Spots in Onuma / Matsumae / Esashi Area

  • Suzuki Bokujo Gyunyu
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Hokutoshi Mukaino 3-1-21
    A cafe located along the Ono River in Hokuto City serving caffe latte and soft serve ice cream made with farm fresh milk. The company makes use of expertise gleaned through operating a dairy farm and processing and delivering milk since 1920. The establishment is easily identifiable by the cow statue out front. The cafe's caffe lattes are made with milk from rare Brown Swiss cows. For soft serve ice cream, the cafe serves milk, coffee, and matcha green tea flavors. In spring, the cafe also serves cherry blossom-flavored soft serve ice cream.

    久しぶりに来ました。皆さん多分自主的に1組づつ店内に入り注文してました。入り口に消毒スプレーあります。

  • Steak House Akatsuki
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    5.0
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Kamisogunkikonaichou Shinmichi 103-3
    A steakhouse located in an area south from Kikonai Station on Prefectural Route 383. The restaurant serves hearty American-style steaks as well as yoshoku Japanese-style Western food dishes like Japanese black beef hamburg steaks. Decorated with American knickknacks, the restaurant has a pop atmosphere. The restaurant also has a large lunch menu and welcomes families. In addition, the restaurant takes great pride in its ramen. As is appropriate to a steakhouse, the broth is beef bone-based, giving it a highly original flavor.

    ステーキのお店ですがラーメンもあります。ハンバーグを頼みましたが、美味しかったです。8時頃に終わってしまうのではやめに行かなきゃなりません。 ステーキも美味しそうでした。

  • Patisserie Joli Creer
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    4.0
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Hokutoshi Chuou 2-1-5
    A Western confectionary shop located Hokuto City. Joli Creer sells sweets such as chewy Mochi X Mochi choux cremes made with Hokuto City Fukkurinko rice, and Tokachi Tsubuan Jun Nama Roll Cakes made with Tokachi coarse anko bean paste and other Hokkaido ingredients. The Fist of the North Star Strawberry Manju buns, created in collaboration with the popular anime and manga Fist of the North Star, are made with Hakodate Koi-ichigo strawberries-a blend of sweet and sour, the mellow flavor of this tasty treat is sure to delight. The Zushi Hokki Monask cookies are decorated with an image of Zushi Hokki, the local mascot of Hokuto City.

    北斗市で有名なケーキ屋さんです。シュクリーム、エクレアやショートケーキは美味しいですが焼き菓子もおすすめです。ご当地キャラのずしーほーきーのイラスト入りも人気があります

  • Higashide Saketen
    Shopping
    Hokkaido Kamisogunkikonaichou Honchou 329
    A long standing Japanese liquor shop located near Kikonai Station with a quiet, comfortable atmosphere created by the fragrance of the Donan Japanese cedar wood used extensively in the shop. Higashide always keeps on hand a stock of three varieties of Misogi no Mai sake-the white-labeled junmai and tokubetsu junmai varieties made with Honoka 224 rice; and a black-labeled junmai variety made with Hoshi no Yume rice. The junmai daiginjo variety made with Honoka 224 rice is only sold in the town, making it extremely rare. The shop also carries a wide variety of unpasteurized pure sakes, unfiltered sakes, and seasonal sakes like hiya oroshi.
  • Misogi Beach Observation Deck
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Kamisogunkikonaichou Maehama
    A famous spot within walking distance of Kikonai Station on the Hokkaido Shinkansen. Misogi Beach is easily identified by its large torii gate; from this excellent observation spot, you can get a sweeping view of the Tsugaru Strait and Mt. Hakodate and even all the way to the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture. During the Kanchu Misogi-sai, a traditional event held at Samegawa-jinja Shrine from January 13 to 15, this area is used for a purification ritual conducted to pray for good fish catches and harvests for the coming year-during the ceremony, four participants jump into the freezing cold ocean to purify an object of worship. A monument dedicated to this event also stands on the observation deck.
  • Roadside Station Kaminokuni Monju
    Transportation
    Hokkaido Hiyamagunkaminokunichou Harauta 3
    A roadside station in Kaminokuni Town offering a sweeping view of the Sea of Japan. The beautiful view was awarded gold in HokkaidoWalker's picturesque scenery category. Black silica is a natural ore produced only in Kaminokuni Town which releases far infrared rays and negative ions, providing a warming effect on the body, and here at Roadside Station Kaminokuni Monju you can purchase health goods using this ore as well as its processed form, cera silica, such as cera silica bath pebbles and necklaces. You can also buy marine products like arabesque greenling and rock nori, farm products like cloud ear and shiitake mushrooms, fruit pork, and more. In the station's restaurant, you can enjoy Godzilla shrimp seafood rice bowls stuffed with seafood and other delicious meals while looking out over the sea.
  • 854 Cruise
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Kamisogunshiriuchichou Kotanishi 99-8
    854CRUISE (Yago Cruise) explores the Yago coastal area. The highpoint of the cruise, the blue grotto, was only given approval for access by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, after one year of negotiations. To be enveloped in the shimmering color of the deep blue water cave is truly a mesmerizing experience. Depending on the timing, visitors may encounter wild birds, dolphins or other creatures. The small tour boat, Yoshitsune, allows for a close dynamic experience with nature that is almost a tangible experience. (reservations required)
  • Inishie Kaido Street
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Hiyamagunesashichou Nakautachou
    Located in Esashi Town, Hiyama County, Hokkaido, this atmospheric and scenic roadway was created by refurbishing the area along the old national highway. Esashi Town prospered from the 17th century through the trade of hinoki cypress and herring. Many of the historical buildings that remained from the end of the Edo period to the end of the Taisho period were preserved, reproduced, or restored. The street was completed in 2005 and opened as a tourist spot where visitors can enjoy the scenery at their leisure. Being able to take a stroll today and see this historical diversity in one place is very special.
  • Kitanomisaki Sakurabana
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Okushirigunokushirichou Inaho 108
    This seafood restaurant is on the northernmost tip of Okushiri Island. Using seafood caught by the fisherman who run the shop, they are committed to offering a fully handmade menu. Their hearty sea urchin rice bowl meal set with lots of fresh sea urchin comes with a small bowl of seasonal seafood. Their seafood curry is made with whole abalone, whelk, scallops, and squid, and the rice comes molded in the shape of Okushiri Island's famous Nabetsuru Rock. Shellfish, ascidian, and other marine fare grilled right before your eyes is also popular. At the stand run by the local matriarchs, they sell souvenirs like tsubu-uni sea urchin and shiokara squid.
  • Sonny's Stable
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    5.0
    5 Reviews
    Life / Living / Hospital
    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...

  • Kaminokunikan, and Katsuyamakan Historic Site Information Center
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Hiyamagunkaminokunichou Kachiyama
    This is a national historic site preserved in Kaminokuni Town, Hiyama County. Incorporated in this military outpost of the ancestral Japanese, are the vestiges of the three historic Hanazawa structure, the Suzaki structure, and the Katsuyama structure. Among them the Katsuyamakan is described in Japanese History textbooks as an important historic site telling of the medieval north, providing insight into the life and trade on the Japan Sea northern regions during medieval times. The Katsuyama Historic Site Information Center guides one through informative models and video-graphic descriptions of the Katsuyama site. There is an observation path where one can canvas the structures and get a sense of the people's lives while enjoying a walk.
  • Esashi Bay Marina (Esashi Umi no Eki Kaiyomaru)
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Hiyamagunesashichou Ubagamichou 1-10
    Located approximately one hour and 30 minutes away from Hakodate by car, this exhibition facility is the live-sized replica of the Kaiyo Maru, a Tokugawa shogunate battleship that sunk off the coast of Esashi in 1868. It exhibits approximately 3,000 artifacts and valuable materials salvaged from the excavation of the undersea ruins that began from 1975, more than 100 years after it sunk. There are many interested items, such as the appearance of the crew and the shogunate Vice Admiral Takeaki Enomoto, cannons, pistols, medical supplies and eating utensils. Besides experience corners where you can launch cannons, do a simulation maneuvering a ship and one in preservation, there is also somewhere to get a bite to eat.
  • Ao no Cave
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Kamiiso-gun Shiriuchicho
  • THE DANSHAKU LOUNGE
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Kameda-gun Nanaecho Togeshita 379-3
  • Onuma Garo Herb Garden
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Kameda-gun Nanaecho Kamiikusagawa 1073-2
  • EPUY Botanical Garden
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Kameda-gun Nanaecho Onumacho
  • Umikaze Shokudo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Matsumae-gun Matsumaecho Karatsu 379
  • Nabetsuru-iwa Rock
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Okushiri-gun Okushiricho Okushiri
    "A 19.5 meter tall rock formation which is seen as a symbol of Okushiri Island. The center of the formation has been worn completely through by erosion, and its name, which is written with characters which literally translate to ""Pot Fishing Rock,"" is derived from its appearance resembling a pot bail handle (the word for pot bail handle in Japanese is pronounced the same as the word for ""to fish""). Visitors can enjoy the magical sight of the rock at night when it is lit up, as well."
  • Hokkaido-Komagatake Volcano
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Kayabe-gun
    This 1,131 meters active volcano straddles Mori Town, Shikabe Town, and Nanae Town. The mountain is seen as a symbol of the Oshima Peninsula, once known as Oshima Province.
  • Lake Onuma's Asian Skunk Cabbages
    Travel / Tourism
    Hokkaido Kameda-gun Nanaecho Onumacho Onuma Kunisada Park
    Dotting the wetlands along the bank of Onuma Lake, this area hosts the largest community of Asian skunk cabbages in the country. A walking path has been installed so that visitors can view the beautiful plants up close. The plants come into bloom from mid-April each year, and while they are flowering, the area bustles with large numbers of tourists.

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