JOZANKEI FARM
As a fruit farm positioned deep within the mountains and forests of Hokkaido, Jozankei farm welcomed me with a heavy rain. The rain makes the majestic house right here much more mysterious, with thick fog masking the distant hilltops. Not merely a fruit farm, there are additionally many enjoyable actions in the summertime, together with journey sports activities for younger individuals, or experiences in making fruit jam and different merchandise. Fruit merchandise come from the farm itself. Within the rain that day, I made myself a scrumptious jar of strawberry jam.
Making jam is boring, everybody rushes to choose fruit within the backyard and eat it on the spot. The rule right here is that everybody can eat as a lot as they need, so long as they will't take it house of their pockets, so the brothers and sisters can have a full meal. apricots, consuming candy and bitter apricots as massive as a fist with out becoming bored, then going to the strawberry backyard, and some different fruit gardens. The fruit on this place was so scrumptious that I didn't know the place to go. That evening, my abdomen couldn't even eat extra rice.
NOBORIBETSU DATE JIDAI MURA – A TRUE OLD JAPANESE IN HOKKAIDO
I visited this village on a wet day in Hokkaido. Fortunately, the rain stopped as quickly as I arrived. Stepping off the bus, there have been instantly glimpses of women in cute Yukata outfits on summer time days, or Samurai and Ninja guys wandering round with swords at their sides.
I began my journey by sporting a Yukata. Wander round city, go to the Ninja present with heart-stopping acrobatic fights. Or a extra attention-grabbing expertise is to change into a Shogun served by 3 lovely Geisha women in a brief play on the finish of the tour, greeting and speaking with the palanquin bearer or the grocery vendor on the nook.
All the things is sort of a journey again in time to a few years in the past, immersing your self in an historic interval of the land of Phu Tang. Then the journey handed like a brief summer time afternoon dream, simply sufficient to remorse, to sit up for returning sometime not too distant…
NINJA SHOW
Go to NOBORIBETSU DATE JIDAI park, there’s a present that you need to by no means miss, Present Ninja is right here. It’s a story of Ninjas tons of of years in the past, with dramatic however equally humorous acrobatic and preventing scenes from the actors right here. Extra curiously, the stage and the viewers are actually shut collectively, which makes the story much more attention-grabbing. The particular factor is that due to the actors' cautious coaching, the preventing scenes are very actual and… Sugoi! Certainly you’ll be startled when a Ninja abruptly seems like “rising from the bottom”, or one other man “falling from the sky”…
Above all, we can even study extra in regards to the previous Japanese theater tradition, the place when individuals wished to “tip” the actors, individuals would roll cash right into a small piece of paper to throw on prime of the principle stage. The stage proper in entrance of me is sort of a praise. Keep in mind, don't miss this program, when you go to the traditional village of NOBORIBETSU DATE JIDAI.
TOMITA FARM – FLOWER GARDEN IN HOKKAIDO
Immediately I had the chance to go to one of the well-known Lavender gardens in Japan. What caught my eye was an unlimited, colourful house organized in clear rows. Every flower department is fastidiously cared for to all the time guarantee “fairly”.
The humorous factor about this place is that the gate is open freely, and the meals on the restaurant in entrance of the gate could be very low-cost in comparison with a vacationer vacation spot. It's good to say.
Along with consuming, ingesting, having enjoyable and admiring the flowers, studying a bit of in regards to the 80-year historical past of this Flower Farm can also be a very attention-grabbing factor. Initially, it was constructed solely for the aim of rising and acquiring Lavender important oil to provide magnificence merchandise. Nonetheless, the event and excellent success have brought about the entire surrounding space to… plant it, turning the Furano Hokkaido space into one of many world's main well-known Lavender “flower gardens”. Yearly, hundreds of images lovers from amateurs to professionals come right here hoping to take the very best photographs.
One summer time afternoon, sitting someplace in a nook of a store at Tomita farm with a cool Lavender-scented ice cream in hand, was actually an unforgettable expertise…
LAKE TOYA
Toya is a lake connecting Sobetsu-cho, Usu-gun with Toyako-cho in Abuta-gun, Hokkaido. The lake has the ninth largest space in Japan, and ranks third amongst lakes created from volcanic eruptions. This place is ranked amongst Japan's 100 new vacationer locations.
Within the middle of the lake there are 4 small islands collectively often called Nakajima. These islands have been inhabited for the reason that 30s of the Showa interval. With an East-West width of as much as about 11 km, Lake Toya actually seems like a blue shoreline.
I visited Toya on a damp, cloudy day, immersing myself within the sizzling muddy Onsen water on the lakeside resort, admiring the huge house surrounded by majestic mountains. Then loosen up in your Yukata and board a cruise across the lake at evening to look at the fireworks. Each summer time right here, fireworks are set off each night across the lake. Actually, watching fireworks has by no means felt so enjoyable…
Data
SHIROI KOIBITO PARK
Handle:
2 Chome-11-36 Miyanosawa 2 Jo, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 063-0052
Working hours: 9:00 – 20:00 each day (Might range relying on the time of yr).
Entrance ticket:
Every area has totally different ticket costs. Please see detailed data on the web site under.
URL: http://www.shiroikoibitopark.jp/english/ (English)
JOZANKEI FARM
Handle:
832 Jozankei, Minami Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 061-2301
Working hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day (Might range relying on the time of yr).
Entrance ticket:
Adults (center college college students and above): 500 yen, Kids (from 4 years previous to the top of elementary college): 300 yen, Kids underneath 3 years previous: Free
URL: http://www.jozankei-farm.com/ (Japanese)
NOBORIBETSU DATE JIDAI MURA
Handle:
53-1 Nakanoboribetsucho, Noboribetsu, Hokkaido 059-0463
Working hours:
Summer season 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. each day, Winter 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. each day
Sightseeing tickets:
Adults (center college college students and above): 2,900 yen, Kids (Elementary college): 1,500 yen, Kids 4 years and older: 600 yen
URL: http://edo-trip.jp/en/ (English)
TOMITA FARM
Handle:
Kisen Kita 15-go, Nakafurano-cho, Sorachi-gun,Hokkaido 071-0704
Working hours: Varies relying on time of yr
URL: http://www.farm-tomita.co.jp/en/ (English)