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Jōshankei Hot Spring, one of the country's leading autumn leaf attractions, designated as a national park and blessed with rich nature. It has gained popularity as "Sapporo no Uto no Mori" because it is easy to visit from the center of Sapporo in less than an hour. From the beginning of October, the "Five Great Red Leaves", where shuttle buses will be operated and you can fully enjoy the Red Leaves, will start to the five locations of the Red Leaves. Among them, in addition to the "Kappa Kappa Bus", where the guide guides to the unknown spot of autumn leaves, the "Koba Gondola" at Sapporo International Ski Area, where you can enjoy the autumn leaves earlier than the onsen town by taking a walk in the air, and the large panorama from the summit to Ishikari Bay, is exactly the perfect view.

It is one of the best scenic spots in a hot spring town with a valley like mountain water paintings. It is even more glossy during the autumn foliage period in mid-October.

It is a good 45-minute drive from the city of Sapporo. It is one of the few nature-experience facilities in the vicinity of Sapporo for all year, so you can experience various kinds of nature in the four seasons. It is recommended to have a cooking experience of baking pizzas in all-purpose stone kilns, a drum bath experience, and snowshoe hiking in winter.

Good quality powder snow, abundant snow cover and reputation from skiers and boarders inside and outside the road. It is also attractive to access about an hour by car from Sapporo city and 40 minutes from Otaru. All seven well-balanced courses are laid out, from the beginner to the senior person, where you can slide at once from the summit to the foot of the mountain. The lift is an eight-seater gondola, the quad is the main one, and the mobility is excellent.

An orchard where you can enjoy seasonal fruit picking. You can enjoy apples, pears and prunes in autumn. If you walk to the peak in the mood of hiking in the park, you can also enjoy beautiful views of mountains and orchards such as Hakkenzan. Just as "hunting for anything", what you can eat that day, no matter how many types you eat, such as apples, pears, plums, prunes, etc., adults (junior high school students and above) 1000 yen, elementary school students 800 yen, infants (3 years old to preschoolers) 400 yen.

An arched dam with a height of 102.5m and a length of 305m in the Toyohira Gorge, about 7km further upstream from the Jozan River. From the observation deck in front of the rest house, you can see how the water is released to the deep valley. General cars are not allowed from the cold water tunnel to the dam site. Stop the car in the parking lot in front of the tunnel and transfer to the electric bus. From the beginning of October, a toll shuttle bus (inquisition point: Toyohira Gorge Electric Car) is scheduled to run from Jozankei Onsen.

A day-trip hot spring facility located within the city of Sapporo, which includes a wide variety of water baths, including an open-air bath, a medicinal bath, a bibra bath, and a sauna.

The Lloyd's Ainosato Park store also sells popular raw chocolate and baked goods, as well as bread and soft serve ice cream. There are also Lloyd's chocolate bread, cooking bread perfect for lunch, and limited-time bread.

A big scale pool & spa resort with pool and hot springs all year round. With the concept of a family-friendly resort, small children's services and equipment are provided in various places in the facility, which is perfect for making family memories. The infant pool with a depth of about 15cm is also ideal for small children's pool debut. If you play as much as you want in a variety of heated pools, relax in a large bath with an open-air bath. Since it is attached to a resort hotel, it is possible to enjoy it while staying.

Facility where you can interact with sheep and goats and have various experiences. In addition to hand-made experiences such as butter, sausage and ice cream, you can also harvest vegetables such as cucumbers at the contact plantation. At Satorando Exchange Hall, farm and livestock products are sold. There is also a restaurant in the park.