Enjoy Biei

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...

Hills Painted by Autumn Colours

Creative colours woven by Mother Nature 1Three seasons in one?! Biei's Autumn Foliage When you think of scenery that exemplifies autumn in Japan, you may think of autumn leaves. However, Biei's autumn foliage is distinctively diff...

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...

Biei's Bountiful Beans

Beans-- one of the staples of a Japanese diet, and an important crop for our patchwork hills. How many types of bean can you list? There's green beans, soybeans, azuki beans, kidney beans, jelly beans... (Okay, that last one doesn...

Mame-Nio (Bean Mounds)

There are so many adorable tiny houses on the hills! This is classic Biei autumn scenery and they are called “mame-nio” in Japanese. In Japan, there is a traditional means of harvesting beans known as “niotsumi”, which means “to p...

A Mountain of Rocks? Or Sugar Beet?

There's a mountain of rocks in that field! If you look out at the fields around mid-October, a strange sight will meet your eyes. For some reason, there's bulky objects heaped up in the corner of the field. At first glance, you mi...

Super Shirogane!

Often overlooked as visitors rush to see the Blue Pond, Shirogane has so much more to offer. Biei's most popular attraction, the Blue Pond, is sometimes known as “the Shirogane Blue Pond”. Why is this? Well, because it's in Shirog...

Experience a Japanese Traditional Hot Spring - Onsen

Submerge yourself in nature, soak in the atmosphere and just relax. Trekking, camping and other outdoor activities. 1What is Shirogane Onsen? Just a 20-min drive from the center of Biei lies Shirogane Onsen. Make the most out of t...

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...

Family Fun in Biei

Enjoy your family vacation in Biei, all year round Biei is a great place for many kinds of people to visit, but it's even more fun when you can come with your brothers and sisters, parents and grandparents, kids and grandkids! Reg...