Salmon are running upstream! You can 👀 observe it up close at "Totorodo" Salmon are born in rivers, grow large in the sea, and eventually return up their hometown rivers. Fry recovered from their eggs in rivers descend to the sea in spring with melted snow, and travel back and forth between the Bering Sea in summer and the Gulf of Alaska in winter. Almost four years later, the mature salmon migrate south from the Bering Sea along the Kuril Islands, returning to their hometown rivers to spawn from September to November. Fishway observation room and torodo Address: 127 Aikawa Makubetsu Nakagawa-gun, Hokkaido Open: End of April to November from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (depending on the season)

Recommended sightseeing spots nearby 【Tokachi Hills】 A garden with the theme of agriculture and food in Makubetsu Town. The popular event Umbrella Sky is being held until June 30th! Peonies and water lilies were blooming beautifully in the garden. I was also able to see paulownia flowers, which are vulnerable to cold and rarely bloom in Hokkaido. July 1-9 is Rose Week. You will want to visit the garden many times because you can see a different expression depending on the season. 【About 20 minutes by car from Tokachigawa Onsen】