Special exhibition “The Pinnacle of Kutani Red-Glaze Painting” is now open and popular! Rare works have come together at Tomakomai City Museum of Art ✨ For details, please see the Tomakomai City Museum of Art official website ✨ *Images taken inside the exhibition rooms were photographed with permission.

Nishiki Onuma Park’s iris garden in full bloom ✨ Open until 7:00 PM through Monday, July 15 (national holiday) ✨

Advance tickets for the Tomakomai performances starring Reo Tenki are available online or at the Tomakomai Tourist Information Center and other locations. Performance: Hokkaido Tomakomai City Performance “Review Show in Tomakomai” Dates and Times: Saturday, September 21 at 4:00 PM / Sunday, September 22 at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM Venue: Tomakomai Civic Hall, Main Hall (3-2-2 Asahimachi, Tomakomai City) Admission: ¥6,000 For details, please see the OSK Official Web Ticket Service.

A mixed-use entertainment event that makes the most of Tomakomai’s attractive location will take place. There will be a ticketed stage area for artist live performances and a free area open to everyone. Date: Saturday and Sunday, September 7–8, 2024 Location: Kirakira Park (3-4-21 Irifunecho, Tomakomai City) For details on performing artists and how to buy tickets, visit the official Tomakomai Mirai Fest 2024 website!

Notice of full reopening of Prefectural Route 141 Tarumae–Nishioka Line. The section of Prefectural Route 141 (Tarumae–Nishioka Line) from Maruyama Gate to the trailhead (total length 4.0 km), which had been partially restricted, will have its road closure lifted at 11:00 on Wednesday, May 15. Due to trail renovation work, the Higashiyama Course will be closed to entry until the end of November 2024. Also, because of the construction, the municipal Tarumae Sightseeing Road (from the 5th Station Gate to the 7th Station parking area) will be closed to traffic.

The cherry blossoms at Midorigaoka Park are in full bloom! On Sunday, May 5th, the “Midorigaoka Park Festival,” a celebration that lets you feel the arrival of spring in Tomakomai, will take place.✨ Date and time: Sunday, May 5, 2024 — canceled in case of rain Location: Around Kintaro Pond at Midorigaoka Park (Shimizu-cho 3, Tomakomai)

🌸Cherry trees have begun to bloom in the city center at Idemitsu Culture Park! The frequently asked-about area near Midorigaoka Park’s Kintaro Pond typically blooms a few days later than the city center. The peak viewing period is expected a little further ahead.🌸 (Image provided by Tomakomai City Museum of Art and History)

#Tomachop's annual Children's Day costume. This year, due to various circumstances, #Tomachop will switch to a brand-new outfit before Children's Day. ✨ What will the new outfit look like?

The Tomakomai Tourism Association will hold the 51st Midorigaoka Park Festival on Sunday, May 5, and is offering an open stage slot anyone can join. We are recruiting performers for singing, impersonations, one‑hit comedy acts, and any other performances. For details, please see the image. One day before

Notice of lifting and initiation of winter road closures. Regarding Dodo 141 Tarumae Nishioka Line, which had winter closures in effect The section from Maruyama Gate to Nishikioka Gate (total length 15.8 km) will have the closure lifted on April 15, 2024 at 11:00. However, the subsection from Maruyama Gate to the Trailhead (total length 4.0 km) will remain closed for the time being due to unstable road surfaces. (Reopening date to be determined) For details, contact the Iburi General Subprefecture Muroran Construction Management Department Tomakomai Branch Office (0144-32-3171).

It’s a heartwarming festival that welcomes spring with the blooming of the cherry blossoms. Date and time: Sunday, May 5, 2024 (canceled in case of rain) Location: Midorigaoka Park, around Kintaro Pond (Shimizu-cho 3, Tomakomai) ※Further details will be posted later.

From April 2, 2024, we will change the tourist information center’s opening hours as follows. • Opening: 9:30 (previously 9:00) • Closing: 18:00 (unchanged) Accordingly, the rental bicycles’ pickup time will change from 9:00 to 9:30. Thank you for your understanding. #Tomakomai #Rental Bicycles

A marathon led by thoroughbreds 🏇🏃🏃 Register for the "Northern Horse Park Marathon 2024" by Sunday, March 24th! For details, please visit the official Northern Horse Park Marathon 2024 website.

🚀 Interactive Facility: Tomakomai City Science Center and Mir Exhibition Hall 🚀 Located about a 20-minute walk from JR Tomakomai Station, the Tomakomai City Science Center offers around 40 hands-on experiences focused on space and aviation, all free of charge! 💁‍♀️ The attached Mir Exhibition Hall displays a spare spacecraft for Mir, the space station launched by Russia (the former Soviet Union) in 1986! ✨ This is not a replica—the real Mir spacecraft is on display, making it a truly impressive spot to visit! 📸 Be sure to stop by when you come to Tomakomai City! 😊 [ Tomakomai City Science Center and Mir Exhibition Hall ] 〇 Address: 3-1-12 Asahimachi, Tomakomai 〇 Opening Hours: 9:30 AM–5:00 PM 〇 Closed: Mondays (if Monday is a public holiday, closed the following weekday) 〇 Admission: Free 〇 Parking: Free 〇 Contact: 0144-33-9158

◤￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ Stock Status ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿◢ [Note: Sales period extended] Collaboration goods for 'Tomakomai City Daiya no A act II' are on sale until Sunday, March 31!✨ *Update: extended until Sunday, May 5th We also offer shipping to other regions, so feel free to contact us!😊 For details, please see the post on X (@toma_tourism).💁‍♀️

[Sales Period Extended — Additional Note] ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ “Diamond no Ace” Collaboration Goods Sales End ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ The collaboration goods for Tomakomai City × Diamond no Ace act II will be on sale through Sunday, March 31!📢⚡※ Sales of goods only have been extended until Sunday, May 5 A panel exhibition is also on display, so please take a look!⚾ We also accept shipping to other regions!🎁 For details, please see the post on X (@toma_tourism)!💁‍♀️ Thank you for all the wonderful memories✨

🌸 Hina Matsuri is coming soon 🌸 March has arrived in the blink of an eye 🎎 Tomachop has transformed into a hina doll! 💖

■━━━━━━━□ ┃ Event Information ┃ □━━━━━━━■ On Friday, March 15th, an event to admire Tomakomai’s nightscape and starry sky will take place on the observation corridor of Tomakomai City Hall! ⭐🌙 Advance registration is required, so don’t forget to sign up! 😊 For details, please see the website of the General Affairs Division, General Affairs Section of Tomakomai City Hall 💁‍♀️

˗ˏˋ\ ✨Final Ceremony✨ /／ˎˊ˗ A fitting final event will be held at Tomakomai Symbol Street Terrace!! 🥳 The new specialty “Sen’nin Nabe” (thousand-person hot pot) will be handed out for free, and special guests will appear!! 💁‍♀️ For details, search for Tomakomai Symbol Street Terrace 2024! 💻 ************************************************************************* 📅 Saturday, February 24 — 1:00 PM 🎈Special venue on Nishikimachi 1-jo Street (next to Gogo Shokudo)

🌞 The snow has melted 🌞 Today in Tomakomai the weather is fine and the temperature is warm 💁‍♀️ The snow that fell on Friday the 16th melted in no time 😲 Most roads are dry now, making walking easier! 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

⛄ It's the first snowfall in a while ⛄ Snow fell this morning for the first time in a long time! ⛄ Thanks to recent warm weather, the roads and sidewalks were almost dry until yesterday… Please be careful when coming out! 😖

■━━━━━━━□ ┃ Event Information ┃ □━━━━━━━■ ━━━━━━━━━━━*＼Gather at Sapporo Chikaho this weekend!／*━━━━━━━━━━━ “Ferry PR Event” 📅Date and Time: Saturday, February 17, 2024 – Sunday, February 18, 2024, 10:00 – 17:00 🎈Venue: Sapporo Underground Pedestrian Space Rest Space, near Ground Exit No. 9 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Follow the Tomakomai Port Ferry Promotion Council on Instagram/Facebook to enter a raffle you can join! 🥳 There will also be balloon giveaways and a Tomachop merchandise lottery, so please come to Chikaho! ✨ For details, see the Tomakomai Port Ferry Promotion Council’s Instagram/Facebook! 💻

⛸️ The program for the Tomakomai Skate Festa has been announced ⛸️ The winter festival "Tomakomai Skate Festa" returns this year! 🥳 Enjoy a full lineup of attractions, including the traditional "shibare-yaki," a snowy slide, and stage shows! ✨ Let the Skate Festa blow the cold away! 🌞 ━━━*\58th Tomakomai Skate Festa/*━━━ Dates: Saturday, February 10, 2024 and Sunday, February 11, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Location: Chuo Park, 2-3 Wakakusa-cho, Tomakomai ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

■━━━━━━□ ┃ New Arrival Information ┃ □━━━━━━■ The "Chiipato rubber keychain" gacha capsule toys have arrived!! 🥳 They are on sale at the tourist information center for 400 yen per play!! ✨ ※ Quantities are limited, so please forgive us if they sell out. 🙇‍♀️

📷 Why not rediscover the charms of Tomakomai? 💁‍♀️ We are recruiting participants for the day trip "Rediscover Tomakomai Tour," departing from nepia Ice Arena! 📢⚡ Departure date: Sunday, February 25, 2024 Price: ¥3,000 Other: Advance registration is required (until February 16, but applications will close once capacity is reached) ※This project is supported by Tomakomai City's "Tourism Attraction Promotion Project" and "MICE Attraction Promotion Project." For details, please see the "News" section on the Tomakomai Tourism Association website!

✨Illumination Event✨ From Saturday, January 27th to Saturday, February 24th, illuminations will light up the area in front of Tomakomai Station at night. The opening will feature a live music performance and a sky lantern launch among other activities!🎶😊 Come and enjoy the sparkling snowy scenery.⛄✨

⛄The skating festival's specialty “shibare-yaki” tickets are on sale now!!⛸️ The 58th Tomakomai Skating Festival will take place at Chuo Park on Saturday, February 10 and Sunday, February 11!!🥳 “Shibare-yaki” refers to cooking on a drum‑can grill and enjoying jingisukan (grilled mutton) out in the cold😊🥩🛢️ The dish originated during the first Skating Festival to thank Self‑Defense Force members who built snow sculptures and the rink, and from the second festival onward it was opened for citizens to enjoy. It got its name from being cooked in the shivering cold.💁‍♀️ Come and taste this traditional flavor!!✨ Tickets are on sale at the city hall shop and at COCOTOMA!!🎫 [Tomakomai City Hall Shop] Address: 1F, 4‑5‑6 Asahimachi, Tomakomai 053-0018 [COCOTOMA] Address: 1F, Friend Building Tenant Wing, 5‑11‑5 Omotecho, Tomakomai 053-0022

🎊🏒 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!! 😆📢