Located about 20 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport and within an hour from Sapporo, Abira Town is also known as a famous spot for rapeseed flowers. The best time to see them is from late May to early June. There are many rapeseed flower fields dotted around the town, spreading yellow carpets here and there, creating a beautiful sight.

The real joy is touring these fields, but rapeseed is not suitable for continuous cultivation, which means that the location of the fields changes every year!

A great ally for your walks is the Nanohana Map, published annually by the Kita no Nanohana Association. You can check the official websites of the Kita no Nanohana Association and the Abira Tourist Association in advance, but you can also get one at places like the Abira D51 Roadside Station. First, get the map!

Provided by: Abira Tourism Association

By the way, there are nine rapeseed fields in 2022, and you can visit all nine by car in a few hours. Some fields have parking spaces, making them perfect for stopping by on a drive.

Now, let's take a look at some of the nine fields and their characteristics. First, let's look at field number 4. What makes it special is that the JR train tracks run right next to it!

You can take photos of the train and the rapeseed field together. However, there are times when the train doesn't run, so it might be a good idea to check the timetable.

In field number 7, a horse-drawn carriage (tractor) passes through the field, so you can enjoy it as a bit of an attraction. There is a fee to ride the horse-drawn carriage, but it takes about 10 minutes to go around the vast rapeseed field. Watching the yellow scenery spreading out on all sides while being rocked around is quite a rare experience.

If you want to see the pretty rape blossoms up close, we recommend field number 3. You can actually walk through the field. By the way, to protect this beautiful view, you need to purchase shoe covers to cover your shoes so that you don't bring bacteria into the field.

You can take photos that look like you're buried in chest-high rape blossoms, so we recommend wearing shoe covers when taking a stroll.

What did you think? Although they are all called rapeseed fields, each one has its own personality and you can see that they have been carefully presented. We also have a video that shows us touring the rapeseed fields in Abira Town when they were in full bloom, so please check it out if you're interested! If you'd like to visit the rapeseed fields of Abira Town someday, please use this as a reference. Of course, the fields change every year, so it's also possible to visit every year!

<Northern Nanohana Association> Official website: http://www.k-nanohana.com/index.html <Interview cooperation> Abira Tourism Association Location: 49-1 Oiwake Kashiwagaoka, Abira-cho, Yufutsu-gun, Hokkaido Contact: 0145-29-7733 Official site: https://www.abikan.jp/

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