Minamifurano Town, Hokkaido

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Welcome to Minamifurano, a sacred ground
that offers lots of activities for visitors.

In the town of Minamifurano, forests cover 90% of the land. The remaining 10% consists of the Sorachi River which is a transparent and popular rafting spot, beautiful Lake Kanayama formed by a dam, farms producing fresh highland vegetables, and the local people with a big smile.
It is about 100 minute-drive from New Chitose Airport to this small town, centrally located in Hokkaido blessed with fresh water and surrounded on all four sides by mountains. You will be able to see a whole new world by surrendering yourself to grand nature. Welcome to Minamifurano, a sacred ground that offers lots of activities for visitors.

Lake Kanayama Limited Time Event

This is the first spring limited time event held at Lake Kanayama,
a famous ice fishing spot.

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Experience ice board walking on Lake Kanayama when it is totally frozen over

In this event, a boardwalk is set up on the surface of the vast Lake Kanayama, which is normally closed to visitors, and visitors can experience the great nature of Hokkaido in winter in a safe and secure environment.
It will be a large-scale event that cannot be easily imitated in other regions, where an ice boardwalk more than one kilometer in length can be set up.

Safe and secure, hands-free ice fishing experience at Lake Kanayama

At dusk, the twilight light gradually becomes more distinctive, and while you enjoy ice fishing, once you open your tent, you are in a different world. It is a special space where you can enjoy fishing and ice walking on a boardwalk. Walking on the vast lake, which is entirely frozen, and fishing for wakasagi by drilling holes in the ice. It is an ice event where everything is unusual and a surprise experience.

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Kawanoko / Yukinoko

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Sekisho Plateau Backcountry

We use a snowmobile to sled-access on a flat surface. Race down with a virtual monopoly on the slope as you rarely encounter other skiers in the area.
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Snow Season

Sorachi River Rafting Tour

Visitors enjoy rafting experience in this course, made in the pristine wilderness area, for a total distance of approx. 5 kilometers from the Shisorapuchi River to the Sorachi River.
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Green Season

No-oaring Sorachi River Tour

Oaring is a type of going-down-the-river experiences on a rubber boat with two oars per person. However, in this oaring tour, a guide would pilot a boat instead, so there is no need for you to paddle.
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Green Season

Donkoro Outdoor School

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Fun Curling

Relax and enjoy your curling experience guided thoroughly by a professional instructor. All necessary equipment is rented out, so just come empty-handed and try it out.
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Snow Season

Family Curling

Slide a stone on the smooth ice surface. Also try “sweep” with a brush. Three-year-olds and older are eligible to participate. You will play a mini game at the end of the session.
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Snow Season

Snowshoe Hiking & Forest Café

You will go hiking wearing snowshoe boots in a winter forest. Let’s look for traces of wild animals while walking leisurely on the snow. A nature guide will introduce workings of the forests in Hokkaido to you.
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Snow Season

Exploration in the Winter Forest - Family Tour

After finishing the preparation of homemade ice cream, you will leave for exploration. Dive, slide, and jump in! After having enough outdoor play, return to the lodge and enjoy the homemade ice cream. All family members can enjoy definitely this snow play in the winter forest.
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Snow Season

Exploration in the Forest - Family Tour

Go to the forest and cross the corduroy bridge. That is the starting point of your exploration! Walk along the stream and you will see frogs and butterflies waiting for you.
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Green Season

Leisurely MTB Ride

Follow the Karikachi Line dead track on your mountain bike. You will see a magnificent scenery commanding a panoramic view of surrounding mountains in front of your eyes.
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Green Season

Mug & Spoon Craft

Using a precut block of wood, make KUKSA, a classic Northern European wooden mug, or make a spoon using Hokkaido white birch.
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Green Season

Exploration at the Sorapuchi River - Family Tour

Surrendering to the flow, let’s fully enjoy the landscape seen from the surface of the river. Once you get used to the water, why don’t you try river rafting?
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Green Season

Shisorapuchi River Rafting

River-rafting that is also enjoyable for beginners starts from the Shisorapuchi River. Climb into a rubber boat and go down the rapids to enjoy foaming waves or just listen to the birds sing.
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Green Season

Shisorapuchi Ducky Tour

Ducky refers to the rubber boat for river rafting. Two oars on a boat go down the stream all by themselves for a distance of about 2 kilometers. Recommended for active challengers.
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Green Season

NRA（North River Adventures）

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Smelt Fishing on the Kanayama Lake

Experience “Ice fishing for Japanese pond smelt”, one of the most typical sights on a winter day, in a warm and cozy environment. Fishing gear, arctic boots with disposable body warmer, a tent equipped with heater, and designated rest area are included. Also enjoy fresh smelt tempura for tasting.
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Snow Season

Rafting

You go down the upstream of the Sorachi River (Ochiai), flowing along the Furano area on a large-size rubber boat.
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Green Season

River Boogie Board

A thrilling and gripping boogie board tour offered for the first time in Hokkaido. You will feel an adrenaline rush through your system. This is the only place to offer a river boogie board experience!
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Green Season

Family-Friendly Kids Program

The summer vacation nature experience program, including play at the river, is best suited for a family with elementary school-age children. Eligible participants are 3-year-old and older.
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Green Season

Canyoning for Beginners

Enjoy an adventure in natural whirl pool! You go down the river for yourself without using any equipment, by moving into a current.
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Green Season

Intermediate Canyoning

This is a full-fledged tour designed only for adult participants. A certain level of physical strength is needed since the participants are required to walk on scree slope along the riverside.
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Green Season

Camping Tour

Equipment rentals at the camp site, dining (charcoal fire barbeque/breakfast), and hot spring (30-min. drive away) are included. You can also enjoy open fire and fireworks. There is a security staff on duty during the night.
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Green Season

Ultra-Premium Camping Tour - Limited to One Group a Day

The lounge space including irori fireplace is specially reserved for a party who made a reservation. Dining, equipment rentals, hot spring (30-min. drive away), and cozy Japanese-style space are included. You can also enjoy open fire, charcoal fire barbeque and fireworks. There is a security staff on duty during the night.
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Green Season

Kids com Farm

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Farm Circuit Tour

Enjoy strolling on a natural walking path in the forest within the premises, and visit the art works created by young visitors in the past.
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Green Season

Farm Hill Slide

Slide down a hill on your hip within the premises using a bag of fertilizer, etc.
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Green Season

Insects Hunting

There are a lot of insects, such as stag beetles and unicorn beetles, in the vast wilderness of Minamifurano. Let’s go and collect insects living in the forests.
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Green Season

Birdwatching in Hokkaido

You may come across hard-to-find birds here since there are all kinds of wild birds thanks to a wealth of forests, rivers and lakes.
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Green Season

Open-air Spa in Wilderness

Bathe in a stone bathtub in the dark forest. This will be your best bathing experience in the middle of a vast wilderness while viewing glorious stars and moon.
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Green Season

Firewood Collecting

Have an experience of transporting dry wood (firewood) from the mountain. Use the transported firewood for heating the bath or cooking.
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Green Season

Cleaning as in the Good Old Days

Experience cleaning inside the building using a broom and a duster as in the good old days instead of vacuum cleaner.
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Green Season

Washing Clothes as in the Good Old Days

It should be a scarce experience to wash clothes with mountain runoff. The washed clothes are squeezed by hand and dried in the sun.
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Green Season

Cooking Rice in Dry Wood Furnace

There is a dry wood furnace in this farm. Using the picked-up firewood, make a fire and cook rice. Enjoy the superior taste of the rice cooked in the dry wood furnace.
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Green Season

Hotels & Shops

Roadsaide Station Minamifurano

Local agricultural processed goods and souvenir are sold in the building designed in the image of the tip of a sail. There is a Montbell store and a play equipment area, which was completed in spring of 2023. Dining facilities include Japanese food (rice balls and pork cutlet, etc.), curry shop, bakery, as well as sweets shops selling whippy ice-cream, etc.
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Michi-no-Eki

montbell minamifurano

This is the largest Montbell store in Hokkaido. There are a variety of items sold in the store for visitors to enjoy different outdoor activities, such as mountain-climbing and camping. You can experience the climbing pinnacle (about 8 meters) within the facility for a fee (only on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).
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Shops

「La Montagne」

The log restaurant nestles in a forest, giving a sense of openness. Visitors enjoy delicious food mainly made of locally produced ingredients in a comforting environment while feeling the warmth of wood. The services during winter and dinner services are offered by reservation only, so make sure to call in advance.
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Restaurant

Fairfield BY MARRIOTT Hokkaido Minamifurano

This hotel is located next to roadside station, Minamifurano. The guests can enjoy mountain range view of Minamifurano from a simply designed guest room. Although there are no restaurants in the hotel, the food and beverage may be conveniently procured during the stay from external stores. There is a self-service coffee brewer in the lounge.
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Access
From Asahikawa Airport
Asahikawa Airport
By car (open road)
Via Route 237
1 hr 30 min, 80 km
 
North Liner
Bound for Obihiro Station, about 1 hr 45 min
Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Minamifurano
From New Chitose Airport
New Chitose Airport
By car (Normal road)
15 min, 13 km
Chitose Higashi IC
By car (Highway)
About 1 hr 11 min, 90 km
Tomamu IC
By car (Normal road)
about 25 min, 22 km
JR Rapid Airport 3 min
JR Minami Chitose Station
JR Ltd. Exp. Ozora
1 hr 33 min
JR Shintoku Station
North Liner
Bound for Asahikawa Station 41 min
Michi-no-Eki (Roadside Station) Minamifurano
Minamifurano Town Development Tourism Association
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687 Ikutora, Minamifurano-cho, Sorachi-gun, Hokkaido 079-2403
(Roadside Station Minamifuranouchi)
TEL：+81-167-39-7000　FAX：+81-167-56-7990

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