To everyone who watches the COOL JAPAN VIDEOS, this is the Tomakomai Tourism Association.

In this account, we will introduce plenty of attractive sightseeing spots in "Tomakomai City", one of Japan's leading industrial cities and the largest port city in Hokkaido!

Tomakomai is about one and a half hours by car from Sapporo City and about 30 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport, making it a very convenient transportation access.
When sightseeing, rental bicycles are also available, so sightseeing while feeling the breeze of nature is also recommended.

Now, we will introduce the sightseeing spots that Tomakomai City is proud of.

■ Mt. Tarumae
Designated as a natural monument of Hokkaido, it is a triple volcano surrounded by two world-famous outer ring mountains.
You can visit the 7th station by car, and you can easily climb from the 7th station to the summit in about 50 minutes, where you can enjoy the magnificent scenery and alpine plants.

■ Midorigaoka Park
From the observation deck at the top of the park, you can overlook Tomakomai City.
Fountains and flower beds are maintained, and it is also used by many people as an outdoor sports park with an athletic field and a rugby field.

■ Nishikionuma Park
It is a park centered on Nishiki Onuma with a circumference of 1.6 kilometers and is surrounded by nature.
You can enjoy it throughout the year at a full range of facilities such as the largest auto campsite "Alten" in Japan, a canoe base, a park golf course, and a hot bath facility "Yunomi-no-yu".

■ Northern Horse Park
It is a popular tourist spot where you can interact with horses.
You can experience horseback riding, sightseeing horse-drawn horses, sightseeing horse-drawn carriages, horse-drawn sleighs, horseback riding lessons, happy pony shows, horse trekking, etc.

Next, we will introduce popular gourmet food, which is one of the pleasures of sightseeing in Tomakomai.

Tomakomai City boasts the largest landing volume of hokki shellfish, which is said to be the king of shellfish, in Japan.
It is known as a high-class sushi topping, but you can buy it comfortably in Tomakomai.
In addition, there are plenty of popular specialty gourmet foods that you should definitely try when sightseeing, such as salmon and hokke seafood unique to port towns, haskap, Tomakomai ramen, sweets "Yoitomake" using haskap, Tarumae Genghis Khan, and Kitayori curry!

We will continue to send out recommended information full of charm of Tomakomai that could not be written in this post, so thank you!

Yubari City, Hokkaido is located in the central Hokkaido region of central Hokkaido and is a city with many attractive sightseeing spots interwoven with nature and history.

When many people hear the name "Yubari City", the words "Yubari Melon" and "Financially Bankrupt City" may come to mind.

Yubari City also once prospered due to the coal industry, one of the main industries of the Japan.
However, as time changed and the demand for coal decreased, Yubari City was affected by it, and by 1990, all the coal mines were closed and the city was in a difficult situation.
After that, it experienced financial collapse in 2007, but now measures are being taken to revitalize the city.

Yubari City has such a history, but it is about 60 minutes from New Chitose Airport, the northern gateway, and about 90 minutes from Sapporo, making it a popular tourist destination.
At the Yubari City Coal Museum, you can learn about the history of the coal industry in Yubari City and learn about the development of Yubari City.
Dynamic exhibitions that utilize actual coal mining sites as tourism resources are popular and have become a place visited by many tourists.

Yubari City is rich in nature as well as from the summit of Mt. Yubari at an altitude of 1,668 meters, and a 360-degree panoramic view spreads out, and you can see the beautiful scenery of the four seasons.
In addition, with the completion of the Yubari Shuparo Dam in 2015, you can enjoy aquatic activities such as canoeing at Lake Shuparo, which has become the fourth largest water reservoir in the Japan.
At the waterfall top park, colorful flowers and trees grow over, and you can feel the four seasons of Yubari City closely.
The "Chidoriga Falls" in the park is a superb view of countless large and small waterfalls and strangely shaped rocks.

If you come to Yubari City for sightseeing, please enjoy gourmet food and masterpieces.
Speaking of Yubari City, Yubari Melon! Why not taste the sweet and juicy Yubari melon in summer?
Yubari potatoes and canned beans are also popular gourmets.

The population was 116,000 in 1960, when coal mining flourished, but today it is less than 7,000.
Yubari City is sometimes compared to a ghost town, but if you actually visit, you can learn about the history of Japan industry and enjoy nature and gourmet food.

After about 16 years since 2007, Yubari City has reached the goal of paying off its debt in four years.
In order for citizens and tourists to come back to Yubari City after paying off their debts, we would like to introduce the attractions such as sightseeing spots and history of Yubari City in the Cool Japan Video!

Winter has passed before you know it, and it's time for the annual national sport to enjoy cherry blossoms
Last year, the cherry blossom season was in full bloom, so I took the JR Zhioki Hakodate in the morning from Kutchan to Goryuka to enjoy the cherry blossoms
Although the weather was not sunny that day, the cherry blossoms were really beautiful!

Don't miss this year's Hokkaido cherry blossom season
(The cherry blossoms in Hokkaido bloom later than in Honshu, so don't miss Hokkaido if you miss Honshu)

After seeing the cherry blossoms, welcome to Sapporo Jinyutei in the evening and make yourself a pleasant evening.