visitors to the Tokachi Farm Birch Tree Avenue

The fields surrounding the birch avenue are vital agricultural land used for feed production and the propagation of forage crop seeds.
Please understand and cooperate by staying off the fields outside the tree-lined path.

An on-site map is attached for your reference.
You can also download the map from the Livestock Improvement Center Tokachi Farm official website > Farm Overview > Tourist Spots.

Please observe proper manners so everyone can enjoy a pleasant walk.

"Flower Migration Campaign in AEON MALL Asahikawa Nishi Let's go to Okhotsk in autumn!"

Held in ♪ Flower Migration Autumn Campaign
Events include the Broadcasting of Tourist Information in Okhotsk from autumn to winter. Drift ice exhibitions, Workshops, and Specialty sales will be held.
Of course, Yurukyara will also appear!
Please come and visit us ♪
Date & Time: August 30 (Sat) 10:00~18:00
Location: AEON MALL Asahikawa Nishi 1F Green Court
Yurukyara appearance time: 11:00, 14:00
* "Flower Migration" is a wide-area collaboration between Takinoue Town, Yubetsu Town, Monbetsu City, and Engaru Town, and Broadcasting the charm of Okhotsk, including flower tourism!

Kōfuku Station
Once an active stop on the former Japan National Railways Hiroo Line, Kōfuku Station has become a beloved “happiness spot.”💗
Just seeing the station name brings a smile, and visitors leave tickets with wishes and collect commemorative “Bound for Happiness” tickets.🎫✨
Stop by and make this a sweet memory of your trip.😊🚂💕

Autumn “Kurashi Tanoshiku Festival” is here! 🍁

Fresh local produce and seafood for sale 🍅🐟
Handmade crafts 🧶 Flea market 🛍
Enjoy gourmet food from kitchen cars 🍔✨
Plenty of hands-on activities too!

Come create end-of-summer memories with us 😊

📣 Saturday, August 30 and Sunday, August 31, 9:00–16:00
📍Kitoushi Forest (Nishi-5-go Kita 44, Higashikawa-cho)
🚗 Parking available
📞 Inquiries: 0166-82-2632 (Higashikawa Promotion Corporation)

This is a New Menu domestic beef teppan hamburger set 🍽
The two sauces you can choose from are 📌 demi-glace 📌 Japanese-style grated
We will ✨ serve it on a hot iron plate while playing a delicious sound
* This menu is available only at lunch time.

We hope 🌼 you will enjoy it as Gari

Kushiro Prince Hotel
Restaurant Top of Kushiro
11:45A. M. to 2:00 P.M. (L.O. 1:30 P.M.)

Nishiokoppe’s Test of Courage
A night spent in costume isn’t just about the Bon Odori.

In Nishiokoppe, the summer test of courage has recently become an annual tradition.

During summer vacation, the children gather starting in the early afternoon
for strategy meetings, making ghost costumes, a candy party, and bug hunting.

This day also happened to be the day a traveling bookstore from Shimokawa visited.
Pom overflowed with books and children.

In the evening came the long-awaited watermelon-splitting game.
When I was a child, many people used to give false directions so the watermelon wouldn’t get broken,
but the children in Nishiokoppe guided us properly.

After we finished eating, it was finally time to march around.

The people playing ghosts took their positions, and the rest of us
walked toward the elementary school and Forest Park.

They were more funny-costume scare actors than truly scary ghosts.

We strolled through the night town with a few laughs.
Along the way, the owner of Yukimichi Bookshop told a frightening story, but people listening dwindled as the tale went on.
I wonder how terrifying it really was.

When it got chilly, we held a handheld firework finale before saying goodbye!

There were so many fireworks everyone brought that people held them in both hands and tried lighting several sparklers at once.
Adults rekindled their inner child, and it was a delightful night.
Thanks to the kids who organized it!!
Thanks also to the support from teens and adults.

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Summer vacation
#Test of courage
#Summer night
#Watermelon-splitting
#Fireworks
#Travelling Yukimichi Bookshop
#August 18th

It's been a month since I first used an SLR.
It still takes a lot of 📸 practice

Isshito Garden Cafe
Let me introduce a pâtisserie with a café near Satsunai Station🍰

Their soft-serve is incredibly rich!
The photo shows the standard type, but their “Crunchy Nut Cream Puff Soft-Serve” is also popular here✨
Customers praise the contrast between the toasty nut crunch and the creamy soft-serve!

The ongoing “Soft-Serve Rally” is now in its final stretch. There’s still time to join🍦

If you visit the Satsunai area, be sure to drop by!

Fun and Camping at Forest Park!
Three Days During Obon
At Forest Park, to mark the 100th anniversary of the village opening
we ran an "Everything 100 Yen" campaign!

Camping was 100 yen per night
and every playground ride cost 100 yen per go!

Hours were extended by two hours,
so for three days visitors could play until 6:30 p.m.

Go-karts kept racing nonstop,
and the batting center never stopped sounding with hits.

Because the event overlapped with Bon dance season,
many people used the campground.

On the third and final day of the 100-yen campaign,
we also held a PET BOTTLE ROCKET event!

Participants assembled PET BOTTLES into rockets,
filled them with water, attached them to the launcher,
pulled the trigger and launched them!

Cheers rose as the rockets flew powerfully through the air.

Even when water splashed on them,
children squealed with delight and had a great time.

Thank you for visiting Forest Park!
The season is still ongoing.

We look forward to your next visit!

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Forest Park
#Summer
#Everything 100 Yen
#Play
#Camping

Scenes of family and relatives playing in the beautiful sea of Japan! !!

The other day at Es Con Field, I promoted Otofukecho!
The mascot character for the 2027 National Wagyu Ability Competition, 'Wagyuri', was a huge hit✨🐮
I was also very happy to hear that so many people know about Tokachigawa Onsen😊♨️
Please continue to support Otofukecho and Tokachigawa Onsen!

"Mura Okoshi Festival 2025"
This year’s Mura Okoshi Festival
is on Sunday, August 31, 2025!

From 10:00 to 15:00 at the Forest Park
*In case of rain, it will be held at Nishiokoppe Village Indoor Multipurpose Gymnasium*

Celebrating its 42nd edition this year
with a live performance by singer-songwriter Miyako Hansaki!

The event will be emceed by Kana Morino, a personality from HBC Asahikawa Broadcasting Station!

Other highlights include a performance by the junior high school brass band, Nishiokoppe Wenshiri Taiko, and an act by the group Fake' z to liven up the day.

Interactive attractions include the lumberjack race to see who can cut through a log fastest and the Drink-Bang-Bang-Born contest using locally produced milk.

There will also be a big lottery, so please enjoy the event all the way to the end.

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Mura Okoshi Festival
#Summer
#100th Anniversary of Village Founding
#Miyako Hansaki
#Kana Morino
#August 31"

The long-closed “phantom roadway” Chobochinai Route will reopen for a limited time again this year.
The Chobochinai Route, long closed to traffic, will open a little earlier than usual this year!
📅 Friday, August 22, 2025, from 11:00 AM

■ What the phantom roadway is
This road is an extremely limited route that is usually passable for only about one month, from mid-September to mid-October.
It is called the “phantom roadway” because it can be used only when the water level falls to its lowest.
Early October in particular coincides with peak autumn foliage, drawing many visitors from both inside and outside the route.

📌 Open section
Dodo Route 1116 (Chobochinai Gate to Higashikawa-kita 7-sen Gate)

📅 Opening date and time
From 11:00 AM on Friday, August 22, 2025
※ The schedule may change or be canceled due to weather or road conditions.
※ The start of the winter closure period is undecided at this time.

🚧 Cautions
There are no maintained sidewalks, and some sections are narrow.
Please take extra care with vehicle passing, sharp curves, and road surface conditions.

Enjoy the nature of Higashikawa while driving safely.

PS. The photos were taken in past years.

Bon Odori Alive with Costumes and Food Stalls
Nishiokoppe Village’s Bon Odori takes place each year
in the Kamiokoppe area on August 14 and in the Nishiokoppe area on August 15.

You can enjoy Bon Odori in the village for two days.

Each day features different food stalls,
so deciding what to eat is part of the excitement.

Children’s Bon Odori and the Hokkai Bon Uta
Both have about 30 minutes set aside for dancing.

If you plan to keep dancing, you need a lot of stamina…!
Those in costume especially worked up a sweat.
Thank you for your impressive costumes!

Summer nights are lively and uplifting.


#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Bon Odori
#Summer
#Costumes
#Food stalls

📍Tokachi Ranch Observation Deck (Otofukecho)
I visited the Tokachi Ranch Observation Deck recently🐎
That day I was lucky enough to see a large movement of horses!
Watching them gallop past right in front of me was breathtaking and full of power!
Against the vast landscape and blue sky, it was a moment that felt truly like Tokachi🌿

[Notice] Iwanai Bar-Hopping Tournament 🍺
Starts Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 7:00 PM

Event flow ⇩
・18:15 — Registration at the plaza in front of the Iwanai Regional Culture Center
Exchange your ticket course voucher for the course map
・19:00–20:30 — Bar-hopping starts 🍺
Visit the four venues listed on the course map♪
・20:30 — "Grand Lottery"
A grand lottery will be held at the plaza in front of the Iwanai Regional Culture Center!

The grand prize is a shared dining voucher worth 100,000 yen for participating stores❗️❗️
1st prize is a dining voucher worth 50,000 yen
2nd prize and below will also receive luxurious prizes

Advance tickets (4,000 yen) are sold at the following locations ⇩
1. Participating bar-hopping venues (listed on the flyer)
2. Iwanai Chamber of Commerce
3. Iwanai Tourism Association (Roadside Station Iwanai)
4. Iwanai Rakza
5. Kaneta Yoshida Kamaboko Shop

Thank you in advance 🙇

Organizer: Iwanai Restaurant Association

This is 📨 a guide to the Accommodation Plan to enjoy Omu Town in autumn

The plan of "Okhotsk Hot Spring Hotel Hinodemisaki", which boasts 100% Hot Spring of Minamoto springs and Okhotsk view in all rooms, is now ♨️ on sale
Why don't you relax and enjoy Okhotsk with the Hotel that ranks high in satisfaction on each travel site?
For dinner, in addition to a hamayaki dinner at Yubu-style BBQ "Yakidoko", we have also prepared a special optional plan (separate fee) that you can enjoy only because it is the best season for salmon.

If you Use airport Monbetsu Okhotsk, there is a flight ticket subsidy of up to 10,000 yen.
There are also 🚌 Pick up and drop off buses between airport ⇔ Hotel

5 pairs each day are on a first-come, first-served basis

Please Contact ☎️ your Interested parties to the Mombetsu Tourist Information Center Travel Center
Mombetsu Tourist Information Center Travel Center
TEL:0158-23-3100
Business hours: 9:00-17:00
Closed on Sundays and Holidays

Announcement 📢 of the start of product sales

Relocated to the regional exchange center
Two months have passed.
We are always grateful for your support and lively activities.

This time, at the Window
Furusato Nozei has also been well received in "Shizuku, touring"
We will sell a mountain map that closes up only Mount Tomuraushi.

"Shizuku, Circulating"
It is a pure and high-quality natural mineral water from Shintoku Town, a water source town surrounded by the Hidaka Mountains and the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group.
◼︎ Nutritional information (in 100ml)
Energy 0kcal
Protein 0g
Fat 0g
Carbonic Water 0g
Sodium 0.69mg
(Salt equivalent: 0g)
Calcium 0.64mg
Magnesium 0.1mg
Potassium 0.1 mg
Hardness 1.70mg (soft water)
pH value8.7
It goes well with coffee and tea, as well as cold tea (water brew).
Well-chilled, frozen, and room temperature are available 💁 ♀️
If you like it, you can purchase it with Furusato Nozei, so please enjoy it.
1 bottle ¥100

"Mount Tomuraushi Climbing Map"
Mount Tomuraushi is a mountain with an elevation of 2.141 m located on the border between Omote Daisetsu and Todai Setsu, and is called "Daisetsu no Inner Courtyard".
Mountain map specializing in access from Shintoku Town
(In the town Accommodation Information, guides, and Information such as where to buy Portable Toilet are also listed.)
can only be purchased In the town.
Please use it for memories of your trip and mountain climbing plans.
1 piece ¥300

We look 💁 ♀️ forward to seeing you

#Hokkaido
#Tokachi
#Shintoku Town
#Shintoku
#Natural Mineral Water
#Shizuku, Circling
#Water
#Mountain Map
#Mount Mount Tomuraushi
#Table heavy snow
#Todaisetsu
#Hidaka Mountains
#Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group
#Shintoku Tourism Association
#Shintoku Station
#Station front Complex facility
#tuktuk
##hokkaido
#hokkaidotrip
#hokkaidotourism
#tourism
#tokachi
#shintoku
#welcomeshintoku
#discovershintoku

Lake Utonai on a clear, calm August day ✨
Enjoy the spectacular view from the Lake Utonai observation facility!
(Image courtesy of Roadside Station Lake Utonai)

This is a meyer cat taken at Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo City, Hokkaido in July.
It was impressive to see him leaning against the glass in the severe heat of Japan.
Animals are hot, too!

Event and Call for Participants📣

On Saturday, September 20th, we will hold the “Mt. Memuro Climb” to celebrate the first anniversary of the designation of the Hidaka Mountain Range, Erimo, and Tokachi as a national park 😊

This climb takes place on Mt. Memuro, which spans Shimizu and Hidaka towns🎵🎵

Why not take this opportunity to challenge one of Hokkaido’s 100 Famous Mountains, Mt. Memuro⛰
Enjoy nature, relieve daily fatigue, and refresh both body and mind!!

We look forward to your participation 🤗

📌Schedule
6:00 Gather at Shimizu Town Hall Mikage Branch (transfer to the trailhead by microbus)

7:30 Planned start of climb

📍Who can join: Physically fit hikers (if we judge that a participant cannot reach checkpoints in time, they may be asked to stop partway)

📍Capacity: 30 people (lottery if applications exceed capacity)

📍Attire: Standard hiking gear (including rainwear)

📌How to apply: By Tuesday, August 26, 2025, please call the contact below and submit the application form.

📍Contact
Mt. Memuro Climb Executive Committee Office (Shimizu Town Hall Commerce and Tourism Division)
Phone: 0156-62-1156

https://www.town.shimizu.hokkaido.jp/section/08/details/post_72.html

🎆 Shintoku Fireworks Festival 🎆
🎇 "Brilliant Night" 🎇

Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025
Time: 17:00 - Venue
　　　 19:00 - Launch start
Venue: Shintoku Town Baseball Stadium

* In case of rain, it will be postponed to Sunday 24th.
　In that case, it will be announced on the Shintoku Town website at 10:00.

Stalls of 6 stores in the In 💁 ♀️ the town
　@ramen_miurashouten
　@rocky_kitchencar
　@yuka_cyoko
　@hokkohmilk
　@tasogare_na_showashokudo
　#Koyanagi Foods

Delicious ramen, yaki Soba noodles, frankfurters and sweet desserts are all available in Shintoku Town 😋!
In addition, there is a bingo tournament limited to junior high school students and younger.
There is also a 🎷 brass band performance

There will also be a countdown from 19:00 to launch. We look 🎆 forward to seeing the venue lively from everyone

#Hokkaido
#Tokachi
#Shintoku Town
#Shintoku
#Fireworks Festival
#Brilliant Night
#2025
#Shintoku Tourism Association
#Shintoku Station
#Station front Complex facility
#tuktuk
##hokkaido
#firework
#hokkaidotrip
#hokkaidotourism
#tourism
#tokachi
#shintoku
#welcomeshintoku
#discovershintoku

🌳 Today at the “Tokachi Ranch Birch Avenue” 🌳

This birch avenue in Otofukecho has been designated a “beautiful forest.”
Right now the leaves have turned a deep green, and the contrast of the blue sky with the white trunks is strikingly beautiful.🍃

Come experience this Tokachi-only landscape in person!

Aina: "I'm full... Next time, I'll play with a wooden stick."

Here are some recommended winter experiences.

This private tour grants special access to Japan’s largest public ranch, which closes for the winter. On this fully booked private tour, the ranch becomes a vast snowy plain and you will travel to the summit in a 4WD vehicle fitted with crawler tyres.

At the summit, you can go snowshoeing, ride snowmobiles, play in the snow, or simply do nothing at all. The tranquil private setting helps relax the body and mind and supports improved concentration and cognitive function.
Enjoy this extraordinary environment at your own pace.

For lunch, you will savor Tokachi Naita Wagyu while gazing over the Tokachi Plain.
This well-marbled Wagyu is known for its light, melt-in-your-mouth texture and refined flavor.

If you are interested, please apply via the URL below.


Here are some recommended winter experiences.

This private tour grants special access to Japan’s largest public ranch, which closes for the winter. On this fully booked private tour, the ranch becomes a vast snowy plain and you will travel to the summit in a 4WD vehicle fitted with crawler tyres.

At the summit, you can go snowshoeing, ride snowmobiles, play in the snow, or simply do nothing at all. The tranquil private setting helps relax the body and mind and supports improved concentration and cognitive function. Enjoy this extraordinary environment at your own pace.

For lunch, you will savor Tokachi Naita Wagyu while gazing over the Tokachi Plain.
This well-marbled Wagyu is known for its light, melt-in-your-mouth texture and refined flavor.

If you are interested, please apply via the URL below.

https://slow-life-hokkaido.com/tour/naitai-highland-farm-snow-safari-wagyu-lunch/

Komu Museum of Art’s Wood Play Experience Market
A workshop festival celebrating the village’s 100th anniversary
The “Wood Play Experience Market” was held
at Komu Museum of Art!

Vendors from across Hokkaido gathered
for a hands-on making event using wood and natural materials.

When the museum opened at 10:00, visitors came to the event space without pause.

We offered six experiences.

Make a wooden kaleidoscope
Make a wooden clock
Make BUG BUG from nuts and seeds
Make wooden brooches and keychains
Make a wood shaker
Make mushroom magnets.

@do.mono
@tek_toys

Visitors chose beads and peered into the finished kaleidoscopes,
walked around with insects made from acorns and pipe cleaners,
and shook bean-filled wood shakers.

On the clock faces, participants decorated not only numbers but many other embellishments.

In one corner, poisonous-looking mushrooms and irresistibly cute mushrooms sprouted in abundance.

Animal keychains and brooches, each with its own expression, were adorable.

Many people didn’t stop at just one experience but walked around to multiple booths, which made us very happy 😆

Including the reception staff, the day brought together people skilled in wood education and woodcraft 🏋️🏋️🏋️

Thanks to the staff who watched over and supported the participants, it became a truly lovely time ✨

Thank you very much!!!

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Komu Museum of Art
#Summer
#Wood Play Experience Market
#Hands-on experience
#Workshop
#Woodworking
#Making things
#Woody Summer School
#August 2

We would like to introduce our recommended agricultural experience.

This tour lets you discover the appeal of our signature products: beans and fresh vegetables.

You will visit a farm that independently cultivates a variety of beans, including rare types. While walking through fields normally closed to the public, you will hear about the careful methods used to grow beans and take part in everyday farm work.
You will also create an original spice blend that pairs well with beans, and prepare onigiri, an essential part of Japanese food culture, for lunch.

In the afternoon, you will visit a vegetable farm and experience crops from a farmer’s perspective.
In the evening, you will assemble hamburgers using a range of vegetables and compare the flavors of fried potatoes made from different potato varieties, a signature local product. Enjoy the distinctive tastes of each potato.

For more details, please visit the URL below.


We would like to introduce our recommended agricultural experience.

This tour allows you to learn about the appeal of our representative products, “beans” and “fresh vegetables.”

You will visit a farm that grows various beans, including rare varieties, on its own. While strolling through fields you normally cannot enter, you will hear stories about the careful cultivation of beans and try the day-to-day fieldwork the farmers do.
You will make an original spice mix that pairs with beans and, for lunch, make onigiri, a staple of Japanese food culture.

In the afternoon, you will visit a vegetable farm and engage with crops from the farmer’s viewpoint.
In the evening, you will make hamburgers combining various vegetables and taste-test fried potatoes made from different potato varieties, a representative product of the region. Enjoy the differences in potato flavor.

For details, please see the URL below.

https://slow-life-hokkaido.com/tour/tokachi-beans-and-vegetable-farms-gastronomy-tour/

At the summer festival in Obihiro City
Fireworks festival and Bon Dancing every year
Various events are held.
Street performances are one of them.

Performer SYO!'s
Performance.

When Obon is over, Hokkaido
It becomes autumn-like all at once.

Today the sky over Otofukecho opened up bright and clear🔆
A hot air balloon rose, and I found myself staring in fascination…!!
On a day like this, the Hidaka Mountains must be sharply visible, offering a spectacular view👀🗻

Here are some recommended eco-friendly tours.

This is a two-day, one-night trip where you can experience organic farming that is gentle on the environment and your body.

You will visit wine producers and farmers who practise organic farming, and see their farms where they grow their produce with care and attention, relying on the power of nature without using any chemical fertilisers or pesticides.

You will enjoy tasting different organic wines and lunch and dinner made with plenty of vegetables, and experience the difference in flavour.
Accommodation is in ‘glamping,’ a unique outdoor experience in Tokachi.

The next day, you will create eco-friendly upcycled products using discarded vegetable peels and participate in traditional Japanese paper-making.

This organic experience offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on the environment and health. We aim for participants to connect with producers they wouldn't normally meet, learn about the care and thought behind the ingredients, and savour the distinctive flavours of these foods.
Through this experience, we hope participants will gain new insights and values, leading to a healthier and more fulfilling lifestyle.

Those interested may apply via the URL below.

We introduce a selection of eco-friendly tours.

This is a one-night, two-day trip where you can experience organic cultivation that is gentle on both the environment and the body.
You will visit wine and agricultural producers who practise organic farming, touring farms where they cultivate with dedication and care, relying on nature without any chemical fertilisers or pesticides. You will sample organic wines, enjoy lunch and dinner abundant in vegetables, and savour the difference in taste.
Accommodation is glamping, a signature outdoor experience in Tokachi. The next day you will make eco-conscious upcycled products, using discarded vegetable peels, and take part in traditional Japanese papermaking.

This organic experience provides a great chance to reconsider the environment and health. We hope participants meet producers they would not normally encounter, learn about the passion behind the ingredients, and taste thoughtfully produced food. Through the experience, participants can gain new discoveries and values that lead to a healthier, richer life.

If you are interested, please apply via the URL below.

https://slow-life-hokkaido.com/tour/tokachi-organic-farms-and-glamping-premium-tour/