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[Experience Report] Biei Photography Tour
Take the perfect shot in the vast land of Hokkaido. Are you always taking simple pictures on your smartphone? Or perhaps you have a camera, but you can't use it too well? There are quite a number of people with…
The Charms of Biei's Wheat Fields
The wind blows, and the golden horizon shimmers… truly, this scenery is the soul of Biei. La, la, lalala la la, la, la lalala…♪ Do you know that tune? It's the song that plays when a certain heroine from a…
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 its own special…
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 Shirogane!…
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…
Biei's Blossoms
A Sign of Spring - Cherry Blossoms "Oh no! I can't go to see cherry blossoms in March or April..." Cherry blossoms are Japan's national flower and are loved within the country. They appear in ancient poems and literature and…
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…
Twinkling Lights Above and Around
Biei's winter nights often see temperatures dropping well below -10oC and sometimes even as low as -20oC. You might be thinking that in temperatures that low, the best thing to do is to stay indoors where it's warm, letting the…
A Town Shared With Wildlife
Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Tailed Biei town is actually spread over an area of around 6772km and has a population of around 10,000 people, giving it a population density of around fifteen people per square kilometre. To put that into perspective, Tokyo…
[Experience Report] A refreshing walk – Biei Patchwork Hills Walking (Takushinkan Course)
Exploring the hills of Biei by car is all well and good, but how about exploring on foot while slowly taking in the hilly scenery? Our Biei Patchwork Hills Walking course accepts bookings for a long period of time between…