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Leisure / Hobbies

Ebetsu City Ceramic Art Center

3.5

11 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Ebetsu-shi Nishi-nopporo 114-5

This cultural center is located a 40-minute drive from Sapporo Station. It is dedicated to run on the concept of viewing, making, and collecting to help create a stronger pottery culture for Hokkaido. They have a Pottery Art and Brick exhibition room, a workshop where visitors can try pottery themselves, and a library with a variety of materials related to pottery that visitors can browse as they will. The first floor lobby has a shop selling pottery and glassware made by city craftspeople, which is the perfect place to look for Ebetsu souvenirs. They have a wide selection of pottery made from Nopporo-sourced clay and other goods with a distinctly Hokkaido-sensibility.

1994年11月竣工の建物で、1階に有料の常設展示がある。今回は有料展示を見ておらず、展望室のみ見物。 2階から展望台・望楼へ上がる階段があり、そこから上っていく。最上階は4階で、地上22mの高さから辺りを一望できる。訪れた時、見た感じ客は自分一人だけでとても静かだった。 1階と2階の間はエレベーターが設置されているが、2階から展望台までは階段のみとなっている。
Hoshino Resorts Tomamu Ski Area

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Yufutsu-gun Shimukappu village Tomamu

This ski resort is operated by Hoshino Resorts Tomamu in Shimukappu Village, Yufutsu County, Hokkaido. Its season typically runs from December first to April first. With a variety of 29 courses catering to beginners, intermediate, and advanced level skiers, including an open area for advanced skiers only, you’ll definitely find the right run for your level. It fills with families, too, and there are great areas for kids learning to ski such as their Nipo Town zone.
Shikotsu-Toya National Park - Lake Shikotsu area

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Chitoseshi Shikotsukonsen

A national park centered on Lake Shikotsu. Located in southwest Hokkaido, the park centers around the caldera lakes of Lake Shikotsu and Lake Toya and is comprised of Mt. Usu, the Showa-shinzan lava dome, Mt. Tarumae, Mt. Yotei, and numerous other volcanoes. Due to the volcanic activity, hot springs well up from the ground in numerous locations, and many famous hot spring spots are found here, including the Lake Shikotsu hot spring, the Lake Toya hot spring, and the Noboribetsu hot spring. Black woodpeckers, Hokkaido squirrels, Ezo red foxes, and numerous other wild animals make their habitat here as well. There are several camping grounds in the park and an abundance of activities for visitors to enjoy.
Hokkaido Brooks Country Club

4.0

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Tomakomaishi Uenae 437

This is a golf course in Tomakomai City. With over 1.6 million square meters of space, the contrasting scenery between the kara pines and white birches is lovely, offering a chance to truly enjoy the outdoors as you play. They also have a restaurant serving a full menu, from light meals to hot-pot cooking, as well as dishes to maximize sports performance planned by an athletic food meister, like the Boiled Egg Rice Bowl.

This is our first Hokkaido Golf trip and we choose to play our ‘virgin’ game in this course due to its proximity to Airport. Today is a good weather; little sunlight and cool breeze. However it’s...
Tarumae Country Club

3.5

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Tomakomaishi Nishikioka 491

This is a venerable golf course in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, opened in 1963. This is a wide open course of 27 holes, surrounded by typical Hokkaido scenery. The flat layout is popular with women players. You can also make reservations for one, so it's perfect for more casual golfing.

苫小牧西インターから近い場所に有ります。樽前山の麓に作られたコースで、南・中コースは上田治氏設計、北コースは鹿島建設設計です。この日は曇り空の中、北・南コースをプレイ。やはり南コースの方が印象的なホールが多い気がします。途中、キツネがカート道のど真ん中に寝ていました。何かくれないかなー、と言った表情。日曜日の午後スタート。この日は混んでいるようで、４０分遅れのスタート。こんなに遅...
Akkeshi Waterfowl Observation Center

3.5

9 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Akkeshi-gun Akkeshicho Sannushi 66

This observation center is about one hour's drive from Kushiro Airport, the eastern Hokkaido gateway from the sky. It works on conservation research for the flora and fauna of the Lake Akkeshi Bekanbeushi Shitsugen, a Ramsar Convention registered wetland. The first floor shows videos of tancho red-capped crane lifestyles from the egg through raising to help make the wetland more familiar. To protect cranes from injury after colliding with canoes they also limit and control the canoeing season. To make sure you don't accidently enter the crane's regular nesting grounds, it's best to stop by the observation center to check current information.

自然いっぱいの厚岸には多くの野鳥が生息しています。季節になると渡り鳥も姿を見せます。中でも水鳥が豊富で観察館からすぐの場所でバードウォッチングすることが可能です。
Kita no Alps Museum

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Shari-gun Sharicho Asahimachi 11-2

"This private art museum, marked by its western exterior, is about a five-minute drive from Shiretoko-Shari Station. It exhibits pages from the mountain culture magazine ALP taken from 25 years of its run from 1959. From its inception, ALP was dedicated solely to the idea of ""glorifying nature,"" and through the cooperation of countless nature lovers became a highly spiritual magazine. This museum was founded in 1992 to commemorate the spirit of ALP, and serve as a place to soothe hearts harmed by the modern age. The two-story building exhibits roughly 50,000 pieces, including essential articles that moved readers nationwide, original manuscripts, pictures, and more."

わかりにくい場所ですがしゃれた建物です。冬季間は休館中なので折角出向いても入れませんのであしからず。
Yokoyama Fruit Farm

4.0

8 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Abashiri-shi Nakazono 358-6

A fruit farm located in Abashiri, Hokkaido. Here visitors can enjoy picking a variety of seasonal fruits from late June to late October, including strawberries, cherries, haskap, blueberries, plums, apples, and Japanese pears. In particular, the farm grows an abundant variety of cherries; strawberries; and haskap, a local Hokkaido specialty product, and when these fruits are in season in July, the place bustles with visitors. After paying an entrance fee, visitors can enjoy all-you-can-eat fruit on the grounds. The entry fee and fee for taking home fruits differs by fruit; in addition, the periods in which any given fruit can be picked may vary depending on factors such as the weather, so be sure to check in advance.

網走で予想外のイチゴ狩りを楽しみました。果樹園に寄るとイチゴが食べ放題との事で早速お願いしました。関東などに比べるとリーズナブルで友人たちと思う存分楽しみました。
Soyamisaki Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Wakkanaishi Souyamisaki

A peace park adjoining Cape Soya. Various monuments stand in the park, such as a monument marking the northernmost point in Japan, a watchtower formerly used by the Imperial Japanese Navy, a monument commemorating one million tons of milk produced and 500 thousand heads of cattle in Hokkaido, and a monument to vanished French explorer La Perouse Jean-Francois de Galaup. As the area where the park now exists was an important naval point during WWII, many of the monuments contain records of the war or are dedicated to prayers for peace. Visitors can rest or eat in the restaurant inside the windmill-shaped Arumeria rest house.
Pippu Ski Resort

4.0

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Kamikawa-gun Pippucho Kita 7-sen 17

A ski resort which commands a view of the vast Kamikawa Basin backed by Hokkaido's great blue sky and the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group. Everyone from beginners to advanced skiers can enjoy skiing across huge slopes covered with powder snow on the resort's nine highly variegated courses.

北海道の中でも上質な雪が降る道北地方にあるスキー場です。規模は小さく市民スキー場ですが、いつもすいており混雑知らずで滑ることができます。上質なパウダースノーを満喫したいのであれば穴場です。
JR TOWER

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Kitagojounishi 2

JR TOWER is a commercial complex that is directly connected to JR Sapporo Station. It consists of four shopping centers: “Apia,” “Esta,” “Paseo,” and “Sapporo Stella Place” in addition to Daimaru Sapporo, a cinema complex, an observation deck, Planis Hall, OFFICE PLAZA SAPPORO, and Hotel Nikko Sapporo. The city of Sapporo can be viewed from T38, the observation deck on the top 38th floor. The ramen theme park Sapporo Ramen Kyowakoku in “Esta” is also popular with tourists.
Salmon hometown Chitose Aquarium

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Chitoseshi Hanazono 2-312

Salmon hometown Chitose Aquarium has Japan’s largest freshwater aquarium fish tanks. Besides salmon, visitors can also observe many other freshwater fish species, many from Hokkaido but with species from all over the world. The underwater observation zone, which gives visitors a close-up view of the waters of the Chitose River, is a must-see. Besides regular events, the Aquarium also hosts special limited-period events. Chitose Aquarium is located around 10 minutes’ drive from New Chitose Airport, and around 10 minutes’ walk from JR Chitose Station.
Shin Chitose Country Club

4.0

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Chitoseshi Kyouwa 1392

A golf club located in Chitose City, Hokkaido. The club has two courses for a total of 36 holes-the undulating Hamanasu course and the Horoka course, where you can enjoy golfing in the great outdoors of Hokkaido. The club can also be used for a variety of club-based games.

北海道では普通とのことでしたが１８ホールをスルーで利用いたしました。景色もよくてたのしいゴルフが楽しめました。
Naka-Toya Campsite

4.5

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Usu-gun Sobetsucho Nakatoya 30-11

This camp is located in Sobetsu Town west of Lake Toya. Campers can pitch their tents in the forest area on the lakeshore and enjoy the view of beautiful Lake Toya right in front of their eyes. Most conveniently there is also a spa with free-flowing hot spring on grounds of the camp.

施設は古いですが、清掃はちゃんとしてあります場内は林間で、車の乗り入れができるサイトとできないサイトがあります。両方フリーサイトで、荷物を運ぶ用のリヤカーが5台程度あります傾斜と木の根が出ているので、サイトは慎重に選びましょう湖畔沿いはとても人気で、午後着だとまず張ることはできません夏のハイシーズンは利用代金の安さとロケーションの良さ、温泉もすぐ隣(時間外の受付)なのでとても混み合います...
Fruit Farmhouse Hamada Orchard

4.5

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Usu-gun Sobetsucho Takinomachi 358

This fruit farm has been in business for over 130 years. During the harvest season from June to late November, customers can enjoy picking a wide variety of fruits, including strawberries, cherries, plums, apples, and grapes. Anzu no Ki, a jam shop owned and operated by the farm, also stands on the grounds, and here you can purchase a diverse array of jams made with fresh-picked fruits, as well as baked goods made with the farm's own produce, including apple pies and walnut pound cakes. In addition to being able to find an abundance of souvenirs here, there's a jingisukan barbecue house on the grounds where you can enjoy hearty jingisukan served with a special dipping sauce after going fruit picking.

壮瞥町を通る国道453号沿いの通称果樹園街道に集合している「くだもの村」の内の一軒です。春のイチゴ、夏のサクランボ・プルーン、秋のブドウ、晩秋のりんご・ナシなど、季節ごとの果物狩りが楽しめます。立ち寄った時期は既に果物狩りは終了し、店頭ではリンゴやナシ、特製果物ジュース、オリジナルのリンゴ焼き菓子などを販売していましたので、大きな千両ナシやフジなどのリンゴを数個購入しました。目下、最後のリン...
Sapporo Kitahiroshima Golf Club

4.0

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Kitahiroshimashi Nakanosawa 450-1

This is a massive 2,800,000 square meter golf course in Kitahiroshima city. They offer three courses with 54 holes, including the Minami (South) Course, needing pinpoint accuracy, the Higashi (East) Course requiring deep thought and strategy, and the one-way Nishi (West) Course. They also have lodging facilities, allowing for more leisurely golf enjoyment.

ホテルに早く着いたのだが食事利用では時間差があってまだ開店していないので隣接するクラブ食堂を利用するはめになった。
Hokkaido Golf Club

5.0

1 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Tomakomaishi Nishikioka 440-1

A golf club located in Tomakomai City, Hokkaido. The club has two courses offering players two different aspects-the Eagle Course, which incorporates many ponds; and the Lion Course for those who like a challenge. The clubhouse has a restaurant where you can enjoy a meal while looking out over the Eagle Course's last 18 holes, and a competition room able to accommodate small to large groups. The club's pro shop also conducts seasonal sales.

昨秋の出張時に帰京の飛行機が夕方だったので、空港へのアクセスがいいゴルフ場を予約してもらいました。札幌から高速道路で苫小牧西インターを降りて、左折、またすぐ左折でゴルフ場へ到着です。長いアプローチ、石作りのクラブハウス、と高級感たっぷりですが、平日だったこともあってお手頃価格で回れます。コースは手入れが行き届いていてきれいなコースです。カートも乗り入れできるのでらくちんです。今回はスループ...
Maoi Auto Land

4.0

6 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Yubari-gun Naganumacho Higashi 7-sen Kita 4

This camp is conveniently located about one hour from Sapporo City. The well-equipped camp features a cooking area, running water toilets, shower rooms, and other facilities. Campers can even enjoy the hot springs at nearby Naganuma Onsen.

札幌から約１時間強程に位置するキャンプ場です。天気が良かったら気軽に行ける距離です。でも人気が高いため予約が取れるかどうか・・・日程を確認し早めに予約するのが良いと思います。雨が降ったらどうするの？うちは雨でも関係なく行きますが、雨が嫌な方必見です(*^_^*) なんと、キャンセル料は無料です！フリーサイトもありますが、フリーでも区画割されているので予約さえ取れれば割と広々ですよ。場内...
Rumoi City Umi no Furusato-kan Hall

3.5

7 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Rumoi-shi Omachi 2-3-1

"This museum at Cape Ogon, Rumoi's tourist attraction, offers free admission. It introduces the history of Rumoi, which flourished in herring fishing, and trade by the Kitamaebune ships. It explains the tools needed to make herring fishing boats, and the history of herring fishing during the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras is shown on information boards. Pretend to be the captain by trying the ""Rumoi"" pilot simulation ship using actual footage of Rumoi Port. The view of the ocean, mountains and the cape that can be seen from the rooftop is magnificent. Enjoy the culture of Rumoi."

留萌駅から少し歩いた場所にある無料で入れる場所です。江戸時代に蝦夷地探索した最上徳内など紹介や留萌に関して知ることができて良かったです◯
Akarenga Terrace

Leisure / Hobbies

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Kitanijounishi 4-1

A total of 27 shops, mainly eating and drinking establishments, are housed within the red brick terrace at the side of the former main government building of the Hokkaido Prefectural Government Office (Red Brick Government building), a well-known tourist attraction. There are facilities such as a viewing gallery and an atrium terrace where you can get in touch with nature. Akarenga Terrace is situated five minutes on foot from JR Sapporo Station, two minutes on foot from the Sapporo Subway Station on the Namboku Line, and five minutes on foot from Odori Subway Station on the Namboku and Tozai Lines.

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Hokkaido Areas

Not just a prefecture but an island of its own, Hokkaido is the most northerly prefecture and island of the Japanese archipelago. Arriving in Hokkaido, which is rural and bursting with breathtaking nature, means entering a world where vast national parks, towering mountains, and natural hot springs can be found at every turn. Come December, these natural splendors freeze over and morph into a winter wonderland.