Hokkaido trip: Biei-Asahikawa day4

Breakfast was buffet style in the hotel. The spread was quite sumptuous. 

Stayed at Resort North Country Furano. Located in a quiet isolated part of Furano but within 5 mins drive to city area. Quite convenient. Just outside the window is the forest area. Feel quite nice eating breakfast and surrounded by nature all around. 

Next stop at Biei was this park called Shineinookatenbo with lotsa sunflowers.

It’s like a sunflower paradise! The rain has gone and the sun shone fiercely that day....

Stop for a light snack at this cute little wooden cafe.

Matcha latte with ice cream. 

More countryside scenery....

Next park we visited is this Zerubu Hills place. 

The flowers were beautiful under the hot burning sun...

It’s quite a small park so we only spent about 15mins there taking pictures before moving onto Asahikawa. Saw quite a lot of ppl cycling around Biei but it’s not a good choice as weather was too hot and the place was too hilly to ride a bike. Most ppl end up pushing their bikes most of the time...so glad I din chose to bike around Biei.....

Next we head towards Asahikawa ramen village for lunch. Tried santouka ramen, and it was really delicious as compared to SG. However, I was sweating non stop while eating my ramen coz it’s too hot and the place was non aircon...guess I have sweat buckets that day...don’t remember Hokkaido being that hot 11 years ago....must be due to global warming...

Check into JR inn Asahikawa hotel later. V nice hotel that is new and v convenient as it’s connected to a shopping mall

Hokkaido Trip: Furano day 3

Start of the third day in Furano by visiting the blue lake. At first I was quite skeptical of it, thinking its just the lighting effect but it turned out to be really blue! 

There was a slight drizzle on that day. 

 Comparison between the blue lake and normal river water.

V tranquil and beautiful lake....

Next we went to Kamifurano flower land. 

Lavender over the backdrop of Biei. There are nobody around and it’s so wonderful having the whole place to yourself! I enjoy walking among the lavender and smelling in the lavender fragrance....

The rain keep following us....

 Bye bye....next we head to this place called Rokkatei overlooking a winery. 

It’s actually a cafe selling sweets and snacks with free coffee....not bad for a halfway stop. 

Next we went to another lavender farm called Saika no Sato. It’s one of my fave coz they have this ski lift chair for 1 person that brings you up to the top of the hill. It’s quite fun!

It’s actually a bit scary coz you need to cling onto the metal bar next to you. There’s nothing to strap yourself in....

The view of lavender when going up the ski lift....

View at the top!

Too bad the sky was too cloudy to get a nice shot....

There are no barricades at this park which means you can walk right inside the lavender flowers, unlike Farm Tomita. 

Dinner was at Kumagera. Food was v nice and service was good. The waitress can speak v good English. There was quite a long queue but we managed to get seated within 15mins as we were early.

The seafood hot pot was v satisfying....yum yum...

The ikura was fresh and delicious. 

To walk off our dinner, we went to this place called Ningle Terrace. It’s v beautiful at night.



Sells mainly art and craft stuff. Mainly here to enjoy the cool night breeze and the lightings. 

Hokkaido trip-Furano day 2

This is the second time I went back to Hokkaido after 11 years. The first time was during my honeymoon. Wow...time flies....

Farm Tomita is by far one of the best lavender farm in Furano and also the most crowded. Do come early and on a weekday to avoid the crowd. 

It’s such a picturesque place....

I’m already missing it....

The lavender ice cream is a must try food.

And also the honey dew! Yumyum....

We managed to explore all parts of the park which we were unable to do so 11 years ago as we were on a tour  and time was a constraint. 

Some quieter parts of the park with fewer ppl. V peaceful and tranquil feel....

Beautiful red poppies in bloom....

More lavender.....

The iconic Farm Tomita scenery with different colours of flowers....

More food...tried this at the melon farm next door. 

We even check out the ulu farm Tomita East located a few kilometers away which only opened during July season. 

No crowds here for sure. There is even a tractor trailer ride available for a small cost.

Since we reached Farm Tomita v early, we managed to finished exploring all by 2pm. Thus, giving us time for our next stop: Shikisai no Oka.

We took a trailer ride around the park at first. 

The park was quite big. 

View at the highest point in the park.

Rows of pretty flowers...

The iconic straw statue of shikisai no oka. I find this place too touristy and v dusty as they rent out golf carts for ppl to use around the park and it kicks up a lot of dirt from the ground. Maybe there were just too many ppl....

End off with dinner at this place called Yuiga Doxon 唯我独尊. Heard high reviews about it but not a foreigner friendly place. I don’t have such experience in Tokyo but for Hokkaido, I do find the service standard to be less enthusiastic compare to Tokyo. Anyway, the food was good but I just feel v put off by the signs in the shop, it simply give off a v unwelcoming signal to non Japanese people.