This is a flower garden about 7 hectares in width in Biei, Hokkaido. There are about 30 varieties of flower on display, ranging from lavender, cosmos, lupine, and sunflowers, which you can enjoy from spring until fall every year. It is open throughout the year and from late April until the end of October is the green season. Norokko (bus), buggies, and carts can be found in the park, and during the winter season you can ride a snowmobile through the snow.
The Furano Biei Norokko Train is a train that uses the JR Hokkaido line and runs between Furano and Biei. It runs for a limited time between June and October, and allows you to enjoy the thrill of a railway trip on a train in which the windows have been removed. It is normally a diesel train but during the busy season at the end of summer steam trains may be used.
Asahiyama zoo is the northernmost zoo in Japan, which is located in Asahikawa city, Hokkaido. Generally zoos in Japan focus on just the exhibition of animals. However, the Asahiyama Zoo focuses on exhibition of the animals’ behavior so that visitors can watch real life behavior of animals. This dramatic style of exhibition made the zoo famous. The zoo is mostly crowded with families, dating couples, and other visitors. More than 1.65 million visitors came to the zoo in the fiscal year of 2013.
Furano Biei is located in the approximate center of Hokkaido.From spring to summer flower garden, such as lavender, are spread all around and you will be overwhelmed by its beauty scenery.