Located about 20 minutes by car from New Chitose Airport and within an hour's drive to Sapporo, Ahira-cho is well known for its rape blossoms. The best time to see the rape blossoms is from late May to early June. The town is dotted with several rape fields, creating a beautiful scene with yellow carpets spread here and there.

Touring these fields is a real pleasure, but rape blossoms are not suited to continuous cropping. In other words, the location of the fields changes every year!

The "Rape Blossom Map" published every year by the Kita no Nanohana-kai is a powerful ally in your stroll through the fields. You can check the official website of the Kita no Nanohana-kai or the Abira Tourist Association in advance, or you can get a copy at the "Roadside Station Abira D51 Station" or other places. First, get a map!

Courtesy of Abira Tourist Association

Incidentally, there are nine rape blossom fields in 2022, and you can conquer all nine in a few hours by car. Some of the fields have parking spaces, making them perfect for a drive by.

Let us introduce some of the nine fields and their characteristics. Let's start with field No. 4. The most distinctive feature of this field is that the JR line runs right next to it!

You can take two shots of a train and a field of rape blossoms. However, there are times when trains do not go by easily, so you may want to keep track of the timetable.

In field No. 7, a covered wagon (tractor) passes through the field, making it a bit like an attraction. The covered wagon, for which a fee is charged, takes about 10 minutes to go around the wide, wide field of rape blossoms. It is quite a precious experience to gaze at the yellow scene spreading out in all directions while being rattled and rocked.

If you want to feel the lovely rape blossoms up close, we recommend field No. 3. You can even walk through the field. To protect this beautiful sight, you need to purchase shoe covers and put them on your shoes to prevent bacteria from being introduced into the field.

You can take a picture of yourself buried in chest-high rape blossoms, so please wear the shoe covers while walking through the field.

How was your visit? Even if we say "rapeseed field" in one word, each field has its own character, and it is clear that each field has its own way of presenting itself.

We also have a video of our actual tour of the rape field in Anpei Town when the rape blossoms were in full bloom!



If you are interested in touring the rape fields of Ahira Town someday, please take a look at this video as a reference. Of course, the fields change every year, so it is possible to visit every year!

<Kita no Nanohana Kai
Official website: http://www.k-nanohana.com/index.html

<Cooperation for this report
Abira Tourism Association
Location: 49-1 Kashiwa-gaoka, Oppenheimachi, Yufutsu-gun, Hokkaido
Inquiries: 0145-29-7733
Official website: https://www.abikan.jp/

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