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On a vast site with a total area of about 150,000 sq m, a tourist plantation of flowers with weeping cherry trees & 750,000 bulbs of tulips in the spring, 1.1 million sunflowers in the summer and 7500 dahlias and colorful garden mums in the autumn of 550 varieties. Among them, the flower painting of tulips drawn with 200,000 balls is a masterpiece. Because the design changes every year, you can enjoy even visiting many times. Each event is also held during the flowering period of each flower. There are also cafeterias and shops, and the local food "Sera Burger" using local ingredients is very popular. In conjunction with "Flowervillage Hanamume no Sato", "Serafujisan", and "Sora no Hanahata Seira Kogen Hana no Mori", which are scattered around the area.

You can enjoy poppies, lavender, cosmos, and nemophila for spring, summer and autumn, and you can also experience picking blueberries in August and September. There is also a café where you can taste a menu using fresh herbs.

Almost in the center of Hiroshima Prefecture, at an altitude of 400m and cool in the summer, Sera Kogen. The Fureai Road and Fruit Road, which are dotted with seasonal flowers such as weeping cherry blossoms, tulips and lilies, as well as many fruit-picking tourist plantations, are a great driving route.

Roadside station, which stands along Route 486, near Fuchu Station on the JR Fukushino Line. In the production and production market, produce from the north of the prefecture to Setouchi mainly from Fuchu City, such as seasonal vegetables grown by local farmers, is collected, and the antenna shop has a 400-year tradition of Fuchu miso, woodwork products such as Fuchu furniture, traditional textiles, Bago-kasuri, etc. The restaurant is a cafeteria style where you can choose your favorite dishes from one dish at a time. You can enjoy "Fuchu miso ramen" and "Fuchu ginger-grilled set meal" mainly using local vegetables.

A post town on the Shishu Highway connecting the former Sanyin and Sanyang. It is lined with old houses with white walls and buildings with lattice windows, leaving a feature of history. The symbol of the town Upper and Lower Christ Church is the former Zoukaku Kōkura family's Tozo. Fuchu City History and Culture Museum is the birthplace of Michiyo Okada, who became the model for the heroine of Tayama Hanabu's signature work "Kōdan". In addition, during events such as the Tenno-Ushitai Festival, you can visit the Okiza, the only wooden structure in the Chugoku region to be built in the Taisho era.

A hot spring comprehensive facility that stands on a plateau at an altitude of 600m in the West China Mountains. A ground golf course certified by the Japan Ground Golf Association is also located on the large site. Hot springs in inner and outdoor baths with jacuzzi. It overlooks the mountains far away, and at night the open-air bath with a perfect starry sky is well received. The dining facilities include the restaurant Sensui, as well as the "Gehoku Dolce", an ice cream workshop directly managed by a local dairy farmer, where you can eat rich dolce with plenty of freshly squeezed raw milk.

The variety of courses that can be enjoyed at any level and age, such as "Kids Kingdom", which is very popular with children, and "Snow Park", which allows even park beginners to make their debut with peace of mind, are attractive. There are many women-friendly facilities such as dressing rooms.

A well-accessed ski area along Route 191, where artificial snow can cover a lot of snow at any time of the season. Kids slopes and family set lift tickets can enjoy a lot of fun with families.

It is a good location on the slopes just in front of the car park. The wide slopes are ideal for beginners. There are also slopes dedicated to children's sleds, and family facilities.

You can enjoy picking strawberries from late December to late May and picking grapes from early August to late September. Fresh smoothies and frozen fruits, which are made with fruit picked from plantations, are sold year-round. It is located about an hour's drive from Hiroshima city, in the immediate vicinity of the roadside station, Toyohira Acorn Village. For groups, reservations are recommended from the official site of the plantation.