School / Classroom Spots in Hokkaido Area

  • Exander Onuma Canoe House
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    5.0
    3 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Kamedagunnanaechou Onumachou 22-4
    Enjoy canoeing tours of the stunning natural scenery around Lake Onuma and Lake Konuma at the foot of Mt. Komagatake with Exander Onuma Canoe House. The beginner’s canoeing tour at around two hours long is popular with first-timers. As well as taking in the seasonal flowers and spring water of the lake you can also stop off at the island for a short break and tea time. Spectacular early morning tours with the beautiful morning mist and night tours under the moonlight are also very popular. They also do guided tours of Mt. Komagatake where from the summit you can see over the Tsugaru Peninsula. A definite must-see! The nearest station is Onuma Station.

    大沼とありますが、カヌーに乗るのは小沼です。地図で確認はしていたのですが、わかりづらい場所にあり道に迷いました。道路沿いに看板が欲しい! 天候に恵まれ、素晴らしい景色を楽しめました。ガイドさんの説明も詳しく丁寧で、水鳥や植物についてよくわかりましたし、途中のコーヒータイムも良い思い出になりました。10月中旬、渡り鳥がV字を描いて飛んで行ったり、湖面に駒ケ岳が逆さに映っていたり、湖面からの景色を夫婦...

  • Churui River Salmon Fishing
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    Hokkaido Shibetsugunshibetsuchou Churui Loyal River Basin
    A salmon fishing area on the Churui River in Shibetsu Town, Shibetsu County, Hokkaido Prefecture. This is the only river in Japan where salmon fishing is allowed, and that is only for the purpose of surveying salmon resources,, and visitors can enjoy fishing for salmon in the great outdoors of Shiretoko, an area registered as a World Heritage Site. Fishing here requires an advance application. Visitors can fish for chum salmon and pink salmon using lure fishing, fly fishing, or bait fishing; in principle, all fish caught must be released.
  • MY STABLE
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    Hokkaido Katougunshikaoichou Sasagawa Kita7sen 11-3
    This equestrian facility is located along Nissho Pass (National Route 274) in Sasagawa, Shikaoi Town, Kato County. In addition to horseback riding lessons and introductory trekking experiences, the stable also offers trekking along a range of courses such as a riverside course, a mountain forest course, and a one-day course (reservation required). Several endurance rides, events in which riders on horseback compete to set the best time covering a long distance, are held in Shikaoi Town each year. The stable provides support for participants in these events.
  • Tsurui Dosanko Farm
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    4.5
    19 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Akan-gun Tsuruimura Kuchoro 71-1
    "This is a farm where you can enjoy horse riding with ""dosanko,"" the common name for the Hokkaido Pony that is one of the eight types of traditional breeds in Japan. For horse trekking around the Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, there are five-hour course and two-hour course, and you can ride surrounded by nature depending on how much time you have. There is also a horse-riding experience on the farm."

    We were hoping for an interesting farmstay experience, but all they give you is a small room and there is nothing to interact with on the ranch except the ponies (which we were told to move away...

  • Nikappu Horoshiri Horse Riding Club
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    Hokkaido Niikappu-gun Niikappucho Seppucho 71-11
    Located in the Hidaka region, this club is where you can enjoy horse riding and trail riding for beginners and experienced riders alike. One of the highlights of the club is that there are many thoroughbreds that were former racehorses. You can also rent horseback riding equipment.
  • Shikaoi Town Riding Park
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    Hokkaido Kato-gun Shikaoi Cho Urimakunishi 3
    This is the only horse riding facility in the eastern Hokkaido. The grounds have a riding school, and a park golf facility as well. This is the perfect place to spend some time away from the workaday world and ride a horse through the beauty of the great outdoors, and it's perfect for guests of all ages. Even small children and beginners can try horse riding at ease. It's connected to Roadside Station Umariku, so this is a great place to stop by on your long Hokkaido drive to buy some fresh mountain vegetables, potatoes, black garlic and more Hokkaido produce at the farm-direct sales section.
  • Northern Pacific Ocean Seaside Line Horse Riding Club
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    Hokkaido Akkeshi-gun Hamanakacho Esashito 12
    This horse-riding club is along the North Pacific Seaside Line, a coastal rode stretching 321 kilometers from Hiroo-cho in Tokachi to Cape Nosappu in Nemuro City. Not only can you enjoy a woodland ride, but they offer ocean-side rides to enjoy the quiet lapping of the waves. The family owners offer gentle guidance, so it's a great place even for beginners. The grounds serve as a course for local races, and they offer lessons as well, so they have a wide variety of services. The advanced courses offer a journey through trackless forest that surely offer views not normally seen.
  • Western Village Sahoro
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    Hokkaido Kamikawa-gun Shintokucho Niinai 637
    This equestrian center is located in Shintoku Town, the fourth largest town in Japan. Visitors can challenge the horse trekking in Shintoku Town which is comparable to half the size of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. This trekking course, which is open to sixth-grade children to 65-year-olds, is a wild course that you can walk in the forest of Sahoro following beast paths and fords. If visitors are lucky, they may encounter wild deer along the one-hour course. Children aged five to seven can ride on the back of a horse with a guide. There is also a farmers' cafe, so after enjoying the horse trekking, visitors can also buy puddings and cakes, as well as egg-topped rice, all made with eggs laid the very same day.
  • Lake Toya Ranch
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    4.5
    33 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Abutaguntouyakochou Tsukiura 44
    This is a guest Ranch specializing in horse trekking, and is located two hours by car from Sapporo half way to Hakodate. Visitors can overlook Lake Toya, Mt. Usu and Mt. Showa Shinzan, recognized as the first “World Geopark” in Japan, while enjoying horse trekking. There is also a family course for those with small children, and anyone can join if they can straddle a horse alone without being afraid. There is a full mountain course for adults or those with a height of 140 centimeters or more. The course can be enjoyed by both experienced and inexperienced riders.

    Our first horseriding experience right here at Lake Toya! our guide was fun and could converse in simple english - we did a 90 min mountain + lake trail and it was worth it. horses are really...

  • Herbal Ranch
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    Hokkaido Abutaguntouyakochou Tsukiura 44
    Herbal Ranch is a hands-on experience facility in Tsukiura, Toyako-machi, in Abuta County. Visitors pick herbs from the herb garden on the property and try their hands at distilling herbs, making herbal tea, or cooking local vegetables with herbs in a Dutch oven. Reservations are required, but Herbal Ranch can accommodate groups of up to twenty people.
  • Clark Horse Garden
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    Hokkaido Asahikawashi Higashiasahikawachou Sakuraoka 160-4
    A horse ranch where visitors can experience horseback riding. The facility is notable for its American west countryside feel. Children and others can have an instructor lead your horse by a rope for a safer experience or, after a ten minute lecture; you can ride in the nearby forest. There's an old West-style cafe on the grounds where you can enjoy a meal after your ride. There's also a remodeled old farm house which has been turned into a cottage visitors can rent and stay the night in.
  • Outdoor Amusement Company
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    Hokkaido Abuta-gun Niseko machi Soga 859-5
    A leisure facility where you can enjoy a variety of seasonal outdoor activities and which also offers lodging located in Niseko Town. Tethered hot air balloon rides are offered from June through September twice a day in the early morning and in the evening. Everyone from toddlers to adults can take in the breathtaking view of the mountain ranges of Niseko from 30 meters above the ground. Everything is provided for the rafting tours, and participants can enjoy rafting as well as games and swimming over an hour and a half long tour. Canyoning, in which participants dive into waterfall pools and swim down natural river water slides, is a fun way to enjoy the great outdoors you can only enjoy in a place like Niseko.
  • Kushiro Fureai Horse Park
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Kushiroshi Yamahana 10-1
    This horse riding club in Kushiro offers a well-appointed horse-riding experience for beginners at affordable prices. A 50-minute horse trekking course meandering slowly through a water flower grove and on into the forest is available, as well as a 70-minute course that stretches all the way to Momiji Boulevard. This horse park, provides instructor-directed beginner's rides, and free range riding for those bringing their own horses. With no entrance fee, visitors are free to take photos or pet the horses.

    いや-楽しかったです! 家族で『馬に乗ってみよ-!』となって、見つけた所ですが・・・ まったくの未体験の者にも、簡単・丁寧・分かり易い説明で・・・ しかも、『じゃ-行きましょ!』ってな感じで? さすが北海道です。細かいこと抜きで楽しませていただけました! 50分コースの『ホーストレッキング』だったのですが、70分 コースでも良かったかな?と、思いました。 馬は『どさんこ』で、途中に周りの草を食べた...

  • Kushiro Marsh & River
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    Hokkaido Kushiro-gun Kushirocho Toritoshi 88-5
    Private 80-minute canoeing tour along the Kushiro River in Kushiro Wetlands National Park, with a canoe guide on board each boat.
  • Sonny's Stable
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    5.0
    5 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Kayabegunmorimachi Komagatake 95-23
    This is a riding club located in great expansive natural surroundings of Onuma where one can enjoy western horse riding, just like the original. The trail riding experience with a veteran cowboy guide takes you meandering through forests on a horse and are designed so that even a beginner can securely enjoy 'real' horse trekking. The courses available are 90 minutes course, two and a half hours course with a coffee break, and three and a half hours course with coffee and a snack. Each course comes with a 45-minute lesson and a selection menu.

    wonderful experience with American quarter horse named SHIMAchan riding him or her about 1 hour and half first of all learning to ride him/her and learn how to use horse reins and stirrup spurs how...

  • Shiretoko Rausu Lincle
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    Hokkaido Menashigunrausuchou Honchou 23
    A tour company which provides guided tours introducing the industry, natural beauty, and regional culture of the Rausu and Shiretoko area, a designated World Natural Heritage Site. The Shiretoko Peninsula Brown Bear Boat Cruise explores the Shiretoko Peninsula on a small boat; participants can listen to a guide well-versed in the plants and animals of the area while taking in the dynamic coastline, Kunashiri Island of the Kuril Islands, and the konbu kelp-rich sea. In early fall, you might also catch sight of salmon swimming upstream and the brown bears who come here during this time to eat them. The seafood lunch tour, which includes giving participants the chance to break open Ezo bafun-uni sea urchins before eating their meat with other tasty seafood delights, is particularly popular.
  • Frontier Equestrian Club
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    4.5
    9 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Ishikarishi Atsuta-ku Shuppu 165-3
    Located about 30 minutes from the Sapporo Kita Interchange by car, this equestrian club is located in the Atsuta district of Ishikari City. Various lessons and courses are provided at the Frontier Equestrian Club on its large grounds surrounded by the rich nature of Hokkaido in the perfect environment for horseback riding. Everyone from beginners to veterans can similarly enjoy themselves and experience healing and comfort on a course rich with rivers, the sea, grasslands, forests, hills and other environments while doing horse trekking, an activity that has become popular in recent years. The horseback riding plans include a beginner's course, an outdoor riding course, obstacle jumping and dressage.

    初めての北海道旅行で急に思い立ち、夫婦で当日朝に申し込み!空いてますよー。との事で、手ぶらでお邪魔しました。装備は全て貸し出て頂き(無料)初めての乗馬にドキドキでしたがインストラクターの方がとても優しく丁寧に教えてくださり楽しかったです!なんだか始終のんびりした雰囲気で軽く散歩を楽しむ感じ。お馬さんもコースを熟知しているので特に何もしなくてもついて行けます...

  • HOA Hokkaido Outdoor Adventures
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    5.0
    57 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Sarugunhidakachou Chisaka 132

    Thanks to Pat we had the best day. Pat even took photos for us which proved how good it was for the team back home. Very impressed with professional service from pickup to drop off. Book early and...

  • Nodakashi boat
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    4.5
    8 Reviews
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    Hokkaido Hakodateshi Goryoukakuchou 44-5

    再訪です。今回は風も弱く、時間内に一周できました。桜の咲き始めで花びらはそれほど浮かんでませんでしたが、天気が良くて最高でした。公園やタワーは大混雑でしたが、ここも戻ったら、行列ができてました。

  • Universal dance studio
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    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Kita-ku Shinkotonihachijou 1-2-3

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Not just a prefecture but an island of its own, Hokkaido is the most northerly prefecture and island of the Japanese archipelago. Arriving in Hokkaido, which is rural and bursting with breathtaking nature, means entering a world where vast national parks, towering mountains, and natural hot springs can be found at every turn. Come December, these natural splendors freeze over and morph into a winter wonderland.

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