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About Biei Blue – Biei Blue Pond and Shirahige Falls

A Whimsical Shade of Cobalt Blue. This mythical shade of blue is referred to by its popular nickname, “Biei Blue”. Let us introduce you to this scenery that you will only find here, in Biei, while we follow the source of this myst...

Flower Wonderland Biei

A meadow of flowers unfolds before you, the Tokachidake mountain range in the background. What a breathtaking sight! Biei's flower fields are some of the town's most popular attractions. However, did you know that each meadow has...

Adventures on Two Wheels - A Guide to Cycling in Biei

The wind in your hair and the scenery sloping away before you... there is nothing quite like cycling in Biei. While you can definitely go much further and faster when using a car in Biei, you may well miss the beauty around you if...

Biei's Photogenic Panoramas

Rolling hills... Vast mountains... I want to take such a photo! But where?! Have no fear! Be my BIEI is here! A picture tells a thousand words, and nowhere is this more true than Biei. We are sure that when you visit Biei, you wil...

Sweetcorn – The Flavour of Summer

The gold that we treasure in Biei isn't mineral, it's vegetable! What are these tall, green crops with fuzzy antenna? These are sweetcorn plants, another of Biei's main crops! When did sweetcorn come to Biei? Sweetcorn has actuall...

Mustard Green Meadows

○A Request from the People of Biei○ Please never ever set foot inside mustard green or sunflower fields. Please only ever take photographs from paved roads. Dirt roads next to the fields are also part of private agricultural land...

Grass Bales

In Biei's summer, take a moment to relax with a rich ice cream In this post we talked about hay bales, round shapes that appear in Biei's summer, but there are in fact two kinds of bales—hay bales and grass bales. As their name wo...

You say Tomato, I say Biei!

What's round and cute and rosy? Why, it's Biei's delicious tomatoes! Tomatoes are packed full of good stuff! They're bursting with Vitamins A, C and E as well as being a good source of potassium, iron and calcium. Plus, they're de...

Fruits of the Earth

When you say "Biei", we say "potatoes"! Hokkaido is by far the number one producer of Japan's potatoes. Biei contributes its fair share, and has grown potatoes for almost as long as the town has existed. If you were to ask a Biei...

Tokachidake Geopark

Welcome to Japan's newest Geopark... Tokachidake Geopark, Biei-Kamifurano Area! On 28th January 2022, Biei and our neighbouring town Kamifurano received some wonderful news... Tokachidake Geopark was recognised as an official Japa...