Zerubu Hill — Attraction in Biei

It's a small flower field, but what surprised us is that there was the unique addition of ATVs or golf cart rides around the field! It was 800en for 2 people on an ATV(one person driving and one person on the back) to take one trip around the circle(around 3minutes). Although short, it was one of the highlights of our trip! The staff had just enough English to explain how to drive them. The golf carts were much more expensive (around 2000en) so we didn't try it but it looked like a better option for families and you also had the opportunity with them to go on the course to visit a small sunflower field(you couldn't...

We visited this flower field in early October, and most of the flowers were well past their peak. But on the upside, the sunflower fields were fantastic, it was pretty quiet (and it was a Saturday), there was free parking and free entry, we didn't have to wait for a cart (it was 2000 yen for 15 minutes), and there was no one else driving around, so we could stop on the track and take photos. It was a great experience. I recommend you hire a cart to really see the sunflowers properly because you can't walk through this field. You can only go with a cart. They're very...

Furano in Summer is a great time to see flowers.

I didn't know as I always thought of Hokkaido as a cow and snow kind of place but during my travels around Hokkaido, I found many many flowers in bloom.

One great place to see these flowers is Zerubu Hill. The flowers were blossoming in full during August and could easily be seen even from the car park.

Parking was free which was nice and and viewing the flowers was also complimentary.

I found myself paying to enjoy a short ride on the 4-wheeler and entering the shop for some nice Lavandar ice cream and...