My 25 Magnificent Scene in Hokkaido, Japan. (Part 2)

6) 雲海テラス【トマム】Unkai terrace [ Tomamu ].

I can see the Resort tower tip on the cloud.

Surrounded by ski hills and hotel, Tomamu mountain resort is situated close to the center point of Hokkaido. 
The highlighted spot around this region is the Unkai Terrace of Hoshino Resorts Tomamu. From this vantage point, lucky visitors can witness the dynamite cloud ocean (called Unkai in Japanese), which shows up in the early morning under extraordinary climatic conditions. 

Sunny day.

The cloud ocean can be firmly watched — and practically touched — because the Unkai Terrace height of 1088 meters is the best elevation to experience this phenomenon. You'll be astonished as the cloud ocean moves over the mountains of the region, similar to a panoramic Japanese parchment painting.

They have a new terrace now.

Unkai Terrace is the cafe nearest to the paradise on earth and is just open from mid-May to the end of October, furthermore, it belongs to the Hoshino Resorts Tomamu in Yufutsu. Ropeway gondolas non-stop running from around 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. allowing an enormous number of visitors effectively get to the Unkai Terrace on a nearby mountaintop. Hotel guests, as well as general visitors, are admitted to the terrace. 

The cafe is situated next to the terrace, so you can eat while infusing yourself in the mind-boggling beautiful views. Contingent upon the season, Unkai Terrace offers free yoga lessons and a trekking manual for the highest point of Mount Tomamu.

The whole walk way is made by wood.

Besides the typical skiing and snowboarding, vacationers can enjoy various "off-season" exercises as well, for example, horseback riding and hot-air ballooning. The primary draw, notwithstanding, might be this ever changing, amazing natural phenomenon that is very rare and relies on few factors. By using the chairlifts that convey skiers in the winter, nature lovers can glide through the air simply and relax for 13 minutes, in order to reach the top and witness the distinctive formations from a special location.

The cloud ocean is not guaranteed available every day. However, regardless of the possibility that you can't see this wonderful scene, the constant changing cloud appearance on the scene will still reward your effort to go up to Unkai Terrace, and the fantastic scene of the Hidaka Mountains alone is worth of your visit. A ropeway gondola is accessible without reservation, yet please take note of that this service may be canceled due to the terrible weather. Phone confirmation ahead before the trip is recommended.

Everyone come here to see the giant egg yolk.

Name:	雲海テラス【トマム】Unkai terrace [ Tomamu ].
Address:	Tomamu, Azanaka, Shimukappu-mura, Yuhutsu-gun, Hokkaido
Website:	Tomamu resort.
Access:	3 hours and 30 minutes by “Airport” Special Express from New Chitose Airport to Minami-chitose Station and transfer to “Super Ozora” to Tomamu Station. Take the free shuttle bus from Tomamu Station to Hoshino Resorts Tomamu. 50 minutes by “Airport” Special Express from New Chitose Airport to Kanjo-dori Higashi Station via Sapporo Station.
Business hour:	4:30-8:00 a.m. (varies depending on season). Mid-May to the end of October.
Fare:	Adult: 1,900 yen, Child under 12: 1,200 yen.
Phone:	0167-58-1111 (Hoshino Resorts Tomamu) Unkai Dial: 0167-58-1205.

7) 美瑛の青い池【美瑛町】Biei No Aoi Ike  [Biei-cho ].

The blue is resulted by the Aluminum,
 sulfur, and lime in water.

In the Hilly Country of Biei, due to the favors of the Tokachidake mountain range, there are numerous wonderful, beautiful, and mysterious spots, and the Biei blue lake is one of them. After an eruption in 1988, a lake was built to manage volcanic sand disintegration, and when water from the waterway started to accumulate there something fascinating happened by the possibility. At first, visiting was not allowed, however in 2010 it was opened to the public and it has turned into one of the magnificent travel spots in Hokkaido.

Take a photo for your desktop. 

The blue color of the lake effect by the aluminum in the water from the close-by hot springs which mirrors the shade of the blue sky, and the sulfur and lime have turned the lake bed white, which further promotes the blue water.

Drop me a link if you have the winter picture.
they have the Illumination now.

The pictures of the lake became famous when a PC producer took the lake picture and make it as a PC wallpaper a few years ago, hence the blue pond went out around the world. Numerous visitors come to see it, and during the summer season, it is extremely crowded until it is so hard to take a picture, so you need to ensure you have enough time to secure a spot to see it.

Other than the blue lake, there are also other lovely places nearby, for example, the Shirohige Falls, the refreshing Shirakaba Kaidou (Birch Road), and the lovely display of Tokachidake mountains from the Tokachidake observatory. There is likewise a close-by Shirogane Onsen where you can enjoy lodgings and bathing.

Despite the best season and weather to visit the blue pond, Winter light up is available since last season, so, need not to worry about to visit the blue pond during winter, the tourist center of Biei still prepare some surprise and visitors may enjoy the special illumination during winter. The date of illumination may vary, check with the link below to confirm the date.

Enjoy the blue wonder.

Name:	美瑛の青い池【美瑛町】Biei No Aoi Ike  [Biei-cho ].
Address:	Shirogane, Biei, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido Prefecture
Website:	Biei blue pond site.
Access:	Use a bus from JR Asahikawa Station (旭川駅) to Shirogane Onsen and get off at the Shirogane-Aoi Ike Entrance stop. (白金青い池入口) which is about an hour and 10 minutes from Asahikawa, and it's a 5 minute walk from the bus stop.
Business hour:	The pond is open all year round while the shirogane information center is closed for winter.
Fare:	Free admission to the pond.
Phone:	0166-92-4378        Town of Biei Tourism Association Shikino Johokan（Tourist Information Centre）

8) 美瑛の丘&パッチワークの路【美瑛町】Biei No Oka & Patchwork No Michi [Biei-cho ].

The sloping town of Bie is a residential area found 25 km south-southeast of Asahikawa city.

The hill looks magnificent.

It is outstanding in a town with numerous pleasant excellent hills and un-Japanese scene. In the east side of the town, there are Mount Tokachidake (2,077 m) and a few mountains, which are dynamic volcanoes. Biei used to be a volcanic fiery ash remains by the volcanoes. Since 1900, the agriculturists have been furrowed this poor land and planted the potato, wheat, sugar beet and different vegetables.

I saw a lot of  "BokuSo" The grass for the cow.

In 1971, a landscape photographer, Shinzo Maeda (1922-1998), saw this scene accidentally and was extremely inspired, then he presented this area on his photograph books. After that, since the 1980s, youthful voyagers got the opportunity to visit here, then in the 1990s, Biei had become one of the most well-known spots in Hokkaido.

The central point of the town which has shops and eateries are around JR Biei station. The northwestern beautiful zone of the station is named as "Road of Patchwork", and the southern picturesque territory is named as "Panoramic road". Furthermore, a course from the station to the foot of Tokachidake fountain of liquid magma is named as "refresh line".

There is the information center named as "The tower of the four seasons" just east of the station. We can get the maps of the Biei town and also other useful information at there such as the location of the blue pond.

The scene vary each year,.

The scene will be vary for every year you return on the grounds that the farmland is changing their plants each year to avoid repeat cultivation, different crops are planted in every piece of fields. So we can see the scene of the hills like a patchwork, and we can feel excited about what we are going to encounter in the vast hill as the scene is changing every year.

I don't stay overnight in Biei so I don't have any night scene of Biei, if you do have one, show me the some in the comment, a link or picture, thanks :) .

Mild seven hill.

Name:	美瑛の丘&パッチワークの路【美瑛町】Biei No Oka & Patchwork No Michi [Biei-cho ].
Address:	Town of Biei Tourism Association Shikino Johokan（Tourist Information Centre）, Honcho 1-chome 2-14, Biei-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido 071-0208 (Biei Hill)
Website:	Biei Johokan website.
Access:	For more detail, please visit the link above, it is a nice link that provide many detail to getting to and get around information. By JR train from Sapporo, Approx. 120 min. via the Hakodate Main Line from Sapporo to Asahikawa (using a Limited Express train) and then via the Furano Line from Asahikawa to Biei.
Business hour:	The road and hill is open all year round.
Fare:	Free admission, but you may need some money to stay overnight in this lovely place, or rent a bicycle or car to go through this vast hill.
Phone:	0166-92-4378        Town of Biei Tourism Association Shikino Johokan（Tourist Information Centre）

9) 石山緑地【札幌市】Ishi Yama Ryoku Chi [Sapporo].

The red square box.

Ishiyama Ryokuchi is a major park situated along the National Road 453. Initially, it was a quarry for Sapporo Nanseki and in 1993 it was reestablished as a recreation center. Sapporo Nanseki is a sort of stuff produced in Hokkaido. It had been utilized for buildings around Sapporo and Otaru including warehouse along the canal in Otaru, Sapporo Shiryokan, and Sapporo Christ Church.

The negative Mount.

Ishiyama Ryokuchi is separated into two part. The North part appears to be an observation terrace and tennis court (reservations and fee required) and the South part is surrounded by rocks and appears to be a unique landscape.

The South part incorporates remarkable works of art, for example, Negative Mound, which looks like a stadium made solely with rocks, and Gogo no oka [afternoon hill], all of which were made by the art group Cinq. Ishiyama Ryokuchi is an imaginatively momentous facility that was incorporated into Furusato bunka hyakusen [100 selected local cultural sites] .

I feel Nostalgic when I see this.

Name:	石山緑地【札幌市】Ishi Yama Ryoku Chi [Sapporo].
Address:	78 Ishiyama, Minami-ku, Sapporo
Website:	Monami park website.
Access:	From Subway Nanboku line Makomanai station, take Chuo bus SoraNuma line (Shin 101) or Takino line (Shin 102) to the Ishiyama 3 Chome. On foot 4 minutes to the park.
Business hour:	Open daily from 07:00 to 21:00, closed during winter.
Fare:	Free admission to the park, 640yen for one hour tennis court.
Phone:	011-578-3361 Monami Koen Kanri Jimusho.

10) カムイワッカ湯の滝【斜里町】Kamuiwakk- Yu No Taki [Shari-cho ].

The dazzling scene of untouched natural heavenliness of the World Natural Heritage Site enlisted Shiretoko National Park which is the noticeable travel destination in Hokkaido will stop your breath. 

Take off the shoes and walk on the warm river.

Inside the immeasurable park of Shiretoko, there is one special recommendation: Kamuiwakka Falls! These waterfalls are special in that the water is really hot and generated from a natural hot spring making it the well-known image of hidden hot springs in Shiretoko National Park. This is one hot spring site that will allow you to lost yourself when being submerged in nature and is certain to completely revive both body and soul!

Heading deeper to the big bowl.

"Kamuiwakka Yu-no-Taki" signifies, "Kamuiwakka Hot Spring Waterfall," just like the name, the body of the falls originates from a natural hot spring. At this area somewhere deep in nature, visitors are allowed to walk around the region or play in the stream. The water is warm in many areas making it easy to unwind in a period of time without realizing, however remaining in the spring too long may create slight stinging pains because the springs contain a lot of acidic minerals, so be aware of this.

On the off chance that you climb along to the upstream for around 20 minutes, there is a relatively huge waterfall bowl. This is the natural outdoors hot spring shower called "Kamuiwakka Yu-no-taki," where you can appreciate bathing in the deep mountain. Shiretoko is called "the last land of seclusion," and Kamuiwakka Hot Waterfall is a secluded hot spring spot known everywhere throughout the country.

You can take a bath here, enjoy the splashing sound and wave of the hot spring fall.

Name:	カムイワッカ湯の滝【斜里町】Kamuiwakka Yu No Taki [Shari-cho ].
Address:	Iwaobetsu, Shari-cho, Shari-gun, Hokkaido 099-4356      (Hot spring river.) 365, Utorohigashi, Shari-cho, Shari-gun, Hokkaido (Shiretoko Shari-cho Tourist Association.)
Website:	Shiretoko tourist information Shari town.
Access:	They are various way to get to the hot spring river, check with the link below. Access to the fall.
Business hour:	Early June to early November each year.
Fare:	Free admission to the park.
Phone:	0152-22-2125 (Shiretoko Shari-cho Tourist Association.)

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