Tokachi is an area made up of 19 municipalities, including the central city of Obihiro.
- 19 municipalities in Tokachi -
Obihiro City, Otofuke, Shihoro Town, Kamishihoro Town, Shikaoi Town, Shintoku Town, Shimizu Town, Memuro Town, Naka Satsunai Village, Sarabetsu Village, Taiki Town, Hiroo Town, Makubetsu, Ikeda Town, Toyokoro Town, Honbetsu Town, Ashoro, Rikubetsu Town, Urahoro Town
It is an attractive area that harmonizes vast nature with gastronomy, hot springs, sightseeing spots, etc.
We will introduce plenty of information about Tokachi, so thank you.
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement 📣
The 70th Iwanai Senkyo Autumn Leaves Festival will take place on Sunday, October 12th, 2025 😊
The program is packed with attractions, including a karaoke contest, a Yuu Oe kayō show, YOSAKOI Soran performances, a mountain-harvest grand bingo, and a vegetable weight-guessing quiz 🎵
You can also buy local farm produce such as grab-bag vegetables, and enjoy autumn flavors like charcoal-grilled chicken and jingisukan at the autumn food corner, with food trucks on site 😍
※Karaoke contestants should register between 10:30 and 11:00, so please arrive early.
Children are more than welcome to participate!! Applications will be accepted at the venue on the day.
If there are many applicants, participants will be chosen by lottery, so please understand in advance.
Please bring your karaoke CD (sound source).
📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 12th, 2025, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
📍Location: Iwanai Senkyo
※In case of rain, the opening ceremony and the kayō show will be held at the Kawanishi Agricultural Training Center starting at 12:00 PM.
🔶Special Shuttle Bus Information 🚌
📍Fare: Round-trip 3,000 yen (children half price)
📍Outbound: Departing Obihiro Station Bus Terminal at 9:20 AM
📍Return: Departing Iwanai Senkyo at 2:25 PM
※You can board at Tokachi Bus Head Office, Sanjo High School, Shirakaba-dori 19-jo, and Shirakaba-dori 16-jo stops.
For bus reservations and inquiries
TEL: 0155-23-5171
※In case of rain, times and locations may change, so please inquire.
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
https://www.city.obihiro.hokkaido.jp/tourism/matsuri/1005852.html...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Introducing our rental bicycles 😊
We rent bicycles at the Eco Bus Center Rikuru inside Obikuru, the bus terminal at Obihiro Station 🎵
You can use them throughout the Tokachi region, so when you visit Obihiro, why not explore the town by rental bike as a way to get around and make travel memories 🚴♀️🚴♀️🚴♀️
📍Rental period: April 26, 2025 – November 30, 2025
(The period may change depending on weather and other conditions)
📍Registration and pickup location
Eco Bus Center Rikuru inside Obikuru at Obihiro Station bus terminal
Tel: 0155-23-5920 Fax: 0155-23-5921
📍Hours of use: 9:30 AM–5:30 PM
📍Fees
🔶Folding bicycle From 400 yen per hour
🔶City bicycle From 300 yen per hour
🔶Electric city bicycle, electric sport bike From 600 yen per hour
https://www.machicen.com/bicycle/...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement📣
This year marks the 50th Autumn Harvest Festival, the "Umaissho Shintoku Daisetsu Festival" 😊
Enjoy the annual all-you-can-pack fresh local vegetables, a fruit sale from our sister city Higashine in Yamagata Prefecture, Shintoku’s specialty soba and grilled meat, plus stage shows and a lottery while savoring local ingredients 🎵
The stage show features a performance by the Shintoku Junior High School Brass Band and special appearances by artists connected to the town!!
Local shops and a kei-truck market will also set up stalls to liven up the venue alongside the stage shows.
Please come and enjoy this family-friendly event for all ages in the green setting of Kutchan Park 🤗
Date and Time: Sunday, October 5 — 10:00 to 14:00
Venue: Kutchan Park
A free round-trip shuttle bus will operate 🚌
※Free shuttle buses run from in front of the Shintoku Town Community Center and JR Shintoku Station.
Departure: From Shintoku Town Community Center 9:30 / JR Shintoku Station 9:35
Return: From Kutchan Park 14:15
https://shintoku-town.net/spot/taisetsu-matsuri/...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement📣
On Sunday, October 5, 2025, the special north-side venue of Roadside Station Nakasatsunai hosts the "Roadside Station Fair"! 😊
Experience pony-drawn carriage rides, street performances, and a wide range of hands-on and exhibition booths plus workshops!!
We offer many popular programs, including the ever-popular "All-You-Can-Fill Fresh Vegetables" bag, a fun raffle, and "Peetan’s Rock–Paper–Scissors!" 🎵
📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 5, 2025, 10:00–14:00
📍Venue: Roadside Station Nakasatsunai, north-side special venue
📌Pony carriage rides (paid)
📍Fee: 200 yen per person
📍Times: 10:00 — 60 people, 11:10 — 40 people
📌All-You-Can-Fill Fresh Vegetables (paid)
📍Price: 300 yen per bag ※One bag per person
📍Times: 11:00 and 13:00 — 70 bags available each session on a first-come, first-served basis
📌Fun Raffle
Receive one coupon for every 500 yen spent at participating stores; two coupons allow entry to the raffle.
📍Raffle Time: 10:00–13:50
📍Participating Stores: Roadside Station tenants and Roadside Station Fair vendors (including food trucks)
You can also enjoy local autumn flavors at the Autumn Harvest Market and from food trucks 🍁
Bring your family and friends and come visit Roadside Station Nakasatsunai 🤗
https://kankou-nakasatsunai.com/information/information-5852/...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement📣
On Sunday, October 5th, 2025, Minori~mu Festa Otofuke 2025 will take place😊
This event centers on the concept of local production for local consumption!!
The program is packed with attractions, including menus made from local ingredients, sales of the town’s proud farm products and processed goods, and hands-on activity corners where visitors can participate🎵
On the SPECIAL STAGE SHOW, Yamanai Kagura, a folk performing art from Karumai Town in Iwate Prefecture—which marks its 40th anniversary as a sister town with Otofuke—will come to perform!! Stage events also include a music live by Yasuhiro Kazama, a performance by Otofuke High School’s dance club, and a character photo time😍
In the food area, you can enjoy safe, delicious farm products, local specialties, and carefully crafted menu items made with agricultural and livestock products from Otofuke Town🍴
If you shop at the stores listed below by 2:00 PM, you will receive one raffle ticket per ¥1,000 spent (one draw per ticket) and can join the fun raffle. You might win wonderful prizes such as a Tokachigawa Onsen accommodation voucher!!✨
📍Food and regional products corner
📍Paid hands-on activity corner
📍Roadside Station Otofuke stores
📍Ryugetsu Sweetpia Garden
Please come and enjoy this event full of the town’s specialties🤗
https://michinoeki-otofuke.jp/xo_event/xo_event-4362/...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement📣
Experience all of Shihorocho at once at the major event “Chō Kamishihoro: Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Lifelong Learning & SDGs Festival.”😊
The whole town becomes the venue. Across multiple sites, locals will host participatory events like the Kamishihoro Tug-of-War, an SDGs Quiz Contest, and a Prize Draw, while residents present performances such as Naitai Kogen Taiko and the Shihoro High School Brass Band.😍
📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 5, 2025, 9:30 AM–5:00 PM
📍Venue: Throughout the town (four venues plus shopping street and roadside) held simultaneously
1️⃣ Roadside Station Booth (Location: Roadside Station Kamishihoro)
Packed with fun events.
2️⃣ Fureai Park Booth (Location: Shihoro Town Fureai Park)
Enjoyable SDGs activities including a digital SDGs quiz rally.
3️⃣ Wakka Booth (Location: Shihoro Town Lifelong Learning Center Wakka)
Try e-sports, join interactive games, visit the children’s play corner, and watch cooking demonstrations.
4️⃣ Shopping Street and Roadside Booth (Location: Shopping street along Prefectural Route 337)
Featuring Kamishihoro Information Center, Hareta (Lifelong Active Town Kamishihoro), Machi no Gallery humi, and Kamishihoro Marche.
In addition, at the Nippo-no-Ie Backside Town Land venue, related local companies will exhibit and there will be a joint electric vehicle display and test-drive event.
📌Free shuttle buses will run between venues.
🚌 Roadside Station Kamishihoro ⇔ Kamishihoro Information Center ⇔ Hareta ⇔ Tokachi Shinkin Bank ⇔ Fureai Plaza
📍Departures from Roadside Station Kamishihoro: every hour at :00 and :30 between 9:30 AM and 5:30 PM.
📍Departures from Fureai Plaza: every hour at :15 and :45 between 9:45 AM and 3:45 PM. Note: the final departure is at 4:30 PM.
📞Contact
Shihorocho Chamber of Commerce and Industry TEL: 01564-2-2339
https://town.tonxton.com/event/kamishihoro-fes2025/...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement📣
On Sunday, October 5, 2025, Shihoro Town’s local specialty "Shihoro Beef" will be served in abundance at the Shihoro Beef Festival😊
The event overflows with flavor, featuring cut steaks from three brands, a whole-carcass fresh beef sale, and local restaurants offering original Shihoro Beef menu items🎵
📍Date and Time: Sunday, October 5, 2025, 11:00–14:00
📍Venue: Shihoro Town Community Plaza
📌Cut steaks from three brands
📍Shihoro Beef Wakamaru 📍Shihoro Beef 📍Shihoro Beef XCROSS
These flavors are unique to this event, so be sure to taste and compare them😍
📌Whole-carcass fresh beef sale
A-Coop Shihoro Store ASPO meat counter will sell one whole carcass each of Shihoro Beef and Shihoro Beef XCROSS at special producer-only prices for this day only🎵
📍Sale times: First round 9:30–, Second round 14:00–
*Sales will end once the planned number of packs is reached; please understand in advance.*
In addition, processed foods made by students of Shihoro High School and other special sales will be available, and at the Shihoro Town Dairy Farming Promotion Council booth, the first 100 people who answer a question at the Shihoro Beef display corner will receive Yotsuba dairy products as a gift!! *This offer is for junior high school students and younger.*
Come enjoy Shihoro Beef this autumn when appetite runs high🤗
*Please use the Town Hall parking lot and public parking lots for parking.*
📞Contact
Shihoro Town Beef Promotion Association Secretariat (inside JA Shihoro Town Livestock Division) TEL: 01564-5-5712
https://shihorobeef.jp/news/detail/198908897568be3c5d79afc...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Notice 📣
Garlic from Tokachi-Shimizu ranks first in Hokkaido for shipment volume 😊
“The 7th Tokachi-Shimizu Garlic and Meat Festival 2025,” an event celebrating the garlic-producing region, is coming soon!!!
You can enjoy grilled meat and a variety of garlic-based dishes, and the garlic grab is a big hit 🎵
📍Date: Saturday, October 4th, 2025, 10:00–15:00
📍Venue: Hokuren Shimizu Sugar Factory Plaza (Kita 2-jo 8-chome, Shimizu, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido)
📍Admission: Free (food and BBQ require separate tickets)
📌Tokachi young beef BBQ set tickets are also on sale 😍
📍BBQ set includes 350 g Tokachi young beef plus garlic pork skewer and Tokachi-Shimizu garlic ajillo! Includes chopsticks, plates, and sauce.
📍Advance ticket: ¥1,800, Same-day ticket: ¥2,000
📍Ticket outlets
Tickets are on sale at Shimizu Town Hall Agricultural and Forestry Division, Shimizu Town Hall, Mikage Branch Office, JA Tokachi-Shimizu Main Office Planning Room, JA Tokachi-Shimizu Mikage Branch, Shimizu Chamber of Commerce, and Ticket Pia.
A lottery with luxurious prizes for BBQ ticket holders will be held (drawing starts around 14:00)
There are plenty of activities and events for children, including fire truck and police car rides and a Self-Defense Forces Type 96 wheeled armored vehicle ride experience.
Enjoy a special day filled with the toasty aroma of garlic and the savory flavor of Tokachi young beef! 🧄🧄🧄
We look forward to seeing you there 🤗
https://portal.ja-shimizu.or.jp/news/346/...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement📣
Sunday, October 5th — The 52nd Ikeda Town Autumn Wine Festival will take place 😊
This annual event has continued for more than 50 years since the celebratory gathering held to mark the completion of Wine Castle in 1974.
Enjoy autumn flavors including all-you-can-drink Tokachi wine and the town’s signature whole roasted beef.
📌Highlights✨
📍The all-you-can-drink wine selection has been upgraded to high-grade labels.😍
Tokachi wine — Red (premium variety Yamayuki)
— White (town benefit white wine)
— Rosé (town benefit)
📍Hokkaido tourism PR character Kyun-chan and the official Wagyu national fair character Wagyu-ry will appear!!
Also returning from last year, the Fighters Girls will perform!!
📍Other attractions include a wine-tasting guessing contest, performances by Ikeda Town junior and senior high school wind ensembles, and jazz by Motoko Vocal 4.🎵
📌Tickets are on sale now!!
📍What the ticket includes
1️⃣ One exchange ticket for 200 grams of locally raised beef grilled over charcoal, a beef sausage, a hamburger, and a vegetable set
2️⃣ One exchange ticket for Ikeda Town whole roasted beef
3️⃣ Tickets worth 1,100 yen usable at food trucks and the flavor tent corner
4️⃣ All-you-can-drink Tokachi wine and special grape juice
📌Ticket outlets: Ikeda Wine Castle, Ikeda Town Tourism Association, Tokachi Tourist Information Center
※You can also purchase at 7-Eleven and Lawson Ticket.
📌A Tokachi Bus route bus package to the event is also on sale!! (Reservation only)
Please make reservations via the Tokachi Bus website.
https://www.tokachibus.jp/kankou/...
※If you only wish to ride the bus, please inquire by phone.
TEL: 0155-23-5171, round-trip bus fare 2,200 yen (children 1,100 yen)
https://kankou-ikeda.com//
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement📣
On September 28, the 50th Urahoro Furusato Minori Festival will be held at Urahoro Forest Park!
This is a grand harvest festival celebrating autumn’s bountiful grains.
The program features a kayō show by guest singers, a comedy live, a stage show with HBC characters Monsuke and Uraha·Horoma, plus a mochi toss (minori-maki), autumn-fish catch-with-hands, and a raffle with chances to win local specialty products — there’s plenty to enjoy!
You can also savor seasonal ingredients at food stalls and browse a corner showcasing Urahoro’s specialty products.
Come enjoy the autumn harvest and seasonal flavors — we look forward to seeing you!🤗
📍Date and Time: Sunday, September 28, 2025, 10:00–15:30
📍Venue: Urahoro Forest Park
📍Shuttle Bus: Urahoro Town Hall – Urahoro Forest Park, 9:00–15:30 (running as needed)
📞Inquiries: Urahoro Town Tourism Association TEL: 015-576-2181
https://www.urahoro.jp/administration/?content=2760...
https://urahorokanko.jp/blog/topics/921/...
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