Since 1992, a Japan-based walking tour company has launched several tours off the beaten path. Walk Japan, an independently ...

Australians flock to Hokkaido ... Furano and Kitanomine are just a three-minute walk away, and comprise 28 runs and 11 gondolas or lifts. Nozo Hotel in Furano. The terrain at Furano is mostly blue ...

shares with us her top 10 picks for places of interest in Furano, along with some fantastic photographs! 1. Japanese smelt fishing in Kanayama Lake: An exclusively Hokkaido activity! Marilyn: "I was ...

SAPPORO--Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido ... between Kushiro and Abashiri stations, while the Blue Star will mostly be operated on the Furano Line between Asahikawa and Furano stations.

blue, beautiful Hokkaido sky. By the way, there’s one more thing Hokkaido is famous for: snow. As the coldest prefecture in Japan, the prefecture spends a lot of the winter blanketed under a layer of ...

Hokkaido is known for its thrilling ski destinations, including the yearly Sapporo Snow Festival. However, the lavender and other flower fields in summer are equally worth seeing. Furano and Biei are ...

We are in Biei, near Furano, a part of Japan that is home to ... and sunflowers bloom in colourful patchworks and the famous Blue Pool’s birch trees reflect in the luminous water they grow ...