Koharuhi until yesterday seems to be a lie. Snow in the town, snow in the passes. But I definitely found the arrival of Spring on Poppo's road. Mizubasho, which had only a few leaves five days ago, is spreading all over the swamp. The weather is expected to improve from tomorrow. If you are passing by, please look for Mizubasho on Poppo's road.

Hokameji Shidarezakura weeping cherry blossoms 🌸 It is estimated to be about 300 years old! It is ✨ lit up at night

Mantaro: "Hey, you're a cute zookeeper." Zookeeper: "I'm embarrassed when Mantaro tells me."

Early-morning hot-air balloon experience 🎈 I dropped by during the morning preparations for the early-morning hot-air balloon experience hosted by Tokachi Nature Center! Enjoy about a five-minute flight 🌤️ Take a ride in a brightly colored hot-air balloon and admire panoramic views of Tokachigawa Onsen and Tokachi Bridge from above 😍 A highlight of summer at Tokachi Nature Center! Suitable for children from age two. ・Season: April to December (daily mornings from April to September; weekends and holidays from October to December) ・Time: 6:30–7:30 (6:00–7:30 in July and August) ・Meeting place: Tokachigaoka Park (Kita 14-chome, Tokachigawa Onsen, Otofuke, Kato District, Hokkaido, Japan) ・Reservation: Not required Activities may be canceled due to weather. 🔍 For details, please contact Tokachi Nature Center♪ - Tokachi Nature Center From April through December, morning hot-air balloon experiences are available 🎈 About a five-minute aerial stroll 🌤️ Board a brightly colored balloon and enjoy panoramic views of Tokachigawa Onsen and Tokachi Bridge from above; Hokkaido’s distinct four seasons each offer different scenery ✨ We highly recommend giving it a try! 🔍 For detailed information, check the Tokachi Nature Center website or inquire by phone or email 🙋🏻

Camellias Blooming in the Greenhouse When I visited Roadside Station Kam at the end of March the greenhouse was filled with camellia blossoms. Even while the flower park lay blanketed in snow, it felt wonderful to find a space where you can enjoy bright, colorful flowers. At this time of year, potted orange kaffir lilies (clivia) liven up the area around the mechanical organ. If you stop by during a drive to rest, I hope you take a moment to see the flowers and relax. #Nishiokoppe Village #Roadside Station Kam #greenhouse #Roadside Station #camellia #pot #flower #the scent is also soothing

Cherry blossoms 🌸 at Goryokaku Tower It was ☁️ a little cloudy on this day The carp streamers at Goryokaku Tower are good,🎏 aren't they? This place is large and recommended 🎵 for a walk

In Hokkaido, rape flowers are in full bloom from the middle of May. It's early summer in Honshu around this time! A farming tractor pulls a wagon with tourists in the rape fields that spread all over the hill, disappears once over the hill, and then returns to this side. The sheer size of this scale is what sells.

This is a view of "Takino Suzuran Hills Park" in Minami-ku, Sapporo City, Hokkaido in May. In winter, it is used as a ski resort, but when the snow melts in spring, the tulips planted all over the slopes sprout and bloom all at once. Please enjoy the large tulip garden unique to Hokkaido.

Hokkaido also has zero snowfall. Fukujukusou is blooming At the end of the month the cherry blossoms will also bloom. Spent the winter in Miyagi and Iwate Migratory birds rest their feathers in Hokkaido Heading further north, one after another I'm going to leave.

Day 3 of the birch sap water collection experience. Ready to get started. Yesterday, the Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun published an article about the experience, and there was also a new application. It will be held every day until next Sunday. Please come to Karikachi Kogen Park for participation and tour. * There are times when it is not held, so if you would like to visit, please contact the Tourism Association [0155-64-0522] in advance.

Day 3 of the birch sap water collection experience. Ready to get started. Yesterday, the Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun published an article about the experience, and there was also a new application. It will be held every day until next Sunday. Please come to Karikachi Kogen Park for participation and tour. * There are times when it is not held, so if you would like to visit, please contact the Tourism Association [0155-64-0522] in advance.

Day 3 of the birch sap water collection experience. Ready to get started. Yesterday, the Tokachi Mainichi Shimbun published an article about the experience, and there was also a new application. It will be held every day until next Sunday. Please come to Karikachi Kogen Park for participation and tour. * There are times when it is not held, so if you would like to visit, please contact the Tourism Association [0156-64-0522] in advance.

Nuts "When the weather is nice, it's limited to sunbathing~☀"

\Open from today/ Record café "Oak Room" Record that nostalgic song with the aroma of coffee. Record café "Oak Room" has opened today. In a chic brick store, You can Fun Yokoi Coffee's production [New Otani Inn Sapporo Blend Coffee☕] that can only be tasted here, and [Retro Sweets 🍮] that the pastry chef is particular about. ☆Menu☆ ☕DRINK ・Coffee 　Yokoi Coffee Produced New Otani Inn Sapporo Blend ・Cream soda melon ・Orange juice ・Cola ・Ginger ale ・Oolong tea ・Tea 🍮FOOD ・Showa-style hardened pudding ・Chestnuts with vanilla ice cream ・Canele and today's pound cake ・Fruit Parfait ・Homemade marinated salmon and cream cheese & potato bagel sandwich * Admission fee is ¥1,500 with one drink Please Enjoy ♪ the nostalgic [Showa Retro]

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Cherry blossoms 🌸 at Asahikawa City Hanasaki Sports Park The contrast between pink and green! A hidden gem 🎵 recommended for a walk There is a 🎾 tennis court next to the cherry tree

The last few days have been warm. What's going on with Lysichiton camtschatcensis? I was curious and went to the swamp along Poppo's road on the Old Karikachi Line track. It seems that it was still a little early, but there were pretty flowers blooming nearby. Soon, Lysichiton camtschatcensis will also be there.

I visited Kino no Mori Coffee in Otofuke, Hokkaido ☕️ They offer authentic siphon coffee and dishes made with local ingredients, all prepared with love for Otofuke. This time I tried the "Taiyō Atsu-Atsu Napolitan" (literally "Sun — piping-hot Napolitan") — plenty of local seasonal vegetables and chewy, wide noodles coated in a rich tomato sauce; it was so delicious I couldn't stop eating! They also offer curry, skillet pizza, the Kino sandwich, and dessert items like hotcakes 🥞 • Address: 6-1 Kino Odori Nishi, Otofuke, Kato District, Hokkaido • Phone: 0155-65-0640 • Hours: 10:00–20:00, closed during the New Year holidays • Parking: 45 spaces -

Shibazakura Takikami Park 🌳 The weather was nice and there were not many people, but it was 🌸🥰 great to take a walk surrounded by grass

How to Harvest Sap and Make Chiffon Cake Held as a winter nature-watching event A project to collect sap from white birch trees. Participants gathered in front of the community center and rode a bus to the collection site. “Do you know what sap is like?” In response, one elementary school student gave a detailed explanation, prompting cheers of “Oh!” from the group. At the site, an outdoor lesson began on how to drill holes to collect sap and on the tools used for harvesting. Because temperatures had dipped in the days just before the event, no sap could be collected, but using sap gathered last year, participants also made chiffon cake. They mixed the batter and poured it into molds. Both children and adults worked with lively expressions. The baked chiffon cake was fluffy and disappeared in no time. Chiffon cake is sold irregularly at Yumemura Mori no Garden during events, so if you see it, please consider buying one! #Nishiokoppe Village #birch sap #mokuiiku (wood learning) #chiffon cake #Yumemura Mori no Garden

For the rehearsal of the birch sap water collection experience that will start the day after tomorrow, we will do a final check of the flow at the site. I was worried because it snowed the day before yesterday, but thanks to the warmth today, I was relieved by the sap that oozes out when I make a hole in the birch. It seems that it was still a little early for full-scale collection, and the sap that came out was about 50 ml in one hour. From now until the end of the week, the daytime temperature is forecast to exceed 10 degrees Celsius, so I think the amount of collection will stabilize. The birch sap water collection experience will be held from the 5th Friday to the 14th Sunday of this month, and reservations can be made even the day before. If you are interested, please join us. In addition, those who are only interested in visiting are welcome. * If there are no participants, there will be no event, so please contact the tourism association in advance. For details, please contact the Shintoku Tourism Association [0156-64-0522].

The snow is melting little by little The snowmelt water is beautiful. It looks like I'll be able to go here and there on my bike again soon

Cold Riverside Park. Stunning cherry blossoms 🌸 There is also a birch tree in the back! The weather was ☀️ very good on this day

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

April has begun 🌸 It's getting warmer and warmer, the snow is melting, and it's becoming a comfortable season! The cherry blossoms bloom around May every year, so it seems that it will be a little later to see them again this year. This is 😎 an introduction to the limited menu for the first half of April that started today 🐖 Shredded pork soup soba noodles soy sauce flavor 🦐 Stir-fried shrimp and egg with chili sauce with rice and sasai Both come with ♪ [salad, soup, dessert, coffee buffet] Use it slowly at the hotel restaurant with a sense of freedom! Reservations and details 📞 011-222-1522 direct line to restaurant reservations Or On the hotel website. We look ✨ forward to seeing you

Kamiyubetsu Tulip Park 🌷 A photo 📷 from a different direction than the previous photo It's colorful, isn't it?🥹

I was able to see two Marron cubs! I can't wait to see which parent I resemble 🐻

~Flower Migration is a wide-area collaboration between one city and three towns: Takigami Town, Yubetsu Town, Monbetsu City, and Engaru Town~ 【Flower Migration】Event Information For two days on Friday, April 19th and Saturday, April 20th, we will hold "Let's go to Okhotsk in spring Flower Migration market! We will sell a lot of Adult Specialty Products of Okhotsk "Moon Cheese" in Takikami Town, "Yubetsu Beef Hamburger" in Yubetsu Town, "Monbetsu Coffee" in Monbetsu City, "Wintering Shirataki Jaga" in Engaru Town, etc.!! In addition, there will be ♪ a large gathering of local characters, an exhibition of real drift ice, and a booth where you can experience making obsidian accessories And get Information on spring "Shibazakura" and "Tulip" here! !! Please come to ♫ the venue

Illumination 🌸 of the Hokuto Cherry Blossom Corridor I 📷 took it from a short distance The cherry blossoms look great at night. ✨ It's 😆 good to take a walk 🎵 at night while looking at the cherry blossoms

The Nemuro Main Line between Furano and Shintoku, which has contributed greatly to the development of the town and economic development, will last operate today. Watched over by many railway fans, the "Thank You Nemuro Main Line Furano to Shintoku Farewell Ceremony" was also held in front of Shintoku Station. The occasional falling snow during the event seemed to produce "goodbye" and "departure".