🎊🏒 From January 27 the "National Sports Festival" will be held! ⛸️🎊 The country's largest sporting celebration, the "National Sports Festival," runs from Saturday, January 27 to Saturday, February 3 at various venues across Tomakomai. 🥳 It used to be called the "National Athletic Meet," but a change in the law renamed it the "National Sports Festival." 💁‍♀️ To mark the event, we are selling a limited-edition "National Sports Festival 2024 acrylic key holder"! 📢⚡ They are now on sale at the tourist information center and other locations!! ✨

Happy New Year!! Happy New Year to you all!! 😊 At the tourist information center, we are proudly selling the Tomachop Lucky Bag!! 🙋‍♀️ This lucky bag is filled with many new and popular items and is offered at an affordable price!! We look forward to welcoming many visitors again this year!! ✨

🎍‥∵‥‥∵‥‥∵‥‥∵‥🎁 Gift Campaign 🎁‥∵‥‥∵‥‥∵‥‥∵‥🎍 Nothing says New Year like this! 🌄 A special New Year’s gift giveaway from Tomachop is now live exclusively on X (formerly Twitter) ✨🥳 For full entry details, see the pinned post on Tomachop Official (@tomachop_822) 💁‍♀️ We look forward to many entries!! 😆📢

The hit series “Uma Musume Pretty Derby” has teamed up with Tomakomai’s famous sweet “Yoi Tomake”!! Sansei’s “Yoi Tomake” appears in a collaboration package!! 🥳🎉 On the side of the package, Tomakomai tourism ambassadors Uma Musume “Hokko Tarumae” and Tomachop appear together in a photo!! 💖 The inner package features a profile of “Hokko Tarumae,” so if you’re curious, please visit Tomakomai!! 📢⚡ Available at the Tomakomai Tourist Information Center as well! 🙋‍♀️ Uma Musume Pretty Derby Yoi Tomake Hokko Tarumae Ver. Price: 780 yen (tax included) Where to buy: Sansei and Tomakomai Tourism Association

Komu Christmas Saturday, December 2 was a day when Morino Bijutsukan 'komu' opened its doors free of charge! Children gathered from inside and outside the village and enjoyed performances such as a concert by Nishiokoppe junior high school brass band and a puppet-theater circle Doremi including handbell performances. There was also a collaboration between Setoushi-kun and Santa Claus!! During the early music and piano session visitors could try tuning and see a piano played with its outer case removed, creating an exciting time even for adults. Komu's interior is decorated for Christmas, so please take a look when you stop by.

■━━━━━━━━━━□ ┃ New Product Information ┃ □━━━━━━━━━━■ New "Tomachop" goods have arrived!! ✨🥳 We have a large blanket, a lightweight, pleasantly textured bamboo cup that feels great to the touch, and five different masking tapes!! 👏 These items are useful in this cold season, and we can ship them to other regions, so please consider ordering if you’re interested!! 🙋‍♀️ For details, apply via the "Tomakomai Tourism Association" website through the "Tomachop Goods" banner! 💻

On Thursday, November 23rd, we held the "Flower Walking Campaign in AEON MALL Asahikawa Nishi". The Flower Tour is a wide-area collaboration in one city and three towns, Engaru Town, Takigami Town, Yubetsu Town, and Monbetsu City, to promote the tour route of flowers and other tourism materials, and this is the third campaign at AEON MALL Asahikawa Nishi. This time, the event was co-sponsored by the "Okhotsk Tourism Federation" and co-sponsored by the "Sounkyo Okhotsk Scenic Byway". In addition to selling local specialties, there was an exhibition of drift ice, a panel exhibition, a large gathering of characters, and in Engaru Town, there was also an "obsidian accessory making experience" and "Cosmos Overlapping Stamp". It was a great success throughout the day, and it was a very exciting event. Thank you very much for coming.

🎄Only a little left of this year…🎍 There is just one month remaining this year 😞 The Tomakomai Tourism Association is selling the “Tomachop Desk Calendar 2024”!! 📅 You can slot it into the separately sold “Tomachop Wooden Stand” and display it!! ✨ How about this calendar for next year?? We are happily accepting regional shipping orders!! 🙋‍♀️ *＼!! Limited quantity available!! ／* [ Tomachop Desk Calendar 2024 ] 880 yen (tax included) ・A5 size (7 sheets) [ Tomachop Wooden Stand ] 880 yen (tax included) ・Length 220 mm × Height 35 mm × Width 25 mm ・Groove width approx. 2 mm, depth approx. 15 mm ・Material: Natural wood (sourced from Hokkaido)

Hello! I'm Mōru-chan💕 How are you spending your Sunday? Whether you're off or working, soothe your everyday fatigue in the mall hot spring♨️

🦢 Tomachop merchandise is now on sale! 🦢 You can also purchase official Tomachop merchandise (Tomakomai City's official mascot) on the Tomakomai Tourism Association website! 💁‍♀️ We offer a wide variety of items — please check them out if you're interested! 😊✨

🎉🎂Today is Tomachop’s birthday!!🎁✨ Tomakomai City’s official character, Tomachop, celebrates a birthday!🎉 Tomachop! Congratulations!😊🎁 Please continue to support Tomakomai City and Tomachop!!💁‍♀️ (Age: forever about 5 years old🦢)

🔎Would you like to hunt for rare manhole covers?🔍 Various types of manhole covers are installed throughout Tomakomai City! A little-known favorite, the “manhole card” features a Tomachop design among its registered covers!💁‍♀️ On weekdays they are distributed at Tomakomai City Hall, and on weekends and public holidays at Cocotoma Cafe, so if you’re curious, give collecting them a try!😊✨ 【 Tomakomai City Hall 】 Distribution location: 3F, North Government Building, Tomakomai City Hall, 4-5-6 Asahimachi, Tomakomai City, Hokkaido 053-8722 Phone: 0144-32-6111 (main) Distribution hours: 8:45 AM–5:15 PM (weekdays only) 【 Cocotoma Cafe 】 Distribution location: 1F, Friend Building, 5-11-5 Omotecho, Tomakomai City, Hokkaido 053-0022 Phone: 0144-33-1534 Distribution hours: 10:00 AM–9:00 PM (weekends and public holidays only) Closed: New Year holidays (December 29–January 3) *Please note that the facility may be temporarily closed, so check with the venue before you visit.*

Hello! I’m Mōru-chan, the local mascot of TokachigawaOnsen! She’s a girl with a bean-shaped body patterned like a cow, a pig’s nose, and corn-shaped horns♡ She’s packed full of Tokachi’s charms 😍 This one was apparently made by a staff member of Otofuke town hall using small building blocks from a 100-yen shop! There’s also a hot-spring-steam version.

Tomorrow, Thursday, May 25, the German cruise ship Hanseatic Nature will call at Tomakomai West Port. 🚢✨ ・Estimated arrival: 5:30–6:00 ・Welcome ceremony: 11:00–11:30 ・Estimated departure: 22:30–23:00 For details, contact the Port and Business Promotion Division, Corporate Policy Office, Industrial and Economic Department, Tomakomai City. Phone: 0144-32-6438

Introducing the post of "Tomakomai Tourism Association / TOMAKOMAI" Cool Japan SNS official account! Tomakomai City's local character "Toma Chop" with a swan motif In the popular smartphone game "Uma Musume", there is a character of Tomakomai Tourism Ambassador, so Toma Chop is also familiar to many people.

Let us introduce Tomakomai City's local mascot!! This is the deputy city bird (fukushichou), Tomachop!! 🎉✨ Tomachop was born in 2011 from an idea by junior high students in Tomakomai City. The name combines things connected to Tomakomai City. Tomachop even appears in the smartphone game "Uma Musume" and is loved not only locally but across Japan 💖 Tomachop warmly looks forward to your visit!! 🎈🦢 ≪ Tomachop Profile ≫ ・ Name: Tomachop ・ Birthday: August 22 ・ Bird Age: Forever five years old (approximately) ・ Address: Utonai 053, Tomakomai City ・ Hometown: Lake Utonai ・ Hobbies: Skating, going out, and eating snacks (munch munch) ・ Favorite Food: Surf clam rice burger (hokkigai rice burger) ・ Special Skill: Chop ・∀・ノ ・ Future Dream: To become the mayor of Tomakomai City

Abashiri Tourist Association. Hokkaido's tourism PR character "Kyun-chan" came to Abashiri! Kyun-chan is an Ezonaki rabbit that lives in Hokkaido and is characterized by its ugly ears and dark eyes. To impress the feelings of what you see and touch with "Kyun" is the origin of Kyun-chan's name. In Abashiri, we boarded the drift ice breaker "Aurora" and enjoyed local gourmet, Abashiri champon, Okhotsukuzangi bowl, drift ice curry, drift ice soft, etc.!