So Many Stunning Views! 12 Must-See Attractions in Biei

If you’re visiting Biei, fall is recommended.
This is when flowers like dahlias bloom in vivid color, and the mountains gradually turn red and orange with fall foliage.
It’s also a great time to enjoy the autumn colors up close while trekking Mt. Tokachi.
For a very short period from late October to early November, the Japanese larch around Shirogane Blue Pond—one of Biei’s top scenic spots—turns a brilliant yellow.
You’ll see a Biei-only view where vibrant fall colors blend with a dreamlike landscape.

From Tokyo to Biei, it takes around 2 hours by plane and bus.
From Osaka, you can also get there in around 2.5 hours using a plane and bus.
From New Chitose Airport, Sapporo’s gateway, it takes Approx. 3 hours by train. By rental car, it also takes about 3 hours.

One of the 대표 sightseeing spots of the Biei Shirogane Onsen area, this waterfall lives up to its name: white streams pour from the cliff face into the Biei River with a drop of Approx. 98 feet.
Minerals in the water flowing from Mt. Tokachi affect how light reflects, making the Biei River surface glow cobalt blue. The sight of the white waterfall splashing into it is truly impressive.

Shirogane Blue Pond, with its strikingly vivid blue, is famous as Biei’s top sightseeing spot.
It’s a man-made pond that formed by chance when water collected behind a block dam built on the Biei River as part of disaster prevention construction to protect against volcanic mudflows from Mt. Tokachi.
The mysteriously beautiful blue water, combined with the surrounding rich nature and standing dead Japanese larch trees, creates a fantastical atmosphere like a fairy-tale world.

One of Biei’s best scenic spots, with a magnificent landscape of rolling hills that line up like waves. This park is marked by a figure made of stacked hay bales, and from the hill you can take in a 360-degree panoramic view of Biei’s nature-rich scenery.
The park has a parking lot, restrooms, and a rest area, but note that it closes during the snowy season.

A single poplar tree that appears in a peaceful meadow within the hilly area known as the Hills of Biei in Biei, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido.
A large tree over 90 years old, it’s nicknamed the “Ken and Mary Tree” and became famous after being featured in a 1972 Nissan Skyline commercial.

A viewpoint where you can see Mt. Tokachi—one of Japan’s 100 Famous Mountains—up close, including the exposed rocky slopes and rising volcanic smoke unique to an active volcano. It’s located on the mid-slope of Mt. Tokachi at an elevation of 930 m, around 5 km from the Shirogane Onsen area.
Along with Mt. Tokachi, you can also see the peaks of the Daisetsuzan Mountains, including Mt. Asahi (Hokkaido’s highest peak), Mt. Biei, and Biei Fuji.

A nature park in Biei, Hokkaido, known as the town of hills.
The surrounding area is called the “Patchwork Road” because farmland and fields in different colors look like a patchwork pattern, and from the park’s observation deck you can enjoy the full view of the hilly landscape.
From the pyramid-shaped observation deck, you can also look out over the Tokachi Mountain Range and more, taking in Hokkaido’s vast nature.

Biei is famous as a town of hills. There are many well-known trees in Biei, and among them, the Seven Stars Tree is one of the most widely recognized.
It came to be called the Seven Stars Tree after it was used on the package of “Seven Stars” tourist cigarettes in 1976.
Together with the nearby birch-lined road, it’s a popular photo spot.

The vast hilly area spreading to the northwest of Biei’s downtown is called “Patchwork Road,” a view spot familiar from Hokkaido travel brochures and commercials.
It got its name because the way different crops are planted in separate plots looks like a patchwork quilt.

A scenic flower field on the hills of Biei, Hokkaido, where dozens of kinds of flowers bloom like a carpet from spring through fall. From June to September, the best viewing season, lavender, salvia, marigolds, cockscomb, and more bloom in beautiful stripes, creating a picture-perfect landscape.
During the green season from late April to late October, a tractor bus runs around the park. In winter, the flower fields transform into a snowy world, and snow activities like snow rafting and snowmobiling are popular.

A tourist farm located on a hill along National Route 237.
With dramatic natural scenery like Mt. Asahi and the Tokachi Mountain Range in the background, you can enjoy seasonal flower fields. The farm features Approx. 3,000 lavender plants, plus sunflowers, poppies, and around 30 types of flowers throughout the year, adding color from spring through fall.

Located in Biei, a nature-rich town in Hokkaido, this shrine is known for blessings related to finding love and good relationships.
Along with the rare Shirahige Falls, where water flows through a crack in rock, and the Blue Pond, known for its dreamlike blue surface and standing dead trees, it’s popular as one of Biei’s “three major power spots.”

Farms Chiyoda Petting Zoo is the perfect place to experience Hokkaido’s great outdoors.
It’s home to friendly animals including hardy Hokkaido horses called “Dosanko,” plus ponies, Jersey cows, goats, sheep, llamas, rabbits, and more.
Admission is free. If you buy feed for 100 yen, you can feed the animals directly.

A tourist farm in Nakafurano, Hokkaido, famous for its elegant lavender fields stretching across a massive landscape.
Along with the spectacular lavender fields, one of its signature sights is “Irodori no Hatake” (Colorful Fields), where vibrant bands of purple lavender, white baby's breath, red poppies, and more paint the gently sloping landscape like a canvas.

In a sparsely populated area of Furano, Hokkaido, there’s a road that runs Approx. 4 km and feels like a roller coaster—gently sloping, then dropping steeply, then rising sharply.
You can see the Tokachi Mountain Range in the distance, with rural scenery spreading out around you.
It’s such a popular attraction that many people say it was their favorite place they visited in Hokkaido.

Miyama Pass Art Park, located along a national highway at Miyama Pass on the border between Kamifurano and Biei, is a complex facility packed with playful attractions.
At its center is the Trick Art Museum, featuring mysterious trompe-l’oeil works—pieces that look like they pop out despite being flat, and works that change depending on the angle. It’s a hands-on museum where you can not only look, but also touch and take photos with the art—however you like.