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Biei is located at the center of Hokkaido.One of the neighboring town of Asahikawa which is known as the second largest city in Hokkaido. The Asahikawa airport which is the entrance of visting the center part of Hokkaido with convenient connection to Tokyo is on the hill closed to Bie.Today Biei must be one of the most popular desination of the Hokkaido tourism.It has been promoted as a eye-filling farming town.
There is no guidebook without introduce the Biei. And most of the package tour appeals that biei sightseening schedule been includeded.Although agriculture must be still the top industory of the town,tourism industry rappidly grows with farmers fields which wrapping the hills around the Bie.
What is essential attractiveness of Biei tourism ? Although,I have not gotten the complete answer yet, It must come from that unusual landscapes given by those hills to Japanese tourist which analogous of their images countryside should be that.
Catch phrase of the Biei tourism is "Okano machi" means the town composed by hills. Hill itself must be the subject which indicates the peaceful quietness place by the mind of Japanese.Ofcourse so many hills exsited all over the Japan. But completely unobstructed hill that remarkablely in Biei may be rare. Looking up the top of hill and looking down from the top of hill,It is something just provided by hills might be the saliences of Biei.
Sometimes,I met my feeling it's is liked the experience while climbing the mountain over the forest line.Too much expectation for scene change with the next step is given by own step. Walking or pedalling rented cycle is recommended for travelling around the Biei,even the area is little bit wider for day trip. The day will be closed with satisfied feeling after wandering hills of Biei.

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Rolls	Lavender	Sunset	Yellow belt	Fukutomi
Potato flowers	At a hilltop	Patterned soil	Morning	Road
Fukutomi	Asahidake	Autumnation	Perspective	Spring

Maeda Shinzo is a famous landscape photographer especially with his work in Biei. He had moved Biei and spent later in his life for taking photogenic hills. His marvelous colors and well set frame pictures are extensively used for showing the beautiful towm Biei.
Takushinkan museum exhibits his 80 pieces of work. You'll appreciate impression of large size prints showing his impression for making that. There is no admission. Since most of tourists stopped here, I feel a bit crowded while visited in high season.
Diagonal to the Takushinkan, white second floor building is "Shikino kohryukan" in which two souvenir shops. You will get soft drinks although shop selling beer too.
Behind the building, A trail with steps reads the hilltop. Only this place, It's allowed entering the formers field for sightseeing. You can enjoy looking down the wavy fields rounded there. Also Tokachi mountains is near from.
Going to the road south, A tree little slanted to the right known as "Tetugaku no ki" is stood on the field. It's a photogenic subject makes well contrast to surrounding flowers.
Back to the place of Takushinkan and ascends the hill behind the Takushinkan, You get the direction to Bibaushi. Straight-line road runs through the fields ride on the hill. After interruption with a valley, next hill appears in front of you. Soon, you may notice the mosaic colored surface that made of flowers spreading over the hill. Here is “Shikisai no oka”. An owner of farming field had made a garden sectioned by color. It's growing sightseeing attraction today. No admission is required but must be asked for donations used for maintenance.

Maeda Shinzo Spring Summer Autumn Winter

Shikisai no oka:Japanese word shikisai means color, although uses with scholarly terms like as chromatic. Since pronunciation is same as shiki which means four seasons. A hill named by conjuncture of these two words may indicates color of seasons. Field of Shikisai no oka covers top of a hill located in south part of Biei. A farmer field owner has started unified planting of flowers on the each section of his field. Colorful scenery of garden makes new tourist attraction of Biei.

	Lavender
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Shikisainooka　HP	Shikisainooka（1280*1024）

Hill around the north west direction from Biei station is well known with name "Hokusei no oka". White piramid shape observation deck is stood. There are several trees stood on the flat landscapes of the hill provide the photogenic subjects for visitor. An elm tree near the deck called "Ken to Mery no ki" is most popular sightseeing spot of Biei, It might be even in all over the Hokkaido area. Since early seventies, when Commercial film for the car which manufactured by Nissan was taken here.
Left:View from the observation deck on Hokuseinooka hill. Right:Veiw down the main town district surrounding Biei station.
Grass field neighboring west of the deck.
Two peaks with Mt.Oputatesike(left most) was found. These are peaks of Tokachi mountains appeared in east side of the deck.
Hill of Mildseven．Mildseven is one of the most common cigarette brand in Japan. Scenery of here was used for the advertising of Mild Seven products in late seventies.It may be the good publicty of the Biei itself,as a result Biei had been well known place of Hokkaido today.

Left:An oak tree beside the field has been know with the package of cigarette. Car park is prepared beside the road for visitors. I visited in late October,I met the heap of harvesting beets would be used for manufacturing sugar. Right:Parent-child tree.Three trees on the top of the hill named for their appearance.
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Tokachi mountains can be seen at the every hilltop in Biei．

From Oputatesike to Biei Fuji．

Small peaks mounted on the trapezial shape that located north of Mt.Oputatesike is Mt.Tomuraushi. Tomuraushi

Biei Fuji.Japanese want to call the name fuji when they see good looking mountain.You may find Biei's Fuji in this picture. Peak of right end of the picture is Mt. Tokachi dake which shape is collapsed with long history of volcanic activity.

Montains seen in the north east direction of Biei is Taisetuzan mountains. Main peak Asahidake known as highest (2290m) mountain in Hokkaidowhich is seen over the skyline around "Chiyoda no oka" hill.

Mt.Tomuraushiyama .
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