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You can deepen your understanding of dairy farming while visiting the ranch. Learn the cycle of cows producing veal and putting out milk, and actually experience the milk squeeze with their own hands. Cow's milk is soft and warm, and I realize the value of life. Move your fingers well one by one to squeeze (with milk and ice cream). In addition, you can also experience pretending butter making.

The location is set against Daisetsuyama. The country-style direct sale shop sells local fresh vegetables, soba noodles and crafts. The on-site Kaoicho Riding Park offers a riding experience.

A roadside station featuring a log house-style exterior in Shikaoi-cho known as "Flower and Lawn Town". In the facility, they sell fresh vegetables, milk, yogurt, handmade sundries, etc., which are carefully grown by local farmers. "Nakiusagi Cookies", which are also stuck with local ingredients, and "baked sweet potato daifuku", which is made from baked potato paste, which is used to trace the pika rabbit that inhabits the area around the lake, which is limited to roadside station Shiokai, and is also popular. At the adjacent Kanda Nichikatsu Memorial Museum, you can admire the works of the painter, Kanda Nichikatsu, painted in a vivid and realistic manner of painting.

Exhibits the work of Kanda Nikatsu (1937-1970), who had settled in Shikaoi-cho from Tokyo during his time, and who ended his life by continuing to paint oil on the sidelines of agriculture in Tokatsu. The painting of a cow or horse on a veneer with a painting knife is a powerful touch as if you put a hoe in the earth.

It exhibited a collection of more than 150 pieces, including paintings by Japanese painters such as Saitō Saito and Hicatsu Kanda, which is associated with Shikaoi-cho, including a hanging shaft of Kano Yuyu and others, and a straight-brush strip by Akiko Yosano. In the garden, you can admire the giant Jokatsu stone (black yō stone) and sculptures, and you can also enjoy the scenery of the four seasons, including the yew tree, which is estimated to be 1000 years old.

A view spot on the way of Road No. 85 from Shikaoi-cho to Lake Suzumabe. It is named because it can view the Jikatsu Plain, which is shaped like a fan spread out, and on a clear day it can be seen as far as the Hidaka Mountains. It is said that Nikatsu Kanda, the painter born of Tokatsu, also loved this view. The great panorama of the Jukatsu Plain, which shows the contrast between black soil and green leaves, is touching.

Located in the Daisetsuyama National Park, there is a ski area where you can enjoy majestic views and the best quality powder snow in the country. There is also a good-value ski pack, which includes a set of accommodation at Nukabira Gensen Township and a lift day ticket.

Around Nukahira Lake, there are scattered concrete arch bridges with abandoned lines, such as the Fifth Otonara River Bridge, whose bridge length exceeds 100m, and the Tašubetu River Bridge, a phantom bridge that will appear when the lake level drops in January-May. The view, with the bridge and nature in harmony, is stunning.

The Japanese National Railways Shihoro Line, which was opened from Obihiro to Tokatsu Sankō, was abolished in 1987. The history of the residents carved in the Shihoro Line and the long and harsh northern railway, which displays a number of tools actually used. Also set up a photo panel that showcased various episodes. On the large TV screen, you can enjoy the observation video of the driver's platform for each section. We also provide guidance such as the latest information of Hokkaido Heritage and Arch Bridge. In the summer, there is a trolley operation on the site.

A walking path of about 8.5km from Kamishihoro-cho Railway Museum through the shores of Lake Nukahira to Metsep in the direction of Sankata. It is a walking path using the former Japanese National Railways Shihoro Line, also known as a mountain railway, and is a nature-rich walking path that can be reached across concrete arch bridges such as the Nukahira River Bridge and the Sanno Sawa Bridge. There is also a point on the way where you can tour the bridge of the Taushbetsu River, which is also known as a phantom bridge.