The Tokachi Plain around Obihiro is Japan's premier agricultural zone, producing dairy, wheat, beet sugar, and a wide range of vegetables on a scale unmatched elsewhere in the country. Guided farm experience tours operate from June through September, offering visitors the chance to milk cows, make fresh butter and cheese, pick seasonal vegetables, and bake Tokachi-wheat bread in a traditional stone oven. The sweeping patchwork fields and wide Hokkaido skies create a landscape unlike anything in mainland Japan. Many tours conclude with a farm-to-table meal pairing locally grown ingredients with Tokachi wine or craft beer.
- Type
- Experience
- Category
- Food
- Season
- Summer
- Month
- June–September
- Region
- Hokkaido
- Prefecture
- Hokkaido
- City
- Obihiro
Highlights
- ◆Hands-on butter and cheese making from Tokachi dairy
- ◆Seasonal vegetable and grain harvesting activities
- ◆Stone-oven Tokachi-wheat bread baking
- ◆Farm-to-table lunch with Tokachi wine or craft beer
- ◆Panoramic views across Japan's largest agricultural plain