Introducing the Tokapuchi 400 PASSPORT 😊 The Tokapuchi 400 is a 403 km long-distance cycling route that starts and ends in Obihiro and links Tokachi from south to north in a figure-eight loop 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️ The passport features highlights, gourmet spots, shopping, and map information, making it recommended for those traveling Tokachi by bike 🎵 The route is split into southern and northern halves, with four stamp points in each half for a total of eight sections. Collect stamps placed at each location and enter the draw for a chance to win an original furoshiki wrapping cloth—30 winners will be selected!! You can enter even with just one stamp! 😍 All applicants will receive a Tokapuchi 400 original sticker!! Tokapuchi 400 PASSPORT (includes entry postcard) Price: ¥1,100 Please fill in the date the stamps were affixed and the required information on the designated entry postcard and send it in. ※Entry deadline: Must arrive by Wednesday, December 31, 2025 📍List of outlets selling the Tokapuchi 400 PASSPORT Tokachi Tourist Information Center, Eco Bus Center Rikuru 📍South Route Roadside Station Nakasatsunai, Activity Center ANDOOR, Roadside Station Churui, Roadside Station Cosmall Taiki, Cocoro Co Terrace 📍North Route Tokachigawa Onsen Tourist Guide Center, Roadside Station Garden Spa Tokachigawa Onsen, Roadside Station Otofuke Natsuzora no Furusato, Roadside Station Urimaku, Lake Shikaribetsu Nature Center https://www.ctjguide.com//

Introducing Takushoku Kinokotan, located inside Takushoku Bus’s Shintoku Office 😊 This tourist farm reuses sites once used by Hokkaido Takushoku Railway for its headquarters, rolling stock depot, and company housing on the line that ran between Shintoku and Kamishihoro. The name Takushoku Kinokotan is a coined word combining Takutetsu (short for Hokkaido Takushoku Railway), “kinoko” (mushroom), and the Ainu word kotan, meaning village. It reflects the desire to bring new life back to this once-bustling place. You can enjoy a hands-on shiitake harvesting experience grown carefully on logs using timber felled in Hokkaido. At the farm shop you can buy log-grown shiitake, Hokkaido Takushoku Railway and bus merchandise, and mushroom goods. There is also a display corner exhibiting historical materials related to Hokkaido Takushoku Railway 😍 Look for the red roof! The building’s motif is the former Shikaoi Station building 🎵 📍Hours: 10:00–15:30 (last shiitake harvest admission at 15:00) 📍Closed: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and during the New Year holidays 📍Fees: Harvested shiitake are sold by weight. 📍Experience season: March–November — no reservation required on weekends and public holidays; reservations required on weekdays December–February — reservations required for both weekends, public holidays, and weekdays *For groups of five or more, please make a reservation at least two weeks in advance regardless of season or date.* Takushoku Kinokotan TEL: 0156-67-9105 📍Access: About 10 minutes from Shintoku Station by bus: take Route 53 via Shintoku Station bound for Minami-Shintoku and get off at Minami-Shintoku 20 minutes on foot from Shintoku Station About 5 minutes by car from Shintoku Station About 10 minutes by bicycle from Shintoku Station *Bicycle rentals are available at Shintoku Station.* Bicycle rental inquiries and reservations: 0156-67-7567 Shintoku Town Tourism Association (Regional Exchange Center “Tokutoku”, 2nd floor) https://t-kinokotan.com//

[Okomin Kuma Suzu is now on sale!!️] Okomin's design bear bell "Okomin bell" 🔔 We have ☕️🌿 also started selling at Ekinaka Yamanouchi in Yudanaka Station and Kita Shinshu Yamauchi in the Roadside Station It looks cute× good tone = the 🎶✨️ best It is also good 🐻 for avoiding bears on trekking and mountaineering It is 🎒🚓 also good for crime prevention on the way to and from school by attaching it to a school bag. Tie it to your pants and make it a good 🍅🌽 companion for farm work in the field. Diverse 😊 applications

Setoushi-kun Pochi Bags New Setoushi-kun goods have arrived! Pochi Bags These are small envelopes for a little tip, a celebratory gift, or pocket money. In Nishiokoppe Village, some people often use them to give pocket money to their grandchildren. Formed last year, the Nishiokoppe Uenshiri Taiko drumming group wanted to liven up the village and thought about ways to raise activity funds, which led to this product. From cutting the paper to packing the bags, members handle everything by hand. We offer a colorful five-piece set and a three-piece set of poche bags printed with the words "Just a little". 3-piece set 250 yen 5-piece set 350 yen They are sold at Roadside Station Kapomarché, Hotel Morimu, and Mori Art Museum Komu. If you’re interested, please pick one up and take a look. Thank you. #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Setoushi-kun #Goods #Nishiokoppe Uenshiri Taiko #On Sale

Handmade Sendan Cutting Board This cutting board is made by the Morotsuka Village Forestry Research Group, known simply as Rinken. Rinken includes forestry workers and farmers who grow shiitake log trees themselves. Each piece carries the warm, handmade feel of the wood itself. You’ll notice beautiful grain and an amber sheen from the walnut oil finish. Use it to chop ingredients, then bring it straight to the table as a serving plate to brighten your meal — a truly versatile item. The material used is sendan wood. Morotsuka Village plants many cedar and cypress for building materials and konogi (sawtooth oak) for shiitake logs, so why choose sendan? The answer lies in sendan’s potential. While cedar can take 40 to 60 years to mature, sendan grows fast enough to be harvested in about 20 years. It also absorbs six times more CO2 than cedar during growth. Sendan is strong and easy to work with, and if it grows straight it becomes an ideal timber. Spotting sendan’s promise were members of the Fukuoka–Okawa Furniture Association, a cooperative in Fukuoka Prefecture. They not only make sendan furniture but also plant sendan trees in various locations. They visited Morotsuka Village through those planting efforts and forged a relationship with Rinken. Sendan furniture looks to the future and the environment. Why not try it in your home? Each small-size board varies in width, and designs range from classic to uniquely styled pieces. You’ll enjoy the excitement of opening it for the first time. ★You can purchase a handmade sendan cutting board from the Morotsuka Village Tourism Association (Shiitake no Yakata 21) or Morotsuka Store (online shop).🤗

[Notice of a New Product] We have created a new line of Tsubetsu Town goods at our association! Introducing the WOOD MANS mug! We asked Shigenari Ohnishi, the local artist known as Shige-chan, to design the artwork, and the result is a charming piece inspired by Tsubetsu Town. The mug holds 350 ml, so besides coffee time it could also work well as a soup cup at mealtimes. It is currently on sale at the following locations. ・Sansan-kan ・Roadside Station Aioi ・Lamp Inn Mori Tsubetsu We plan to add more retail locations in Tsubetsu Town going forward! Please consider purchasing one ☺

Sakai Hoyamaru's capsule toy appears at Mikuni Station! You can ✨ get both an acrylic stand and an acrylic key chain for 500 yen Popular product that sold out as soon as it was installed! (Currently in stock is revived ◎) They're all cute, but Acky's squishy cheeks are too 💤 cute. If you complete Axta and arrange them, they are ✨ absolutely colorful and beautiful The design was done by Samsung Co., Ltd. in Spring Town, Sakai City!　@mitsuboshi_danpro Samsung Co., Ltd. can print full color from one photo, illustration, QR code, etc. on cardboard and Panel Ingredients. They mainly do everything from design creation to mass production of Panel, packaging (gift boxes and cardboard for shipping), and store fixtures! Panels with the same design as capsule toys are installed in various places in Sakai City, so please look for them ~~! 📍 Echizen Railway Mikuni Station Address: 2-1-20 Kita Honmachi, Mikuni Town, Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture

Jewelry Ice 2025 Jewelry Ice · Harunire Tree Adventure Experience 😊 “Jewelry Ice” refers to chunks of ice that break free from the Tokachi River, drift out to the Pacific, and wash up on the Otsu Coast at the river mouth. Their beauty as they sparkle in the sunlight is utterly mysterious ✨ Why not come see this natural phenomenon of Tokachi’s severe cold and the Tokachi River known as “Jewelry Ice”? The second photo shows the state of the Jewelry Ice from yesterday 🎵 At the rest area we offer warm drinks, shells and Jewelry Ice goods, and local seafood, so please drop by if you like 😄 This plan also includes a visit to Toyokoro’s symbolic tree, the Harunire Tree 🌳 For inquiries, contact Hokuto Taxi 🚕 ☎️0155-67-5681 (9:00–17:00)

Stickers and magnets are also popular 💖 As I briefly introduced in Stories before, there are other tourism bureau original goods besides long sleeves and washcloths! The first and second photos are stickers! And the third one is a magnet! There are people who have conquered all types, those who have arranged each theme, and those who are chosen by their favorite colors and patterns, and it is fun to choose from several types. 🐒🍎♨️⛷ Perfect not only for yourself but also for small Souvenirs! ！ https://www.info-yamanouchi.net/2024/12/04/%e8%a6%b3%e5%85%89%e5%b1%80%e3%81%ae%e3%82%aa%e3%83%aa%e3%82%b8%e3%83%8a%e3%83%ab%e3%82%b0%e3%83%83%e3%82%ba%e3%81%8c%e5%ae%8c%e6%88%90%e3%81%97%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f/...

Onigiri is now on sale 🍙✨️ Tuna mayo rice balls that you suddenly want to eat... You can buy it in Ekinaka Yamanouchi! Before you get on the Train! For lunch! It's just the right size, so it's easy to eat, and it's delicious 😊😋. Come to 🚃🚋🍙💭 the station for tuna mayo There are also various drink menus and souvenirs!

The Tourism Bureau's original goods are now 🥳👏 on sale We did design production + product development ✨️ with the four themes of Hot Spring, Skiing, Agricultural Products, and Monkeys that Yamanouchi Town is proud of The concept is "Yamanouchi Retro" 🕰🎥🎞 It's a nostalgic but cute design with a retro theme! In addition to long sleeves and washcloths, there are also magnets, stickers, sacoche and Ballpoint pens! I would be very happy 🥰 if many people could pick it up for everyday wear and memories of your trip It is only sold at the Yamanouchi Information Center opposite Yudanaka Station!

Introducing the Letter Set A letter set featuring illustrations of Setoushi-kun. This new Setoushi-kun product was created by Komatsu, a former member of the regional revitalization squad. Envelopes come in two colors: deep green and pale orange. The set includes three envelopes large enough to hold L-size photos and six A5 sheets of writing paper. One set 680 yen Available at Komu Museum of Art, Roadside Station Kam, and Hotel Rimu. We hope not only visitors but also village residents will enjoy using them! #Nishiokoppe Village #Hokkaido #Setoushi-kun #Setoushi-kun goods #Letter set #Two colors #Travel memories #Promoting the village's charm #Regional revitalization squad #Alumnus #Using subsidy funds

[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✨

Atami Station Front Shopping Streets (Nakamise and Heiwa-dori) In front of Atami Station are two shopping streets, Heiwa-dori and Nakamise, where long-established shops with 60- and 70-year histories still operate. Unlike shopping malls, these streets gather small, quirky shops where you can experience a uniquely Japanese style of shopping. You will find restaurants, cafes, sushi bars, and dried-fish shops, along with souvenir stores stocked with specialties from the Izu Peninsula. Official goods featuring Atsuo, the mascot of the Atami Onsen Hotels and Ryokan Cooperative, are also available in various shops. Strolling while nibbling on a hot-spring manju bun is recommended. Enjoy shopping here at the start of your trip or on your way home. Address / 〒413-0011 Tawarahoncho, Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture (in front of JR Atami Station)

■━━━━━━━□ ┃ 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! 💻

■━━━━━━□ ┃ 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. 🙇‍♀️

🎊🏒 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!! 😆📢

The hit series “Uma Musume Pretty Derby” has teamed up with Tomakomai’s famous sweet “Yoi Tomake”!! Sansei’s “Yoi Tomake” appears in a collaboration package!! 🥳🎉 On the side of the package, Tomakomai tourism ambassadors Uma Musume “Hokko Tarumae” and Tomachop appear together in a photo!! 💖 The inner package features a profile of “Hokko Tarumae,” so if you’re curious, please visit Tomakomai!! 📢⚡ Available at the Tomakomai Tourist Information Center as well! 🙋‍♀️ Uma Musume Pretty Derby Yoi Tomake Hokko Tarumae Ver. Price: 780 yen (tax included) Where to buy: Sansei and Tomakomai Tourism Association

■━━━━━━━━━━□ ┃ New Product Information ┃ □━━━━━━━━━━■ New "Tomachop" goods have arrived!! ✨🥳 We have a large blanket, a lightweight, pleasantly textured bamboo cup that feels great to the touch, and five different masking tapes!! 👏 These items are useful in this cold season, and we can ship them to other regions, so please consider ordering if you’re interested!! 🙋‍♀️ For details, apply via the "Tomakomai Tourism Association" website through the "Tomachop Goods" banner! 💻

🎄Only a little left of this year…🎍 There is just one month remaining this year 😞 The Tomakomai Tourism Association is selling the “Tomachop Desk Calendar 2024”!! 📅 You can slot it into the separately sold “Tomachop Wooden Stand” and display it!! ✨ How about this calendar for next year?? We are happily accepting regional shipping orders!! 🙋‍♀️ *＼!! Limited quantity available!! ／* [ Tomachop Desk Calendar 2024 ] 880 yen (tax included) ・A5 size (7 sheets) [ Tomachop Wooden Stand ] 880 yen (tax included) ・Length 220 mm × Height 35 mm × Width 25 mm ・Groove width approx. 2 mm, depth approx. 15 mm ・Material: Natural wood (sourced from Hokkaido)

[Asakuma Station 100th Anniversary Event! ] 】 In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Asakuma Station, we will hold a Showa Retro Railway event! On the day of the event, in addition to the first exhibition of enamel signboards, which are called station markers of Adashima Station during the JNR era, original goods and special products such as mushrooms and beets will be sold. In addition, as a commemoration of the visit to the station, the first 30 people will receive an original postcard of Aashima Station created by Aibetsu illustrator Mayumi Umetsu. It will be an event that not only railway fans but also history lovers can enjoy, so please come by all means! ■Date: Saturday, November 11 ■Time: 10 a.m. ~ 2 p.m. ■Venue: Aibetsu Town Asakuma Station Aiyama

Today is "Friday the 13th." Tomakomai Tourism Association is selling glowing traffic-safety keychains that help you feel safe on the night road!! 🌟🌃 Attach one and be careful on your way home at night…😨😨😨

🦢 Tomachop merchandise is now on sale! 🦢 You can also purchase official Tomachop merchandise (Tomakomai City's official mascot) on the Tomakomai Tourism Association website! 💁‍♀️ We offer a wide variety of items — please check them out if you're interested! 😊✨