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A theme park where you can fully enjoy nature, interacting with horses. About 80 horses from Japan and abroad live and enjoy attractions such as horseback riding, horse-drawn carriages, and pony shows. Facilities to learn about horses are also substantial, including a horse museum and an equestrian stadium, as well as a gallery showing the history of Hokkaido thoroughbred production. There are many activities and programs that allow you to enjoy the nature of Hokkaido throughout the four seasons. In the garden, which is about 10,000 tsubo, about 1000 varieties of flowers are blooming in the four seasons. Restaurants that make use of the bounty of the northern earth are also popular.

SA located between the Tomakomai Nishi IC and Shiraoi IC on the Doo Expressway. The next Shiraoi IC, which is about 12.4km away, will be used for "Upopoi (Symbol Space for Ethnic Symbol)", where the National Museum of the Ainu Ethnics is located. It is located in a location overlooking Mt. Tarumae, and there is an observatory with a stunning view that those who know it will know. Seven-Eleven, the first convenience store in Hokkaido to open a store, is open 24 hours a day. In addition to regular convenience store products such as rice balls, sandwiches and drinks, there are also many Hokkaido souvenirs. SA but the restaurant and gas station facilities are not installed.

SA located between the Shiraoi IC and the Tomakomai Nishi IC on the Doo Expressway. SA, but no facilities such as restaurants and gas stations have been installed. Seven-Eleven, the first convenience store to open on a Hokkaido expressway, is open 24 hours a day. SA is located in the area just before New Chitose Airport and is ideal for a resting place before heading to the airport. I want to take a break at Seven Cafe. In addition to standard convenience store products such as rice balls, sandwiches, drinks, and confectionery, the feature is that Hokkaido's souvenirs are also lined up.

A museum function is added to the permanent exhibition where you can learn the nature and history of Tomakomai. It has exhibited exhibits such as the country-designated Shizukawa Bunchroom [Kango] site corner and Hokkaido-designated cultural property and Ainu's log boat. It also holds various special exhibitions and projects as a base for Tomakomai's culture and art.

A facility where you can learn about space and celestial bodies. The centerpiece is the Russian (former USSR)-made space station "Mir" (a real-life reserve plane). You can get inside, and you can also tour the toilets, which are similar to those actually used by astronauts. In addition, exhibits and planetariums that you can learn while experiencing aviation and space are also available free of charge, and are also popular with families.

It is said that a shrine was set up at the foot of the mountain and enshrined due to the religion of Mount Tarumaeyama. In 1875, the emperor Meiji's royal decree established the three gods, "Oyama Tsumijin", "Hisashi Nochijin", and "Kanoya Hiuri-jin". He was retired as a shrine. In 1936, he was promoted to a prefectural shrine (former personality), and in 1986, he was listed as the sixth in the "Shōmōjen" shrine in Hokkaido. With the relocation of the new shrine as the Daiyo-Daitori business in Heisei, it became the Gojizan Gozenza on July 14, 1992, on the ground of Takaoka (Mt. Firewood Bilin) from Yashiro-cho.

An active volcano at an altitude of 1041m located southeast of Lake Shikotsu. It features a unique lava dome shaped like a pudding. From the parking lot of the seventh station, the climb takes about an hour to reach the summit (Higashiyama), but currently the middle of Sotoyama is prohibited from entering due to volcanic gas generation.

Environment that makes use of nature recommended for eco-camp school. Bungalows that can be selected according to the style are also convenient (large 9000 yen, medium 7000 yen, small 5500 yen, mini 3000 yen). In addition, a tree house (4500 yen) and a simple auto camp site (2500 yen) are also recommended. A carry-on tent (from 600 yen per circle) is also possible, so it can be used by groups and families.

Luxury road station available in amusement sense. The complex is also equipped with a heated swimming pool and a sports gym, a library, and other facilities. "Saison de Mukawa", a product house that sells specialty products such as original and processed products of the four seasons, which are perfect for souvenirs, is popular, including fresh vegetables caught in the mukawa. It is well received at the "Meitakoro Dandepo" that Shishamo cuisine, which is a specialty of Takagawa-cho, can be enjoyed only in the season. In addition, there is a memorial hall for Nobel Prize scholar Akira Suzuki from the town, where you can tour a number of exhibits and materials for free.

It displays a number of real fossils and restored models from the Mesozoic Cretaceous period, mainly in the area of Hodote, Mukawa-cho. At the time of the Mesozoic Cretaceous, the Mukawa-cho Hodote area was a sea, so there are many fossils of marine organisms such as ammonites, as well as marine reptiles, the kubinagaryu, mosasaurus and sea turtles. It stores and displays the plant-eating dinosaur "Mukawa Ryu", the country's largest dinosaur-full-body skeleton fossil, a terrestrial creature whose first fossil was discovered in 2003.