What this area is like
The Tokachi plain is Hokkaido’s farming heartland. Try Obihiro’s butadon pork bowl and local sweets, soak in Tokachigawa Onsen’s brown moor water, and watch Ban’ei draft-horse racing.
Plan your visit
JR limited express trains reach Obihiro in about two and a half hours from Sapporo; Tokachi-Obihiro Airport has flights from Tokyo.
Choose your next step
Other areas in Hokkaido
Sapporo →Jozankei →Otaru, Kiroro & Shakotan →Niseko & Rusutsu →Lake Toya, Noboribetsu & Tomakomai →Hakodate, Onuma & Matsumae →Wakkanai & Rumoi →Asahikawa & Sounkyo →Furano, Biei & Tomamu →Abashiri, Kitami & Shiretoko →Kushiro, Akan, Nemuro & Kawayu →Ishikari, Sorachi & Chitose →Hidaka & Erimo →Islands: Rishiri, Rebun, Teuri & Yagishiri →