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Yagishiri-to Island

About 25km northwest of Haboro in Rumoi Region, Yagishiri-to (焼尻島) is something like a remote Scottish island …

Located on the southeast of Toya-ko, Hokkaido’s Date (伊達市) was founded by Tohoku-born samurai chief Date…

Knowns as Japan’s largest sunflower fields (himawari-batake), this small agricultural town (北竜町) is a popular …

Kamuikotan (神居古潭: meaning ‘God Lives’ in Ainu) is a legendary scenic gorge along Ishikari-gawa with unusual ge…

Limitless and spread out, Saroma-ko (サロマ湖) is Hokkaido’s largest lake (152-sq-km) as well as Japan’s largest l…

At the gateway of both the Shiretoko and Notsuke peninsulas, Nemuro Region’s Shibetsu (標津町) is best know…

The rural town of Tokachi-Shimizu (十勝清水) is a key point of road traffic on Route 274, Route 38 and the Doto Ex…

The refreshing highland town of Shintoku (新得町) is the main gateway of Tokachi Region and has grown into the ra…

Bordering on both Central and Eastern Hokkaido, this peaceful and tranquil village embraced by the majestic fo…

Northern Hokkaido’s top agricultural city of Furano produces a wide range of vegetables, high-quality cheese a…

Hokkaido’s most famous countryside on the distinctive undulating hills, Biei (美瑛町) is something like a France’…

Kenbuchi (剣淵町) is one of the prettiest rural towns in Northern Hokkaido but it is not touristy than Furano Reg…

At the heart of the Nayoro Basin (名寄盆地), this agricultural city makes a good base for several excursions in th…

Agricultural town Kamishihoro (上士幌町) is beautifully sited on Northern Tokachi. It is a good base for cycling i…

Onuma Park (大沼公園) is Southern Hokkaido’s most popular and picturesque resort that is designated as a quasi-nat…

Halfway between Niseko and Rusutsu, the pretty rural village of Makkari (真狩) offers a photogenic view of Yotei…