October 7th, 2014
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[Lake Nibutani in Biratori] Cool Dam

CONTENTS

Lake Nibutani and Nibutani Dam
- Biratori Onsen
Look of Nibutani Dam
List of Accommodations
- Biratori Onsen
- Biratori

Lake Nibutani and Nibutani Dam

Lake Nibutani (二風谷湖) is a man-made lake in the northeastern part of Biratori town. Nibutani Dam (二風谷ダム) was built in 1997, and the lake was born. The Nibutani Dam is a concrete gravity dam of 32 m height, and the water surface is 4 km2. It features that the form is cool. Here used to be a sacred place for Ainu people, and it is famous that a lawsuit about expropriation of land was filed. Sarugawa History Museum (沙流川歴史館), Nibutani Ainu History Museum (二風谷アイヌ歴史館), walks, Chashi Park (チャシ公園) are around the Lake Nibutani. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge.

Movie of Nibutani Dam

Ainu Dance has good singing voices, so I like it.

Movie of Ainu Dance

Speaking of tasty restaurants in the Biratori, Jankenpon (じゃんけんぽん), Kurobeko (くろべこ), Niseuen (仁世宇園), Handmade soba Fuji (手打そば藤) and Yukara (ゆから) are popular in particular. Hot springs gush out in the Biratori, and a day trip onsen can be enjoyed in Biratori Onsen (平取温泉).

Biratori Onsen

Biratori Onsen (平取温泉) is a hot spring place in Biratori town located in southeastern part of Sapporo city. Biratori Onsen Yukara (びらとり温泉ゆから) is built a small hill. Nibutani Familyland Park is developed around here, and there are a park golf course, an automobile camping ground, bungalows and a tennis court. Around here is well-known as a place related with Ainu culture, and Nibutani Dam and Ainu Culture Museum are near here. In addition, Memu Lily of the valley Colony (芽生すずらん群生地) is reralively near here. There are a restraunt, a cafe and a souvenir shop around here, but convenience stores are not built. As for tasty restraunts in the Biratori, Yukara (ゆから) and Jankenpon (じゃんけんぽん) are popular in particular. Read More

Look of Nibutani Dam

The Nibutani Dam is well-known for having a fishway, and salmon, pink salmon and shishamo smelt swim upstream through the fishway. Except close season from May to June, masu trout can be enjoyed. In the Lake Nibutani, engineless something can enter into the lake, so water activities such as a canoe can be enjoyed. In addition, a dam card is distributed at Nibutani Dam Management Branch (二風谷ダム管理所) and the Sarugawa History Museum.

Lake Nibutani and Nibutani Dam Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Lake Nibutani and Nibutani Dam

Admission fee	Free of charge
Parking lot	Parking is provided (10 Cars)
Business hours	Open 24 hours
Regular closing day	Open all year round
Telephone number	No telephone number
Home page	Home page is here
Mapcode	442 768 016*48

List of Accommodations

Refer to following websites for the accommodations in the Biratori. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.

Biratori Onsen

Biratori Onsen Yukara(びらとり温泉ゆから)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Nibutani Familyland Camping Ground(二風谷ファミリーランドキャンプ場)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Biratori

Minshuku Kirakuya(民宿喜楽家)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel Shun(ホテル駿)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Furenai Railway Memorial Museum Rider House(振内鉄道記念館ライダーハウス)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Sarugawa(民宿沙流川)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Accessible Inn Nakumasan-so(バリアフリーなくまさん荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Toyonuka Mountain Villa(とよぬか山荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Horoshiri Mountain Villa(幌尻山荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Guest House Nibutani Yanto(ゲストハウス二風谷ヤント)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Niseu Eco Land(ニセウ・エコランド)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

By the way, Club Tourism (クラブツーリズム), a Japanese tour travel agency, provides various types of tours such as day trip tours or ordinary tours. In the case of bus tours, tourists do not drive their cars themselves, so they can savor alcohol. Choosen tourist attractions are national parks such as Rishiri and Rebun, Shiretoko, and popular tourist places such as Furano and Biei, and some activities such as hiking and fruit picking are also enjoyed depending on seasons. If you are interested in tour trips, you should visit the club tourism's website for details.

Map

Transport Facilities

Transportation to Lake Nibutani

New Chitose Airport station (新千歳空港駅) --> (Approximately 1 minute by Rapid Airport Express (快速エアポート)) --> Minami Chitose station (南千歳駅) --> (Approximately 30 minutes by Train [To Tomakomai] (電車「苫小牧行き」)) --> Tomakomai station (苫小牧駅) --> (Approximately 50 minutes by Train [Hidaka Main Line: To Samani] (電車「日高本線：様似行き」)) --> Tomikawa station (富川駅) --> (Approximately 3 minutes on Foot) --> Tomikawa-ekimae bus stop (富川駅前停留所) --> (Approximately 25 minutes by Donan bus [Each line] (南バス「各線」)) --> Nibutani-shogakkou-mae bus stop (二風谷小学校前停留所)

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I am from Nayoro, and used to live in Kushiro and Sapporo, and have been back Hokkaido after I lived in Kanagawa prefecture for 14 years again. Around 50-year-Japanese old boy mainly have released articles that I found nature, tourist attractions, onsen and foods in the Hokkaido to the non-Hokkaido people. I am bad English, so I apologize if you do not understand the meaning. Using photos are my photos, free images, various tourism associations’ photos and photos cited from official websites and so on. Reproduction of my photos and texts from within this site is prohibited.As for my photos, I used to provide those for profit, but I stop providing the photos now. Most of youtube movies belong to others, and I just share those on my blog.