How do you do! Obihiro Tourism and Convention Association.
We will introduce plenty of the charms of Obihiro City, Hokkaido, so thank you!

Obihiro City, Hokkaido is a city with a population of about 170,000 located in the center of the Tokachi Plain in central Hokkaido.
In this area rich in nature created by the rich land and climate, you can enjoy the beautiful nature of each season, such as fresh greenery in spring, cool summer, beautiful autumn leaves in autumn, and pure white snowscape in winter.

First of all, we will introduce popular sightseeing spots that you should never miss when you visit Obihiro City for sightseeing!

At Banei Tokachi (Obihiro Racecourse), located about a 7-minute drive from Obihiro Station, you can enjoy the world's only Banei Horse Race, where horses weighing more than 1 ton compete for power, speed, and endurance by pulling a heavy iron sled.
In the Meiji period, when horses were indispensable for transportation and transportation in Hokkaido, "Banei horse racing" began by comparing power as the value of agricultural horses. The historic and powerful race has been certified as a Hokkaido Heritage Site and is a popular tourist spot in modern times.
Please watch the powerful run for yourself and experience the feeling of elation and unity!

In addition, it is conveniently located 15 minutes by bus from Obihiro Station, and you can see about 70 kinds of animals at Obihiro Zoo, the second long-established zoo built in Hokkaido.
You can also play with large playground equipment such as a Ferris wheel and a merry-go-round, so it is a popular tourist spot that everyone from children to adults can enjoy.

Next, we will introduce two sightseeing spots where you can enjoy the flowers and trees of the four seasons of Obihiro.
A 15-minute drive from Obihiro Station, Manabe Garden is located in Obihiro City. It is a historic park boasting a vast site of 25,000 tsubo, and the strolling garden where you can see three types of gardens at once, such as a Japanese garden, a Western-style garden, and a landscape garden, is popular.
Visitors say "It's like coming to a fairyland!"

Next, at the Shichiku Garden, a 15,000-tsubo flower garden that spreads out on the vast grounds of the Tokachi Plain, which is 35 minutes by car from Obihiro Station, about 2,500 kinds of flowers and trees are in full bloom, and you can enjoy them throughout each of the four seasons.
At the restaurant in the park, you can enjoy dishes using pesticide-free vegetables grown in the garden and fresh ingredients from Tokachi.
It is also recommended to start the day of sightseeing with a breakfast buffet where you can feel the refreshing breeze!

Next, we will introduce popular gourmet foods that you should definitely try when sightseeing in Obihiro.
Obihiro City's most popular local gourmet and specialty dish "Pork Bowl" is grilled pork marinated in a sweet and spicy sauce and placed on rice.
This exquisite cuisine has become a specialty gourmet loved not only by Obihiro citizens but also by tourists.
In addition, Tokachi is the largest dairy kingdom in Japan in terms of raw milk production, and many cheese artisans make their own cheese from this fresh raw milk.

Please heal your fatigue when sightseeing in Obihiro at the hot spring.
Obihiro City has many hot springs, and you can enjoy them at about 20 unique facilities.
There are also many day-trip hot spring facilities, and there are also facilities where you can soak in the hot springs and see the scenery of nature.
Find your favorite hot spring spot and spend time relaxing while taking a break.

Obihiro City full of highlights! Once you visit, you are sure to be drawn in by its charm.
We will regularly send out information on nature, sightseeing spots, gourmet food, and other attractions of Obihiro City, so thank you!

Fresh greenery of Nagatoro
This is a hidden spot from Kami-Nagatoro
The cobblestones are also impressive.

Hydrangea and five-storied pagoda
During the rainy season of Koshoji Temple, a standard composition.

Shot on:iPHONE 11 PRO
Lens 26mm
Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture Yagoto Koshoji Temple

I took this photo at a place called Oiwa Shrine in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto Prefecture.

It is not popular because it is a little far from the station, and it is a quiet place surrounded by lush trees.

The sunlight shining from the cloudy sky illuminated the torii gate, giving off an even more mysterious atmosphere.

? Lake KuttaraIt ? is a caldera lake in Shiraoi Town and is part of the active volcano "Kuttaraku".
★ According to the Ministry of the Environment's 2001 public water quality measurement results, it ranked first in Japan in the lake category of water quality!
★ A circular caldera lake with a circumference of about 8 km in the Shikotsu-Toya National Park Special Zone.
★ It is a beautiful lake with high transparency after Lake Mashu.
? 【Origin of the name】The meaning of Lake "Kuttarsi To" of Torajo Beach is prevalent
? 【Birth】About 40,000 years ago, the theory of a caldera lake formed by the depression of the summit of the Kuttara volcano is prevalent
? 【Lake Area】4.7 square kilometers Ranked 19th? in Japan
? 【Lake volume】0.491 cubic kilometers, 7th in Japan?
? 【Lake elevation】257 meters, 8th? in Japan
? 【Water depth】Maximum 147 meters, average 104.5 meters, 4th in Japan?
? 【Water quality】COD=0.7mg 1st in Japan?
? 【Transparency】28.3 meters 2nd in Japan?
? 【Limb segmentation volume】1.05 1st in Japan? (* "limb segmentation volume" is close to a circle)
Reservations for Lake ? Kuttara kayaking or ? canoeing: ??
Search ? by "Paddle Street"