Blue Poppy and Reindeer Meat -Horonobe Reindeer Ranch in Horonobe-

Horonobe Reindeer Ranch (トナカイ観光牧場) is a tourist facility in Horonobe town located in the east side of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park (利尻礼文サロベツ国立公園). There is a building near Japan Atomic Energy Agency Underground Research Center (日本原子力研究開発機構幌延深地層研究センター). About 65 Finnish reindeers are bred at the site. The reindeers can be seen through a fence in a summer, and tourists can play sleds pulled by reindeers in a winter. It costs JPY 500 to ride sleds. Admission free.

There is North Garden (ノースガーデン) at the site, too, and flowers such as Pyrethrum Coccineum and German Iris can be admired. Blue Poppy, a flower native of the Himalayas, is a noted product of North Garden and is called the Phantom Blue Poppy and is in full bloom from mid June to mid July. Originally the reindeers are bred for foods, the tourists can eat a rare reindeer meat at restaurant polo (レストランポロ). When I ate the reindeer meat, its smell was not like beasts and I enjoyed it. In addition, there are a souvenir shop and a restroom at the building, too.

Atmosphere of Horonobe Reindeer Ranch Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Horonobe Reindeer Ranch

List of Accommodations

Refer to following websites for the accommodations around Horonobe Reindeer Ranch.

Minshuku Ryokan Sarobetsu(民宿旅館サロベツ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Business Hotel Hokutoso(ビジネスホテル北斗荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Business Ryokan Koeiso(ビジネス旅館光栄荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Meizanso(民宿名山荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Kawashima Ryokan(川島温泉旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
New Onsnekaku Hotel(ニュー温泉閣ホテル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel Toyotomi(ホテル豊富)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Win(ウィン)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Yukaiyado(湯快宿)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Yunohanaso(湯の花荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

A page of Sarobetsu Plain is here