The other day the weather was nice, so I went to the Avenue of white birch trees. The contrast of the blue sky, the snow, and the white birches is beautiful, isn’t it! You can enjoy the beauty of the Avenue of white birch trees in every season, so do visit and see for yourself 😊

Introducing the third installment of our alcohol tourism series 😊 On Saturday, January 17, 2026, we will host “Taste the Terroir (Day Trip): A Wine, Gin, and Beer Tasting Tour with a Choice of Lunch.” At Aizawa Winery, you will tour the vineyards and winery set in expansive nature and learn about the grapes and winemaking traditions nurtured by the Tokachi soil 🎵 At Tokachi Plain Distillery, known for its craft gin, you will observe the distillation process and sample its aromatic gins 😍 The tour concludes with lunch at CAFÉ＆BAR NUPKA 🍴 Pairing three drinks that color the journey—beer, wine, and gin—you will experience Tokachi’s craft alcohol culture with all five senses 🤗 https://tokachibare.jp/sake-museum/news/taxi-tour02-04/...

Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, December 14th, the 56th Hiroo Hair Crab Festival will take place😊 This is a gourmet event where you can savor plenty of Hiroo’s fresh seafood!! The main attraction is a live sale of boiled hair crab prepared in a two-meter cauldron!! You can also enjoy a hair crab speed-eating contest and delicious stalls offering snow crab miso soup, deep-fried shishamo smelt, seafood curry, and more🎵 At the direct-from-producer market you’ll find seasonal hair crab and shishamo, autumn salmon and hachikaku (sagefish), vegetables, and specialty products from Hiroo as well as local specialties from our sister cities Memuro Town and Saikai City in Nagasaki Prefecture, so please stop by if you like😀 The event’s finale is a fun raffle where Hiroo specialty products are awarded by lottery😍 Come and enjoy the flavors of the season🎶 It’s getting colder, so please dress warmly for the day🤗 https://hiroo-kanko.jp/2025/12/01/56-keganimatsuri/...

<Taiki Town urban area, the season’s first snowfall has arrived> Last night’s snow left a light dusting across the town center. This view comes from the newly completed Mt. Moiwa observation deck. You can still drive to the observation deck parking lot, but the forest road is not plowed, so deeper snow will make the site inaccessible by car.

The Tokachigawa Onsen Kohaku Night and Marche runs at Roadside Station Gardens Spa Tokachigawa Onsen through Sunday, December 7. Centered on the amber color of the mall hot spring, the event features a symbolic tree inspired by Tokachi’s nature, Tokachi sake and snacks, and daily-changing markets and live music. Come and visit us! 😊 Kohaku Night and Marche Period: November 1, 2025 – December 7, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM–9:00 PM Admission: Paid from 6:00 PM Adults: ¥1,500; Elementary school children: ¥600

Introducing the second round of Sake Tourism tours 😊 On Saturday, December 13, we will host “An Adult Winery Tour: Behind-the-Scenes Visit and Mini Course of Fine Food and Drink.” At Tokachigaoka Winery, you will tour areas of the winery that are not usually open to the public and compare two carefully crafted wines paired with cheese 🍷 At Ikeda Wine Castle, we will show you the winery and distillery production sites and give special access to areas normally closed to visitors 🎵 After the tours, enjoy a luxurious mini-course lunch ✨ You will taste small pours of wines paired with each dish and savor the marriage of food and wine 😍 This tour lets you “see, drink, and taste” winemaking and experience the depth of wine culture 🤗 https://tokachibare.jp/sake-museum/news/taxi-tour02-04/...

A viewing deck has been completed at Moiwa yama Forest Park. A viewing deck has been completed near the summit of Mowa-yama, located on the northern side of Taiki Town. Because snow removal does not take place during winter, your last chance to enjoy the panoramic views of the Hidaka Mountain Range is before the snowfall begins. Be sure to pay a visit!

Closed days in November. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

This morning the temperature dropped to minus 1°C, and the puddles in the parking lot had frozen over❄ You can now see snow on the Hidaka Mountains, and it looks like real winter is beginning☃ As the season gets colder, come and warm up at TokachigawaOnsen😊

SHINTOKU SHUTTLE BUS Shintoku Shuttle Bus —A shuttle bus linking the Shintoku town area and the Sahoro area— A free shuttle runs from Shintoku Station to the Sahoro Resort Area and from the Sahoro Resort Area back to Shintoku Station. Buses are available 🚌 Service runs nine times a day every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. After skiing or snowboarding, why not relax with a spa or the Tokachi sauna at Sahoro Resort, or enjoy the resort at Club Med Sahoro Hokkaido? If you’re staying in the Sahoro Resort Area, you can shop in Shintoku Town, stop by a cafe, or visit local restaurants, izakaya, and bars.💡 SHINTOKU SHUTTLE BUS How will you use it? ◇ From Thursday, December 4, 2025 to Thursday, February 26, 2026 ◆ Running every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday during this period ※ No service on December 30 and January 1–3 for the New Year holidays ◇ Departures and arrivals at Shintoku Station ※ Daytime services run to Sahoro Ski Resort Night services turn back at Club Med Sahoro Hokkaido 2025–2026 season Enjoy all the fun Shintoku Town has to offer 🏂⛷️🛷⛸️❄️⛄️🏔️

Otofuke has finished its autumn leaves, and winter is approaching. On this day, beams of light shone beautifully through gaps in the clouds. However, many people still litter at that lookout. Please take your trash home with you.

Introducing the first Sake Tourism tour 😊 On Saturday, November 29th, join “Experience the Blessings of Grapes!! Winery Tour and Grape Dyeing Workshop.” At Tokachi Makiba-no-Ie Winery, learn the winemaking process and taste three different wines. Afterwards, visit the dye studio nosome to try dyeing with grape canes and clusters left over from wine production at Tokachi Makiba-no-Ie Winery, and enjoy a moment that connects you with the cycle of the grape’s bounty. nosome has long extracted dyes from agricultural waste and used them for dyeing. Why not upcycle items languishing in your dresser by grape-dyeing them and create something truly one of a kind? https://tokachibare.jp/sake-museum/news/taxi-tour01/...

Grab a Tokachi Sake Travel Book and tour Tokachi’s wineries and breweries to collect original labels!! What is the Tokachi Sake Travel Book? It’s a keepsake booklet you use while touring Tokachi to collect and enjoy each winery’s and brewery’s original labels. There are four ways to enjoy the Sake Travel Book😍 1️⃣ Tour and enjoy The booklet introduces Tokachi’s wineries and breweries, places to drink, shops to buy from, and accommodations where you can drink and stay. Savor the drinks as you make this your Tokachi tour book. 2️⃣ Collect and enjoy When you purchase one or more bottles (any brand) at participating wineries or breweries, present the Sake Travel Book at the register to receive that winery’s or brewery’s original label as a gift🎁🎁 There are six designs inspired by each winery’s or brewery’s features😊 The booklet includes pages where you can stick each label✨ Make it your label-collecting book. 📌Participating wineries and breweries 📍Tokachi Wine (Ikeda Wine Castle) 📍Tokachi Makiba no Ie Winery 📍Tokachigaoka Winery 📍Memuro Winery 📍Aizawa Winery 📍Hekiun Kura 3️⃣ Record and enjoy Write down your trip notes, the drinks you tried, and the snacks or dishes you paired them with to create your own memory book. 4️⃣ Read and enjoy Read the tourism information about Tokachi’s drinks to learn more about the region. The Tokachi Sake Travel Book is distributed free of charge, so please pick one up and take a look🤗 The booklet and label distribution run from November 1 to February 20. https://tokachibare.jp/sake-museum/news/saketabi-techo/...

Taiki Town Autumn Foliage Update A maple tree near the gazebo in Hakurin Park is turning brilliant shades, creating a beautiful gradient of color 🍁 The rest of the park is expected to reach peak fall color a little later.

Event announcement 📣 The Hiroo Santa Land tree lighting ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 25, 2025 😊 This annual event is held at the sacred site of Hiroo Santa Land, Daimaruyama Forest Park, on the fourth Saturday of October 🎄🎄 On the day, a Christmas market and the Santa Land Sound Festival start at 2:00 PM, and the tree lighting ceremony begins at 5:00 PM 😍 About 150,000 lights and some 10,000 wooden lanterns in the park will illuminate at the signal, wrapping the area in a magical glow. Children in elementary school and younger will receive an early Christmas gift 🎁🎁 Fireworks will be launched after the lighting ceremony, sparkling brightly in the autumn night sky ✨✨ Come and enjoy the Christmas atmosphere if you can 🤗 Please wear warm clothing. Date and time: Saturday, October 25, 2025, 2:00 PM onwards Location: Daimaruyama Forest Park https://www.santaland.or.jp/40th-anniversary/...

Event Announcement📣 From Saturday, October 25 to Wednesday, October 29, the 56th Obihiro Chrysanthemum Festival will take place 😊 Over five days, a variety of events will unfold 🎶🎶 🔶October 25 – Student Day!! Enjoy student-focused events such as the elementary school calligraphy exhibition awards ceremony, high school calligraphy performance, and dance performances 🎵🎵 🔶October 26 – Art & Fantasy Day The schedule is packed with family-friendly attractions including a hero show, impressionist singing show, picture book readings, and an idol show 🎶🎶 🔶October 27 – Health & Culture Day You can watch health exercise sessions, a traffic safety outreach lecture, high school student showtime and live performances, and university and middle school students performing solo with guitar and voice 🎵🎵 🔶October 28 – Entertainment Day Enjoy a kayōkyoku (popular song) show by Kō-chan & Mamizō, street performances by performer RUI, a kayōkyoku show by Akari Mizumori, and hula dance among other attractions 🎶🎶 🔶October 29 – Music Day Immerse yourself in music with flute and guitar or flute and piano by Grazie 95, a guitar live by One-Man Digital Orchestra Harumi Sato All-Stars, and a kayō stage featuring popular songs 🎵🎵 🔷In addition, on October 25 Obihiro Agricultural High School will hold a local products sale, and on October 27 and 29 the film "The Talkative Photo Studio" will be screened, so please enjoy the many events on each day 🤗 https://obikan.jp/page-7621/page-7625/...

The trees surrounding the Tokachigaoka Park observatory have turned beautiful shades of red and orange🍁 Meanwhile, the ginkgo-lined streets in Otofuke Town add extra splendor to the autumn scenery✨ At the ginkgo avenue on Kino Kita Street in town, a limited-time illumination is being held! The final night of the illumination is tomorrow, October 24. Please enjoy this special seasonal sight while it lasts🍂

Continuing our garden introduction 🍁🍁 Rokkatei Art Village and Rokka no Mori will close for the season on Sunday, October 26th 🎵🎵 At the garden of Rokkatei Art Village, the trees at the entrance and the tree-lined paths are turning red and yellow 🍂🍂 Stroll along the sleeper-plank promenade and enjoy the museums and the tunnel of autumn leaves 😍 At Rokka no Mori, galleries such as the Naoyuki Sakamoto Memorial Hall, the Drawing Hall, and the Wrapper Paper Gallery wrapped in Rokkatei’s packaging paper sit scattered through the grounds 😊While exploring the gardens, please also enjoy the galleries alongside the autumn scenery 🎵🎵 https://www.rokkatei.co.jp/facilities/%e4%b8%ad%e6%9c%ad%e5%86%85%e7%be%8e%e8%a1%93%e6%9d%91/...

Introducing the gardens 🍁🍁🍁 The autumn foliage season has arrived, and Obihiro city is turning red and yellow 😊 📌 Manabe Garden The “Autumn Thanksgiving Festival” is taking place on October 18th and 19th. Various events are planned, including a rare special opening of the inside of Shinsenkaku and live performances by singer-songwriters. Foreign maples in the garden are at their peak, and Japanese maples will start changing color soon!! The café offers “Risu-fuwa-yaki,” a fluffy pastry stamped with a squirrel, a cute sweet treat 😍 Staff recommend the pumpkin flavor—please enjoy one after your stroll if you like 🎵 📌 Shichiku Garden Several varieties of colorful dahlias are in full bloom, brightening the garden!! The trees are also turning red and yellow, so there’s still more autumn color to enjoy 🍁🍁 There’s a Halloween ghost at the photo spot, so be sure to take a commemorative picture together 😍 📌 Tokachi Hills The entrance trees are turning red 🍁🍁 Blue salvia blooms vividly throughout the garden, creating a beautiful contrast of blue, red, and yellow 😍 From October 20th to 31st, the “HALLOWEEN GARDEN” will run 🎵 Enjoy the Halloween decorations along with seasonal events ✨✨

Event Announcement📣 The 30th Churui Dontokoi Village Festival will take place 😊 The program opens with a Nauman drum performance, followed by Tsugaru shamisen by the Ishiguro Group, the Jibasan-ders Stage Show, a mimicry act, and a popular song show—an array of lively stage performances to enjoy 🎵🎵 You can also try firefighting experiences, see a police car display, and savor Churui specialties such as lily bulbs and Wagyu beef on sale, so there’s plenty of local gourmet to enjoy!! The finale features a prize lottery and a bread-throwing event 😍 Bring your family and friends and come join us 🤗 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–14:00 📍Location: Special venue in front of the Naumann Elephant Memorial Museum, Churui (event proceeds in light rain) https://www.town.makubetsu.lg.jp/kankosangyo/kankoevent/event/15185.html...

Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, October 19, the Sarabetsu Furusato Hall will host the “Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival”! 😊 The Great Harvest Festival invites many visitors to savor local flavors while promoting Sarabetsu’s agricultural and livestock products and specialty goods. 🎵🎵 Celebrating the bounty of the land, Sarabetsu’s most delicious offerings come together!! The JA Sarabetsu Youth Division will sell produce such as May Queen potatoes, onions, azuki beans, and burdock, and will offer popular collaborative menu items, collaborative sweets, and the craft beer “Sarabetsu Furue-ru.” 🥔🧅🫘🍺 Sarabetsu Agricultural High School will sell student-made sweets, including nata de coco panna cotta called “Sarakotta,” and a new product, “Saranouban Curry.” 🍛 At the food booths, the Chamber of Commerce Women’s Division and various vendors will offer special dishes made with local ingredients. Highlights include Sarabetsu wagyu steaks and the proud large-pot dish “Sarabetsu Wagyu Mushroom Soup,” supervised and demonstrated by Chef Mabuchi of Mugine. 😍 There’s more to enjoy: a gourmet stamp rally, a prize lottery, and a big-eating and talk live show by Angela Sato, among many attractions! A dog run will be set up in one corner of the venue. Please use it responsibly under your own supervision, observe manners, and refrain from bringing dogs into the food booth area—cooperation with the rules is appreciated. Packed with fun activities, the Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival is a perfect outing—please come with friends and family and join us at the venue! 🤗 📌A temporary free round-trip shuttle bus will run from the Town Hall parking lot to the venue for your convenience. 🚌 (9:30–14:00) 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–14:00 📍Location: Special event area at Sarabetsu Furusato Hall 📌Inquiries Sarabetsu Great Harvest Festival Executive Committee, Secretariat TEL: 0155-52-2211 (inside Sarabetsu Furusato Hall) https://www.sarabetsu.jp/sightseeing/event/shukakusai/...

Event Announcement 📣 The 23rd Shihoro Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, October 19, 2025 😊 Enjoy an autumn market selling agricultural and livestock products, processed goods, and local specialties, along with the Shihoro Taste Market offering Shihoro beef loin cut steaks, oshiruko (sweet red bean soup with mochi), and udon, plus all-you-can-fill bag deals for potatoes and onions to savor the flavors of fall 🧅🥔 The festival also features a timed challenge to eat an exact weight called the “Eat and Match the Weight” game, a “Eat and Win!! Grand Lottery,” the Calbee Quiz Rally, and many other attractions 🎵🎵 *For each meal purchased at the Shihoro Taste Market, you will receive one lottery ticket.* We look forward to welcoming many visitors 🤗 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 19, 2025, 10:00–13:30 📍Location: Shihoro Town Rural Sports Park, Special Event Area 📌Contact Shihoro Harvest Festival Executive Committee TEL: 01564-5-5220 (Shihoro Town Hall Industrial Promotion Division) https://www.shihoro.jp/tourism/detail.php?content=1111...

Event Announcement📣 The wood-filled event “Tree Festival in Honbetsu KIDAKE,” held every year on a Saturday in mid-October, will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2025🌲🌲😊 Set among the trees at Shizuyama Camp Village, this wood education event invites visitors to touch wood, play with wood, and be captivated by wood!!😍 Woodworking artists from across Hokkaido will showcase their creations, and you can enjoy a variety of wood-based activities such as coaster and xylophone workshops, wooden bat batting experiences, mini house-building sessions, and food trucks—an outdoor shopping experience centered entirely on wood🪵🪵 There will also be live music and a log-cutting competition!!🎵🎵 As a special gift for visitors, the first 50 attendees will receive a log-grown shiitake mushroom spawn log🎁🎁 Come and savor the beauty of wood amid the lush greenery of Shizuyama Campground🤗 📍Date and Time: Saturday, October 18, 2025, 10:00–15:00 📍Location: Honbetsu Park, Shizuyama Camp Village, Campground No. 1 📌Contact Tree Festival in Honbetsu KIDAKE Executive Committee (Knaou Publishing Co., Ltd.) TEL: 0155-38-4188 https://www.town.honbetsu.hokkaido.jp/sightseeing/fes/details/tree_festival_in_kidake.html...

Event Announcement 📣 The 70th Iwanai Senkyo Autumn Leaves Festival will take place on Sunday, October 12th, 2025 😊 The program is packed with attractions, including a karaoke contest, a Yuu Oe kayō show, YOSAKOI Soran performances, a mountain-harvest grand bingo, and a vegetable weight-guessing quiz 🎵 You can also buy local farm produce such as grab-bag vegetables, and enjoy autumn flavors like charcoal-grilled chicken and jingisukan at the autumn food corner, with food trucks on site 😍 ※Karaoke contestants should register between 10:30 and 11:00, so please arrive early. Children are more than welcome to participate!! Applications will be accepted at the venue on the day. If there are many applicants, participants will be chosen by lottery, so please understand in advance. Please bring your karaoke CD (sound source). 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 12th, 2025, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM 📍Location: Iwanai Senkyo ※In case of rain, the opening ceremony and the kayō show will be held at the Kawanishi Agricultural Training Center starting at 12:00 PM. 🔶Special Shuttle Bus Information 🚌 📍Fare: Round-trip 3,000 yen (children half price) 📍Outbound: Departing Obihiro Station Bus Terminal at 9:20 AM 📍Return: Departing Iwanai Senkyo at 2:25 PM ※You can board at Tokachi Bus Head Office, Sanjo High School, Shirakaba-dori 19-jo, and Shirakaba-dori 16-jo stops. For bus reservations and inquiries TEL: 0155-23-5171 ※In case of rain, times and locations may change, so please inquire. We look forward to seeing you there 🤗 https://www.city.obihiro.hokkaido.jp/tourism/matsuri/1005852.html...

Introducing our rental bicycles 😊 We rent bicycles at the Eco Bus Center Rikuru inside Obikuru, the bus terminal at Obihiro Station 🎵 You can use them throughout the Tokachi region, so when you visit Obihiro, why not explore the town by rental bike as a way to get around and make travel memories 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️ 📍Rental period: April 26, 2025 – November 30, 2025 (The period may change depending on weather and other conditions) 📍Registration and pickup location Eco Bus Center Rikuru inside Obikuru at Obihiro Station bus terminal Tel: 0155-23-5920 Fax: 0155-23-5921 📍Hours of use: 9:30 AM–5:30 PM 📍Fees 🔶Folding bicycle From 400 yen per hour 🔶City bicycle From 300 yen per hour 🔶Electric city bicycle, electric sport bike From 600 yen per hour https://www.machicen.com/bicycle/...

Event Announcement📣 This year marks the 50th Autumn Harvest Festival, the "Umaissho Shintoku Daisetsu Festival" 😊 Enjoy the annual all-you-can-pack fresh local vegetables, a fruit sale from our sister city Higashine in Yamagata Prefecture, Shintoku’s specialty soba and grilled meat, plus stage shows and a lottery while savoring local ingredients 🎵 The stage show features a performance by the Shintoku Junior High School Brass Band and special appearances by artists connected to the town!! Local shops and a kei-truck market will also set up stalls to liven up the venue alongside the stage shows. Please come and enjoy this family-friendly event for all ages in the green setting of Kutchan Park 🤗 Date and Time: Sunday, October 5 — 10:00 to 14:00 Venue: Kutchan Park A free round-trip shuttle bus will operate 🚌 ※Free shuttle buses run from in front of the Shintoku Town Community Center and JR Shintoku Station. Departure: From Shintoku Town Community Center 9:30 / JR Shintoku Station 9:35 Return: From Kutchan Park 14:15 https://shintoku-town.net/spot/taisetsu-matsuri/...

Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, October 5, 2025, the special north-side venue of Roadside Station Nakasatsunai hosts the "Roadside Station Fair"! 😊 Experience pony-drawn carriage rides, street performances, and a wide range of hands-on and exhibition booths plus workshops!! We offer many popular programs, including the ever-popular "All-You-Can-Fill Fresh Vegetables" bag, a fun raffle, and "Peetan’s Rock–Paper–Scissors!" 🎵 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 5, 2025, 10:00–14:00 📍Venue: Roadside Station Nakasatsunai, north-side special venue 📌Pony carriage rides (paid) 📍Fee: 200 yen per person 📍Times: 10:00 — 60 people, 11:10 — 40 people 📌All-You-Can-Fill Fresh Vegetables (paid) 📍Price: 300 yen per bag ※One bag per person 📍Times: 11:00 and 13:00 — 70 bags available each session on a first-come, first-served basis 📌Fun Raffle Receive one coupon for every 500 yen spent at participating stores; two coupons allow entry to the raffle. 📍Raffle Time: 10:00–13:50 📍Participating Stores: Roadside Station tenants and Roadside Station Fair vendors (including food trucks) You can also enjoy local autumn flavors at the Autumn Harvest Market and from food trucks 🍁 Bring your family and friends and come visit Roadside Station Nakasatsunai 🤗 https://kankou-nakasatsunai.com/information/information-5852/...

Event Announcement📣 On Sunday, October 5th, 2025, Minori~mu Festa Otofuke 2025 will take place😊 This event centers on the concept of local production for local consumption!! The program is packed with attractions, including menus made from local ingredients, sales of the town’s proud farm products and processed goods, and hands-on activity corners where visitors can participate🎵 On the SPECIAL STAGE SHOW, Yamanai Kagura, a folk performing art from Karumai Town in Iwate Prefecture—which marks its 40th anniversary as a sister town with Otofuke—will come to perform!! Stage events also include a music live by Yasuhiro Kazama, a performance by Otofuke High School’s dance club, and a character photo time😍 In the food area, you can enjoy safe, delicious farm products, local specialties, and carefully crafted menu items made with agricultural and livestock products from Otofuke Town🍴 If you shop at the stores listed below by 2:00 PM, you will receive one raffle ticket per ¥1,000 spent (one draw per ticket) and can join the fun raffle. You might win wonderful prizes such as a Tokachigawa Onsen accommodation voucher!!✨ 📍Food and regional products corner 📍Paid hands-on activity corner 📍Roadside Station Otofuke stores 📍Ryugetsu Sweetpia Garden Please come and enjoy this event full of the town’s specialties🤗 https://michinoeki-otofuke.jp/xo_event/xo_event-4362/...

Event Announcement📣 Experience all of Shihorocho at once at the major event “Chō Kamishihoro: Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Lifelong Learning & SDGs Festival.”😊 The whole town becomes the venue. Across multiple sites, locals will host participatory events like the Kamishihoro Tug-of-War, an SDGs Quiz Contest, and a Prize Draw, while residents present performances such as Naitai Kogen Taiko and the Shihoro High School Brass Band.😍 📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 5, 2025, 9:30 AM–5:00 PM 📍Venue: Throughout the town (four venues plus shopping street and roadside) held simultaneously 1️⃣ Roadside Station Booth (Location: Roadside Station Kamishihoro) Packed with fun events. 2️⃣ Fureai Park Booth (Location: Shihoro Town Fureai Park) Enjoyable SDGs activities including a digital SDGs quiz rally. 3️⃣ Wakka Booth (Location: Shihoro Town Lifelong Learning Center Wakka) Try e-sports, join interactive games, visit the children’s play corner, and watch cooking demonstrations. 4️⃣ Shopping Street and Roadside Booth (Location: Shopping street along Prefectural Route 337) Featuring Kamishihoro Information Center, Hareta (Lifelong Active Town Kamishihoro), Machi no Gallery humi, and Kamishihoro Marche. In addition, at the Nippo-no-Ie Backside Town Land venue, related local companies will exhibit and there will be a joint electric vehicle display and test-drive event. 📌Free shuttle buses will run between venues. 🚌 Roadside Station Kamishihoro ⇔ Kamishihoro Information Center ⇔ Hareta ⇔ Tokachi Shinkin Bank ⇔ Fureai Plaza 📍Departures from Roadside Station Kamishihoro: every hour at :00 and :30 between 9:30 AM and 5:30 PM. 📍Departures from Fureai Plaza: every hour at :15 and :45 between 9:45 AM and 3:45 PM. Note: the final departure is at 4:30 PM. 📞Contact Shihorocho Chamber of Commerce and Industry TEL: 01564-2-2339 https://town.tonxton.com/event/kamishihoro-fes2025/...

The 49th Kashiwabiraki Park Festival took place on September 21. Due to severe weather from the night before, the event was scaled down and moved to the Lifelong Learning Center, and popular attractions such as food vendor booths and the one-tatami-shop were canceled. We sincerely apologize to everyone who had been looking forward to enjoying the event outdoors. Even so, many people attended for the stage events and to buy local specialties such as pears from Soma City and Taiki Wagyu. The prize draw was also a great success! Thank you to everyone who came!