Best Tourist Spots In Hokkaido

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Very spacious park, you can enjoy arts and taking exercise.

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2018 is a 5th time of Flower Carpet. Citizen volunteers make colorful flower carpet using petals grown in Hokkaido such as rose and carnation.◎Since this year, Photo View Spot has put to over look the flower carpet. Place: Kitasanjo Square (bynane: Akapura). Event date: 2018, 6/21-24. Illumination hours: 18:00-21:00. The last day on 24th, it opens till 16:30, and you can walk on the flower carpet during Free Walking 16:30-16:45.

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I visited here for my interest in the history of Otaru, I could find the herring fishery in the old time was profitable very well. Though you need fee to Otaru Kihinkan, anyone can see these ceiling pictures for they're located at the entrance lobby. ◎To access here, Otaru Kihinkan is far from the city central, so you need to use car. If you use bus, make sure of the timetable for there're only a few services.

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Shikisai no Oka in Biei, Hokkaido is a very popular place for its dynamic and colorful hills. About 50 kinds of flowers are replanted from spring to autumn, and you can enjoy various flowers and scenery over a long period from May to October. Summer is especially recommended as it becomes colorful during the summer.

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You can enjoy seeing various scenes of Blue Pond throughout the year. The autumn colors of larch trees, and winter illumination before freezing in December, I like.

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You can overlook the sea of Shakotan Blue while walking along the a little scary narrow path and steps. When you turn round, there's beautiful great nature of the Cape Kamui.

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You can enjoy seeing various scenes of Blue Pond throughout the year. The autumn colors of larch trees, and winter illumination before freezing in December, I like.

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You can overlook the sea of Shakotan Blue while walking along the a little scary narrow path and steps. When you turn round, there's beautiful great nature of the Cape Kamui.

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Shikisai-no Oka is a famous scenic place in Biei, Hokkaido. The scenery of farm products and flowers on a hill is beautiful and bright like a colorful paints on a palette. A cart you can drive in the garden is also exciting!◎Green season is from the end of April to the end of October.

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A huge hill of 23ha is covered with yellow. The scenery of 1.5 million sunflowers has become topic in Japan. Sunflower Festival is held until 8/20. Please come to the No.1 sunflower field in Japan!◎Entrance fee is free (Sunflower Maze is 300yen). Parking lot is ava

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You can enjoy seeing various scenes of Blue Pond throughout the year. The autumn colors of larch trees, and winter illumination before freezing in December, I like.

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In the place surrounded with the great nature of Hokkaido, there's a colorful world of various flowers. Shikisai-no Oka (Hill of Four Seasons Colors), is the right place as its name says.

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Shikisai no Oka in Biei, Hokkaido is a very popular place for its dynamic and colorful hills. About 50 kinds of flowers are replanted from spring to autumn, and you can enjoy various flowers and scenery over a long period from May to October. Summer is especially recommended as it becomes colorful during the summer.

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Farm Tomita is one of the best tourist spots in Hokkaido where the summer is shorter than other prefectures in Japan, and has as large as 15 ha flower fields with mainly lavender. Every year, lively flowers with seven colors bloom like rainbow at the gentle hill!◎Please check the link to get how to access here. If you come from outside of Hokkaido, Asahikawa Airport is the nearest from Farm Tomita.

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Hokuryū-cho Sunflower Field is the largest one in Japan. You can enjoy walking in the sunflower maze, and going around on tractor bus or rental bicycles. The sunflower ice cream sold here is savory and delicious.

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Shiretoko Goko Lakes is registered as a World Natural Heritage, and surrounded by the virgin forest. On sunny days, the beautiful Shiretoko mountain range is reflected on the lake surface! Many wildlife such as Yezo-deer, brown bears and birds live here, you can enjoy the nature on the ground pathways.

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When the snow lies, they begin to lend sleighs and walking skis for free! On the Sunday noon, tube rafting is sometimes held. When it gets cold, let's warm in the arena like a spaceship.

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A small theater and a museum concerning tangle weed. They prepare free tasting in a stand you can enjoy, but it is better for me to see the producing factory with tangle weed soft ice cream in my hand.

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Otaru Canal is popular as a tourist spot. At night, gas lamps burn and make a fantastic scene differ from the canal at daytime. Beautiful reflection of illuminated warehouses on the water. You can take a night walk on the well-kept path for walkers♪◎Car: 1.5h from Shin-chitose Airport via expressway Train: 1h and 10 min by Express Airport Line, get off at JR Otaru and 8 min walk

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Very spacious park, you can enjoy arts and taking exercise.

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About 20 minutes from Biei Station by car. A solitary blue pond is miraculously made by human and nature. Water pooled in a disaster prevention dam and made this blue pond. The secret of it lies in the water ingredients.

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Matcha parfait, and strawberry parfait are offered separately as we thought..., but that's the new idea that 'two parfaits is one pair'! There're many other fashionable parfaits, so when you can't decide where to go to eat parfait (a new custom to eat parfait as the last dish of the day has spread from Sapporo to all over Japan), you should visit here!

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FAMILY TREE CAFE has chic and good-old room, located in Naganuma, a little far from Sapporo. We can enjoy delicious food and sweets in a relaxing room.

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Kitaichi Hall is a cafe with 167 lamps and retro atmosphere. They light the lamps one by one by hand after they open the cafe every morning. 8:45. It's worth seeing if you get up early. They offer meals as well as coffee and soft cream.

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RISONARE Tomamu owns a large area of ​​Tomamu property. It's so big that you can't go around the entire site in one day by bus! There are plenty of activities such as skiing, buggy riding, and making Baumkuchen. The Ice Village is made entirely of ice, and even has an ice hotel and an ice bar! All rooms are spacious and sweet with a private sauna! You can enjoy the snowy scenery from your room ♩

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We can see the beautiful mountains covered with snow from our guest rooms. From five to seven in the morning, croissant and illy's coffee are available for free, so enjoy them with this landscape.

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Spoon Valley's Zawazawa Village has five detached tow-storied cottages. They deliver the breakfast and dinner to each cottage. We can enjoy slow time leisurely and meals we eat in nature are all delicious! When you travel in Hokkaido, it's nice place to stay.◎It's a small hotel with five cottages. They take reservations of three months ahead, so make a booking earlier if you like it.

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Walking along the path from Jozankei Onsen town to Futami Tsuribashi, you can see this autumn colored leaves shinning gold here. It's a popular places to appreciate the fall foliage in Hokkaido.

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In the east of Hokkaido, the Senmou main line running across from Kushiro to Abashiri. At the Kawayu Onsen station, there is a space for a foot bath where was redecorated a comer of the station building. The water flows down from a wood carving bear is 100 % hot spring water comes directly from the source.

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A natural hot spring for legs at the side of the river flowing from Oyu Marsh. You can come with your hands empty because the cushions are prepared. It takes 15minutes on the path but be careful, it's like a mountain path.

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Shiretoko Goko Lakes is registered as a World Natural Heritage, and surrounded by the virgin forest. On sunny days, the beautiful Shiretoko mountain range is reflected on the lake surface! Many wildlife such as Yezo-deer, brown bears and birds live here, you can enjoy the nature on the ground pathways.

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I stayed at the Shiretoko Daiichi Hotel. The Utoko town sights, the Sea of Okhotsk and the sun setting on the World Heritage Shiretoko could be seen.

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The drift ice arrives at Shiretoko registered as a world heritage site. Some wild animals such as Steller's sea eagle get together to get food. There's a boat to see such creatures from Rausu Port in early morning, and you can enjoy watching them very close!◎Car is convenient here. It's better to come to Rausu the day before and stay at night, then leave for Rausu Port in early morning. The drift ice starts to arrive from the end of February. As soon as the drift ice arrives, you can watch Steller's sea eagle and others like that, but after a while, you can see sea lions. By the way, these eagles get together for the fish thrown from this tour boat, so you have a great chance to watch them.

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Hakodate is related to people lived in the end of Edo era such as Ryoma Sakamoto. You can learn about the stories of Goryokaku that now become the wonderful view.

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Here is one of the best 30 spots in Shibetsu City. The device for turning a train and wheel remain at old Nemuro shibetsu station although the Shibetsu line stopped at 1989.

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Hakodate has many beautiful buildings. Many hills toward Mt.Hakodate command the nice view of the city. Night view is also worth seeing!

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As for Hokkaido, you may recall the straight road that expends so far away. Along such a road, there're cherry blossom trees such as Ezo Yamazakura, standing as long as 7 kilometers, and you can enjoy driving there! I could see the voluminous cherry blossoms suitable for a large Hokkaido Prefecture!◎I uses the car headlights to take the first pic, there're no lights. For it's popular cherry blossom spot, more and more cars get together as the time becomes near noon. To access here, cars are most convenient, and you can park the roadside. The extra bus are available from Shizunai Station.

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The view spot is the top of Route 334 and you can see Rausudake Mountain on the north side and Kunashiri Island on the south. The street is prohibited from November to April, So the period of use is the shortest in Japan.

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Sunflowers, and more sunflowers as fa as I can see. Various kinds of sunflowers will make us cheerful. And they prepare some places to eat food, so we can enjoy the site leisurely. No admission fees, the best season is from the late July to the early August.

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Oni Hanabi (Demon's Firework) is a limited event on Thursdays and Fridays at Noboribetsu Onsen hot spring town. The demons appear from the darkness and dance for exorcism as a back ground of Jigokudani (Hell Valley). At the climax of the how, they spark the very strong fire works in hands! Together with the hot spring. it could be a great experience of your summer.◎This show is taken place on only Thursdays and Fridays, and not on weekends! If you have car, Jigokudani parking area is available. For people use public transportation, there's bus from Noboribetsu to Noboribetsu Onsen, but staying at Noboribetsu Onsen would be better.

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Fukuhara Sanso Lodge's garden is opened to public only during autumn. There're as many as 1000 trees of ruby-red momiji (Japanese maple tree) that are rarely seen in Hokkaido. After the leaves fall, the whole ground becomes like a red carpet. What's more, there're waterfalls and pond in the garden, you can enjoy walking around.◎Autumn leaves are in its best during the first week of October.

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Mikuni Touge Pass is the highest national road in Hokkaido. There's a great view of Matsumi Bridge and nature. We can meet the yellow leaves in autumn and lively green in summer. Beside the observatory, Mikuni Touge cafe's sausage curry is also delicious.

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I visited Hiraoka Jugei Center to see its garden, but I was moved with this wonderful scenery of a street lined with red leaves. It was raining on that day, I want to come again on sunny day.◎It's located a little far from the nearest station, it's better for you to come by car.

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Hakodate has many beautiful buildings. Many hills toward Mt.Hakodate command the nice view of the city. Night view is also worth seeing!

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CHAPEL ON THE WATER is located inside of Hoshino Resort TOMAMU. It was designed by Tadao Ando, and one of the three best chapels by him. The cross floating on the water is fantastic. You can see the building at only night.

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100 years has passed since this church built in Nakashibetsu town Kamimusa area in 1916. There's an Icon drawn by Rin Yamashita, a first icon painter in Japan, and an image of Christ that is considered for a legacy of Northern Territories.

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Lake Mashu is the most clearest lake in Japan. We'll gasp with surprise at the beautiful water and its blue color. A song 'Kiri no Mashu-ko (Misty Lake Mashu)' is well-known, and the starry sky fascinates us at night... Lake Mashu shows us various expression whenever we visit here.

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In the east of Hokkaido, the Senmou main line running across from Kushiro to Abashiri. At the Kawayu Onsen station, there is a space for a foot bath where was redecorated a comer of the station building. The water flows down from a wood carving bear is 100 % hot spring water comes directly from the source.

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The Resuke mountain (787m) is located along the route of Nishibetsudake mountain. The spiritual Mashu lake surrounded by mountains looks deep blue called Mash-blue.

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An entrance of Tokachi Farm. Here's well known as a low of white birches where Massan and Elly held their hands and run through in a scene of NHK's morning drama. Also it's acknowledged as a beautiful grove of Otofuke town.

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Fukuhara Sanso Lodge's garden is opened to public only during autumn. There're as many as 1000 trees of ruby-red momiji (Japanese maple tree) that are rarely seen in Hokkaido. After the leaves fall, the whole ground becomes like a red carpet. What's more, there're waterfalls and pond in the garden, you can enjoy walking around.◎Autumn leaves are in its best during the first week of October.

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Shikaribetsu Lake Kotan is an icy village appears only in midwinter on the frozen lake surface. There're bar, open-air bath of ice, and even ice houses! We can enjoy the cold Hokkaido to our hearts' content. You need cars or bus to access here. We stay in the ice house (igloo) in the third pic, and rent sleeping bags and winter outfits, or we can run to the hotel when we're cold. The Milky Way can be seen before dawn in the late February.

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Farm Tomita is one of the best tourist spots in Hokkaido where the summer is shorter than other prefectures in Japan, and has as large as 15 ha flower fields with mainly lavender. Every year, lively flowers with seven colors bloom like rainbow at the gentle hill!◎Please check the link to get how to access here. If you come from outside of Hokkaido, Asahikawa Airport is the nearest from Farm Tomita.

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Kanayama Lake is cool in summer, and the season of lavender is best to visit. You can enjoy camping beside the surprisingly large lake. I'd like you to stop by Kanayama Lake when you visit Tomamu, Hokkaido.

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This road has big difference of altitude like roller coaster. It continues so far away, you can see the scenery you associate with Hokkaido. Excellent for driving!

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It's about -4°C outside, but when you look at the beautiful illuminations, you forget the cold. It's just so cold that my cheeks and nose are red. It's also used in the commercial for Kirin Gogo-no-Kocha's warm milk tea, which is currently running.

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A famous cherry blossom spot, Goryokaku Park in Hakodate. Around 1600 trees of Someiyoshino are wonderful painters of the star shaped castle site. It's lightened up at night and you can enjoy night cherry blossom viewing♪◎Train: from JR Hakodate, take a city train, get off Goryokaku Koen Mae and walk 15 min. Car: 15 min from Hakodate IC

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Hakodate has many beautiful buildings. Many hills toward Mt.Hakodate command the nice view of the city. Night view is also worth seeing!

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You can overlook the sea of Shakotan Blue while walking along the a little scary narrow path and steps. When you turn round, there's beautiful great nature of the Cape Kamui.

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The beautiful blue color of the sea around Shakotan Peninsula. In Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan, has much of amazing nature.

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Shimamui Coast is located 20 min by car from Kamui Cape. You can see the great view called Shakotan Blue. Going down the steps, you can go close to the sea.

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Fireworks are set off everyday on the frozen Akan Lake. No entrance fees. It's very beautiful and we can enjoy different atmosphere from summer. If you travel in the east Hokkaido, please visit here, too.

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The setting sun in a port town Kushiro, the east of Hokkaido, is admired as one of the world's three best sunset with Indonesia's Bali Island and the Philippines Manila. The Sunset will give you deep emotion at the end of a day. I like the autumn sunset, specially.

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A steam engine 'C11 171' restarted in 1999 after 24 years pause. In 2016, from January 1to February 28, it's going to run through 48km between Kushiro Sta. and Shibecha Sta. including Kushiro Marsh.

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This garden belongs to a famous gardener Sayuki Ueno who designed 'Wind Garden' as one of the Hokkaido Garden Path. The rainbow-colored bench has just appeared on Shateki Mountain in the site! The lovely flowers and the colorful bench, you can find many instagenic spots here.

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We were thrilled with the animals we can see at close range. Don't forget winter clothes because it's still covered with snow partly. The Penguin Walk Show is must-see, which penguins walk very near us! What's more, I love this so lovely soft served ice cream!

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A museum about snow. The highlight is the icy corridor that reminds us of a Disney movie 'Frozen'. Snow crystal museum and concert hall where you can have a wedding ceremony, you could enjoy the romantic atmosphere.

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When Ainu people found this greenish-blue pond, they thought it was a present from God because of its beauty. It never be frozen even in winter, and it's like a jewel looks more mysterious in snow.

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An elevated wooden path to Ichi-ko Lake, one of the five lakes of Shiretoko. The 800 meters path seems to stretch beautifully to the sky, and the mountain range of Shiretoko and the Sea of Okhotsk are truly breathtaking scenery! Even small children use the path safely for it's barrier-free.◎You can use this path for free during it opens.

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On the northward way to Shiretoko on the National Route 334. This is summer, but when the snow thaws, it has more power! One of the most beautiful 100 waterfalls in Japan.

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Very spacious park, you can enjoy arts and taking exercise.

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From the middle to the end of July, a place where we can enjoy lavender in Sapporo is here, Horomi Touge Pass. It's a less-known but gorgeous spot to see also the night view of illuminated Sapporo. The admission fees changes from 500 to 800 yen.

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From an observatory on the mountain top, you can have a night landscape of Sapporo like many jewels and also a huge panoramic view of town and nature. It's romantic for lovers to ring a happy bell and promise the forever love♡◎Access: Moiwa Yama Ropeway

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100 years has passed since this church built in Nakashibetsu town Kamimusa area in 1916. There's an Icon drawn by Rin Yamashita, a first icon painter in Japan, and an image of Christ that is considered for a legacy of Northern Territories.

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Here is one of the best 30 spots in Shibetsu City. The device for turning a train and wheel remain at old Nemuro shibetsu station although the Shibetsu line stopped at 1989.

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When the snow lies, they begin to lend sleighs and walking skis for free! On the Sunday noon, tube rafting is sometimes held. When it gets cold, let's warm in the arena like a spaceship.

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In the season of snow festival, the avenue leading to the Otaru Port is lighted beautifully by candles. These candles alight lovely at the roadsides make our hearts warm.

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Because it's a little known place and there was a few people, I could take pictures as I like! Here's near Otaru Canal, please visit Otaru Port Marina if you ever in Otaru!

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We can buy various musical boxes and make it by ourselves. There're many kinds of musical boxes in a shop, it's like an shining amusement park in sounds of musical boxes.

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Driving on the National Route 39 toward Abashiri from a roadside station 'meruhen no oka memanbetsu' leads to this scenery. I feel healed by the huge scenery seen only in Hokkaido.

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The best season is between August and September

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Higashimokoto Sibazakura Park has a large hill slope tinged with deep pink and light pink. Sibazakura (moss pink) Festival is hold till May 6. The scenery seen from the top observatory is splendid! You can see the great panoramic view of moss pink.◎Entrance fee: ￥500 Open: 8:00-17:00 During the festival, it'll be crowded on Sundays. Free shuttle bus from extra parking lots is available.

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Shikisai no Oka in Biei, Hokkaido is a very popular place for its dynamic and colorful hills. About 50 kinds of flowers are replanted from spring to autumn, and you can enjoy various flowers and scenery over a long period from May to October. Summer is especially recommended as it becomes colorful during the summer.

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You can enjoy seeing various scenes of Blue Pond throughout the year. The autumn colors of larch trees, and winter illumination before freezing in December, I like.

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A spruce tree standing on a hill of Biei is called 'Christmas Tree'. Under the tree, there're potato fields which have flowers in summer and become snowy white hills in winter! You can see the scenery from the road, but be sure not to enter the fields.◎Access: usually by a rental car. Bibaushi Station is the nearest if you use railroad, but I think it's better to use taxi from Biei Station.