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📣
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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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement 📣
On Sunday, September 28, the 44th Shikaoi Town Hometown Industry Festival will take place at a special venue at Roadside Station Shikaoi. 😊
The stage program features performances and dances by four groups, including the Kodomoen Shikaoi drum corps, and two shows of the popular anime "Kimi to Idol Precure♪" character show at 12:00 and 13:50. 🎵
Other highlights include a thrilling grand lottery with luxurious prizes and agricultural product sets, plus a guaranteed-win fun Garapon raffle where winners can get Shikaoi beef steak sets—there’s plenty to enjoy!!
At the Local Produce Fair, you can taste Shikaoi beef steak and okonomiyaki loaded with Shikaoi cabbage, take part in a fill-your-bag carrot and potato sale, and buy specialty items such as milk, dairy products, and buckwheat flour. 😍
We will again offer many local specialties, including a wide selection of agricultural and livestock products, and we look forward to welcoming you. 🤗
📍Date and Time: 10:00–15:00, September 28, 2025
📍Location: Special venue at Roadside Station Shikaoi
📞Contact
44th Shikaoi Town Hometown Industry Festival Executive Committee
TEL 0156-66-4035 (Shikaoi Town Hall, Agricultural Promotion Division)
https://www.town.shikaoi.lg.jp/oshirase/3395/...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Announcements of two events from Shintoku Town📣
1️⃣ ‘Tomuraushi Onsen 60th Anniversary Festival’
Tomuraushi Onsen celebrates its 60th year since opening this year with a gratitude festival where visitors can enjoy the gifts of Shintoku Town and the hot springs as a thank-you for long-standing patronage.
📍Dates: September 27, 2025 – September 28, 2025
📍Free hot spring bathing: Both days, September 27 and 28, 12:15–19:30
📍Events: One-day event on September 28, 12:00–16:00
📍Venue: Tomuraushi Onsen Tōtaisetsusō
Bathing is free on September 27 and 28. On the 28th we will hold many activities including a fill-your-bag event of Shintoku-grown vegetables, food stalls and sales featuring Tomuraushi Jersey beef, a mini concert by MAKICOM MINAMI, outdoor games, and a nostalgic Shintoku photo exhibition. Free day-trip shuttle service is also available, so please come and enjoy Tomuraushi Onsen this autumn.
📌Free day-trip shuttle (approx. 90 minutes each way)
📍September 27 Outbound: departs Shintoku Station 11:00 Return: departs the onsen 15:00
📍September 28 Outbound: departs from the Shin-Soba Festival venue 12:30 Return: departs the onsen 16:30
*Phone reservation required: Tomuraushi Onsen Tōtaisetsusō TEL: 0156-65-3021
2️⃣ ‘22nd Shintoku New Soba Festival’
The largest festival in Shintoku, the Shintoku New Soba Festival, is held every year on the last Sunday of September to coincide with the local soba harvest😊
📍Date: September 28, 2025 10:00–14:00
📍Venue: Parking lot in front of Shintoku Town Health and Welfare Center Nagomi
The highlight of the Shintoku New Soba Festival is tasting the four-fresh soba: freshly harvested, freshly milled, freshly made, and freshly boiled noodles.🎵
This year eight vendors from around town, including soba shops and volunteers, will serve flavorful soba grown on the foothills of the Daisetsu mountain range, each offering their signature broths and toppings to showcase the new soba.
Beyond soba, there will be many local specialties such as charcoal-grilled Shintoku jidori chicken and grilled shiitake mushrooms grown on logs, plus sweets like soba crepes and rich soft-serve ice cream to enjoy.😍
Also, the long-running wanko-soba eating contest returns for the first time in six years!!
There are two categories: parent-and-child pair and adult pair, and applications require teams of two.
Pairs of two will compete to see how many bowls of soba they can eat within the time limit.
Applications open at 11:00 on the day of the festival (about 30 minutes).
📞Contact
Shintoku New Soba Festival Executive Committee Office (Shintoku Town Industry Division) TEL: 0156-64-0525
*On the day, vendors will do their best to serve soba, but supplies may run out earlier than expected. Thank you for your understanding in advance.
https://shintoku-town.net/spot/#event...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
Event Announcement📣
On September 28th, “2025 Onneto Stories” will take place 😊
This event invites you to immerse yourself in Onneto’s primeval forest and enjoy its charms with all five senses.
There will be a variety of activities, including campfire and wood-splitting workshops focused on wood learning (mokuiiku), and a nature interaction class where you can enjoy forest bathing while learning about the trees and the mysteries of the Yuno Falls.
After refreshing yourself with forest bathing, relax at a forest concert while enjoying delicious local food 🎵
Spend a leisurely autumn day in this richly natural setting 🤗
On the day, a free shuttle bus will run from Roadside Station Ashoro to the Onneto campsite.
📍Outbound: Roadside Station Ashoro departs 8:30 → Onneto Campsite arrives 9:30
📍Return: Onneto Campsite departs 14:00 → Roadside Station Ashoro arrives 15:00
*Please note that due to recent heavy rain, the Onneto lakeshore Yuhodo trail course of the nature interaction class has been canceled.*
📞Inquiries
Ashoro Tourism Association Office TEL:0156-25-6131
https://www.town.ashoro.hokkaido.jp/kanko/news/2025/onneto_2025.html...
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Tokachi Tourism Federation posted.
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//
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