History / Culture / Tour Spots in Furano Area

  • The Goto Sumio Museum
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    4.5
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    Hokkaido Sorachigunkamifuranochou Higashi4senkita 26
    The Goto Sumio Museum is dedicated to the work of Japanese painter Goto Sumio, who has been depicting the natural beauty of Hokkaido in his paintings for half a century. The Museum displays a comprehensive range of Mr. Goto’s work, from the first of his paintings to be selected for inclusion in the Japanese Art Institute Exhibition and other early works through to his landscapes and sketches showing the flowers associated with different seasons of the year. The Museum shop sells books containing collections of paintings, exhibition catalogs, etc. The Museum restaurant, “Furano Grill,” is also highly recommended; while they eat, diners can enjoy spectacular views of the peaks of Mt. Tokachi and the nearby hills. The Museum is around 5 minutes’ drive from JR Kamifurano Station.

    We werent quite sure what to expect from the Gallery, but we ended up spending longer here than we had planned for, the art work is breath-taking / magnificent ! Well worth the entrance fee of 1,040...

  • Furano Landscape Gallery
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Sorachi-gun Nakafurano Cho Nae Mubanchi
    "This art museum has a collection centered around oil paintings of the Furano area in all four seasons. It was opened as a studio-gallery for the artist Shuichi Okuda, who has spent his 30-year career painting landscapes. ""It's hard to capture my motif through even a single pane of glass,"" he says, and true to his work he paints outside in the harsh northern landscape all year round, in -30 degree centigrade winters or 30+ degree summers. As a result, his paintings have a depth and reality that makes viewers feel as if they are truly in that space. It is housed in the remodeled former Nae Elementary School. The building itself has been modeled into a work of art on its own."

    道道759号沿い。旧奈江小学校を利活用。30年余りこの地を描き続ける奥田修一画伯の現在進行形の美術館とのこと。入館料400円。館内撮影可能。少し離れて絵画を見た方が良い、とか係員が色々世話好きなのもご愛敬。風景画家の庭入園料400円。風景画館とのセットで700円。

  • Tsuchi no Yakata Museum of Soils and Tractors of the World
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    Hokkaido Sorachi-gun Kamifurano Machinishi 2-sen Kita 25
    This cultural facility was established as a place to contemplate the natural environment and soil, the wonder of agriculture, and the importance of the relationship between people and the soil. They have displays of farm equipment used by the settlers who developed Hokkaido, soil monoliths collected from all over the world, and tractors from the early 20th century dawning age. The massive four-meter high soil monolith is the only one of its kind in the world. It offers a vision of the massive volcanic mudslide caused by the 1926 Tokachi eruption. This facility was designated a piece of Hokkaido Heritage in 2004, and in 2014 the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers named it a Mechanical Engineering Heritage site.
  • Miyama Touge Art Park
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    Hokkaido Sorachigunkamifuranochou Nishi8senkita 33 Fukayama Pass
    A trick art-oriented amusement facility located in Kamifurano Town. In the museum, you can see trick art that changes in appearance depending on your perspective or looks as if it's about to leap out at you despite being 2D. There's also a huge Ferris wheel from which you can enjoy a sweeping view of Kamifurano from 50 meters above the ground, and classes where you can etch a glass or make your own snow dome. On the terrace, you can barbecue Kamifurano pork and enjoy the natural scenery of the area.
  • From the North Country Film location
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    Hokkaido Furano Higashi-rokugo Hoka
  • Furano Shrine
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    3.0
    7 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Furano Wakamatsucho 17-6

    「北の国から」では、純の親友・笠松と、妹の蛍が結婚式を挙げた神社です。市役所近くの市街地に鎮座しています。土曜日でしたが静かな雰囲気でした。

  • Tsuchi no Museum
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    Hokkaido Sorachi-gun Kamifurano Machinishi 2-sen Kita 25-go

    上富良野町の国道バイパス沿いにあります。昔の町長さんが資材を投じて建立した大観音が目印です。名前と異なり、展示物はトラクター。珍しいので一度行ってみるといいですよ。

  • Nakafuranocho Local Hall
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    3.0
    2 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Sorachi-gun Nakafurano Cho Minamimachi 10-1

    2019年7月に行きました。 中富良野町中学校の隣にある郷土館です。グーグルマップを頼りに行ってみると確かに「中富良野町郷土館・児童館」とありましたが人の気配もなく閉まっていました。事前の情報だと月曜日が休館のはずなのに。

  • Shounji Temple
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Sorachi-gun Nakafurano Cho Okamachi 4-19

    中富良野駅からは徒歩圏内でした。まるで参道を兼ねたような真っ直ぐな道路を進むと正面に山門が立ち、境内には本堂となっていました。平地が多い場所柄ながら山手をバックに立つ寺院となっており大きな本堂の屋根が目立っていました。

  • Sokoji Temple
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    Hokkaido Furano-shi Yamabe Shigaichi 2 Jodori Minami 2-chome
  • Higashiyama Shrine
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    Hokkaido Furano Higashiyama 3-go
  • Kamifuranocho Local Hall
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    Hokkaido Sorachi-gun Kamifurano Cho Tomimachi 1-chome 3-30
  • Sekaino Plow Todono Museum Donokan
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    Hokkaido Sorachigunkamifuranochou Nishi2senkita 25
  • Furano Museum
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    Hokkaido Furano-shi Yamabe Higashi 21-sen 12
  • Furano Cultural Hall
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    Hokkaido Furano Yayoicho 1-2
  • Koshoji
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    Hokkaido Sorachigunnakafuranochou Nakafuranokisenkita 12
  • Furano Ji
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    Hokkaido Furano Motomachi 11-10
  • Heso Shrine (Kita Magami Yashiro)
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    Hokkaido Furano Nakagoryo
  • Catholic Furano Church
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    Hokkaido Furano Katsuragicho 3-73
  • Japan Christ Furano Church
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    Hokkaido Furano Saiwaicho 5-6

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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.

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