Nanae Town, Hokkaido

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Onuma Quasi-National Park and the Town of Hokkaido Komagatake
Enjoy Slow Travel in Nanae, Hokkaido

NANAE STORY

Fruit Road (Agriculture) / Milk Road (Dairy) / Red Pine Road (Industry)

[Overview of Nanae Town]
Shin Hakodate Hokuto Station – Onumakoen Station: about 30 min. by bus
Hakodate Station – Onumakoen Station (Limited Express): about 30 min.
Nanae Onuma International Tourism and Convention Association
85-15, Onuma-cho, Nanae-cho, Kameda-gun, Hokkaido
Nanae-cho Onuma International Communication Plaza
TEL:+81-138-67-3020

Nanae-cho is a town, about 16km north and about a 25 minute drive from Hakodate city. For a long time, it was known as a scenic picturesque spot. The town has much scenic beautiful nature let alone Onuma Quasi-National Park, one of the three new famous beautiful locations of Japan. The change in the color of nature in the 4 seasons in Onuma Lake and Mt. Kokagatake heals the hearts of tourists. You can enjoy cycling or walking along to the lake in the vast nature. The town is also rich in great food and also known as the birthplace of western agriculture.

Enjoying Experiences and Nature in Nanae

Why don’t you plan a relaxing trip to experience nature and culture with a view of Mt. Komagatake.
Lakeside Promenade / Cycling / Onuma Park Walking / Shirotai Ranch Observation Point / Onuma Sightseeing Boat / Canoeing Experience / Fruit Picking / Snow Park / Mt.Higurashi Observation Deck / Yuhi-no-Michi Sunset Trail

Enjoy the history and Culture of Nanae

Why not plan a historical and cultural tour of southern Hokkaido based in Nanae-cho?
Onuma Lake Festival / Snow and Ice Festival / The birthplace of western agriculture / THE DANSHAKU LOUNGE / Onuma Komagatake Shrine / Kyoshi-no-michi / Nanae-cho Onuma Nature Center / Shakunage Bridge

Enjoy Walking around Nanae

Why don’t you plan a walking tour of Nanae Town to get in touch with nature and people?
Stay, shop, and eat in the Onuma Park area / Enjoy the Tougeshita area / Discover recommended local restaurants in downtown Nanae 

3 Roads to Know Nanae

Red Pine Road

Red Pine Road (Industry)

This is a historical road where red pine trees were grown from seeds imported from Sado Island and planted. 14 km of these trees were transplanted to Japan's first Western-style carriage road when the Emperor Meiji made a royal visit. 1,300 trees still exist today, more than 160 years old, and the road was active in transporting goods to and from Nanae.

Milk Road (Dairy)

The location is on Milk Road, a line of dairy cow dairy farms in Ikusagawa, Nanae. It is so named because there is a direct sales store where visitors can taste rich soft-serve ice cream and milk. It is an important industry of Nanae.

Fruit Road (Agriculture)

Nanae was the birthplace of Japan's first western apple cultivation, and since then many varieties of fruits have been grown in the town. In particular, it is called “Fruit Road” because of the rows of orchards along the old national highway. The busy harvest season is from June to October. You will see many smiling faces.

Enjoy sightseeing around Nanae

World Cultural Heritage: Jomon Sites

[Ofune Site, Kakinoshima Site, National Treasure "Hollow Dogu"] Valuable artifacts have been unearthed from the excavated remains that tell of the lives of the people of that time.
Jomon Sites

Experience "Kankoma"!

Inter-Komagatake area (Kankoma) = Three towns; Nanae-cho, Mori-machi and Shikabe-cho surrounding Mt. Hokkaido Komagatake, have lots of four season natures, i.e. Onuma Park. You can enjoy sightseeing, eating and playing.
Mt. Kokagatake

Let's go see the world's three greatest nightscapes! Mount Hakodate Observatory

About 30 minutes by car from Nanae Town. Hakodate, one of the world's top three nightscapes, and a “Hakodate Town Walk” where you can enjoy buildings and historical facts from the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods. You can also enjoy seafood cuisine and hot springs in the port town.
Hakodate

Michi-no-Eki Shikabe Geyser Park

It takes about 30 minutes by car from Nanae Town. The roadside station has an intermittent spring where hot spring water erupts, and steamed dishes using the hot spring water and Hama-no-Kaasan Restaurant are popular.
Shikabe

Stretch out and visit a neighboring town

About 30 minutes by car from Nanae-cho. Mori-machi is a nature-rich town close to Mt. Komagatake in Hokkaido and Uchiura Bay which are landmarks of the Southern Hokkaido district.
Mori

From cherry blossom viewing spots to spectacular views, visit neighboring Hokuto City

It takes about 15 minutes by car from Nanae Town. The area is characterized by sightseeing spots with a strong sense of nature, such as the Cherry Blossom Corridor, the Autumn Leaves Corridor, and other events that allow visitors to experience the four seasons, as well as the Kijihiki Plateau, which commands a view of Mount Hakodate and the Onuma swamps.
Hokuto

Esashi Town, a Town of Historical Romance

About 60 minutes by car from Nanae Town. The Kaiyomaru, the last warship of the Edo Shogunate that headed toward the modernization of Japan, sank off the coast of Esashi. You can hear about the many layers of history in the Esashi Oiwake and Ubajin Grand Shrine Procession Festival.
Esashi

Tsugaru Kaikyo Local Line Trip (South Hokkaido Railway)

The South Hokkaido Railway runs about 38 km between Kikonai Station and Goryokaku Station . (Goryokaku Station to Hakodate Station is on the JR line.) There are many sightseeing spots along the line, and you can enjoy the scenery along the coast from the train windows.
local line

Access

Recommended route: From Hakodate Airport

About 30 min. by car (about 28 km)
About 70 min. by Onuma-Hakodate Airport Shuttle Bus

Recommended route: From Sapporo

Take the Ltd. Exp. Hokuto from Sapporo Station to Onumakoen Station (about 3 hr. to 3 hr. 20 min.)
About 4 hr. 15 min. by car (via Route 230) 222 km

Recommended route: From Tokyo

Haneda Airport - Hakodate Airport about 80 min.
Take the Shinkansen from Tokyo Station to Shin Hakodate Hokuto Station (about 4 hr. 16 min.) Transfer to the express train to JR Onuma Koen Station (about 10 min.)

  • Hakodate Ferry Terminal←→Onuma Koen
    About 35 min. by car (via Route 227 and Route 5) About 24 km
  • Hakodate Airport – Onuma Koen Shuttle Bus about 70 min.
  • Hakodate Airport – Hakodate Station about 20 min.
  • Hakodate Station – Onuma Koen about 70 min.
  • Shin Hakodate Hokuto Station – Onumakoen Station about 30 min.
  • From Hakodate Airport : about 28 km, about 30 min.
  • From JR Hakodate Station : about 22 km, about 30 min.
  • From JR Sapporo Station : about 222 km, about 4 hr. 15 min.
  • Hakodate Station – Onumakoen Station (Limited Express) about 30 min.
  • Sapporo Station – Onumakoen Station (Limited Express) about 3hr. to 3 hr. 20 min.
  • Hakodate – Sapporo about 40 min.
  • Hakodate – Okushiri about 30 min.
  • Hakodate – Tokyo about 80 min.
  • Hakodate – Nagoya about 90 min.
  • Hakodate – Osaka about 95 min.

Nanae Onuma International Tourism and Convention Association
Nanae-cho Onuma International Communication Plaza
85-15, Onuma-cho, Nanae-cho, Kameda-gun, Hokkaido
TEL:+81-138-67-3020

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