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[Samani Dam] One of Famous Places for Cherry Blossoms in Hidaka District

CONTENTS

Samani Dam
- List of Highway Bus
- Cherry Blossoms of Hokkaido
Cherry Blossoms of Samani Dam Park
List of Accommodations

Samani Dam

Samani Dam (様似ダム) is a gravity-type concrete dam in Samani town located in the northwestern direction of Cape Erimo (えりも岬). Its height is 44 m. The water surface is 0.44 km2. Lake Samani (様似湖) was born by building the dam in 1975. The Samani Dam has a sloping fishway with a part of glass, and visitors can see the sloping fishway from the side. In addition, the Samani Dam is a famous place for cherry blossoms in Hidaka district. The best time to see the cherry blossoms is about from early May to mid May. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge.

Movie of Samani Dam

A camping ground is at the site, too, and the visitors can enjoy the camp. Few campers visit here, so it seems to be a little‐known good place. A temporary restroom and a common kitchen are built. But water of the common kitchen is not drinkable. The distance is about 8 km away from the center of the Samani, and restaurants, cafes and convenience stores are not built near here. Speaking of tasty restaurant in the Samani, Ominaeshi (女郎花) is popular in particular.

By the way, a highway bus "Kosoku Erimo-go (高速えりも号)" runs between Sapporo and Erimo and the Samani.

List of Highway Bus

Refer to following companies for the highway bus service between the Sapporo and the Erimo.

JR Hokkaido Bus(JR北海道バス)	From Sapporo to Erimo	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
JR Hokkaido Bus(JR北海道バス)	From Erimo to Sapporo	HP	Jalan	Rakuten

Cherry Blossoms of Hokkaido

Cherry blossoms begin to bloom from late April in Hokkaido. The cherry blossoms in the Southern Hokkaido including Hakodate begin to bloom from late April, and in case of late blooming, the cherry blossoms in the Eastern Hokkaido and the Northern Hokkaido seem to bloom in early June. The cherry blossoms in Honshu (the main island of Japan) begin to bloom from mid March, and tourists can enjoy the cherry blossoms until too late season. If everybody forget to see the cherry blossoms in the Honshu, please visit the Hokkaido to savor the cherry blossoms. Read More

Cherry Blossoms of Samani Dam Park

The foot of the Samani Dam is developed as Samani Dam Park (様似ダム公園), and cherry trees such as Yezo Mountain Cherry (エゾヤマザクラ) and Yoshino Cherry (ソメイヨシノ) are planted. Maybe, the number is about 100. The site is not large. Because the dam is close to the cherry trees, I think that here is a photogenic place. It takes less than 30 minutes to look around on foot.

Admission fee	Free of charge
Parking lot	Free parking lot is provided (10 cars)
Business hours	Open for 24 hours
Regular closing day	Open years all round
Telephone number	+81-146-36-2119
Home page	Home page is here
Mapcode	712 640 754*57

List of Accommodations

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

Apoi Sanso(アポイ山荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ryokan Kanpaku(旅館関白)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Plaza Misuzu(プラザ味寿々)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ekimae Minshuku(駅前民宿)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hoshi-no-Ischia(星のイスキア)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Iwateya Ryokan(岩手屋旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Ajikatamura(民宿味方村)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Oyako-iwa Rocks Fureai Beach Campsite(親子岩ふれ愛ビーチキャンプ場)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Apoi-sanroku Family Park Campsite(アポイ山麓ファミリーパークキャンプ場)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Samani Dam Campsite(様似ダムキャンプ場)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

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A page of Hokkaido Cherry Tree is here

Hokkaido Cherry Tree

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 Samani Dam

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 2 hours and half by Donan bus [For Shizunai] (道南バス「静内行き」)) --> Shizunaiekimae bus stop (静内駅前停留所) --> (Approximately 70 minutes by Donan bus [For Urakawa] (道南バス「浦河行き」)) --> Odori 3-chome bus stop (大通3丁目停留所) --> (Approximately 30 minutes by JR hokkaido bus [Nisho Line: For Smani] JR北海道バス「日勝線：様似行き」) --> Samani-ekimae bus stop (様似駅前停留所) --> (Approximately 70 minutes by JR hokkaido bus [Nisho Line: To Hiroo] (JR北海道バス「日勝線：広尾行き」)) --> Shoya-Shinryojo-mae bus stop (庶野診療所前) --> (Approximately 20 minutes by Taxi)

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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.

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