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[Tomayama Observation Deck in Toma] 360 Degree View Refreshes Yourself After Going Up Mountain

June 6th, 2017

CONTENTS

Mt. Toma
- List of Highway Bus
- Tomayama Hitome Senbon Zakura
Tomayama Observation Deck
List of Accommodations

Mt. Toma

Mt. Toma (当麻山) is a mountain with an elevation of 292 m in Toma town located in the eastern part of Asahikawa city, and the distance is about 2.5 km away from the center of the toma. It has Toma Sport Lnad Field Athletics Course (とうまスポーツランドフィールドアスレチックコース), a campsite, Toma Ski Resort, and an observation deck is built on the top of the mountain. a famous place for cherry blossoms called Tomayama Hitome Senbon Zakura (当麻山一目千本桜) is at the Toma Sport Lnad Field Athletics Course and the campsite, and cherry trees also bloom along streets. It is easy to enjoy the cherry blossoms because those are not far away from a parking lot. The best time to see the cherry blossoms is about from late April to early May. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge, too.

Tomayama Observation Deck in Toma — Tomayama Hitome Senbon Zakura

A direct bus does not run between Sapporo or New Chitose Airport and the Toma. But Limited Express Sekihoku-go (特急石北号), an express bus, runs between the Kitami and Asahikawa, and "Kosoku Engaru-go (高速えんがる号)", an express bus, runs between the Sapporo and the Engaru, and those stop at the Toma. Speaking of tasty restaurants in the Toma, Kokopelli nad MERB are popular in particular. Hot springs do not gush in the Toma, but a day trip bathing can be at Healthy Chateau.

List of Highway Bus

Refer to following companies for the highway bus service between the Kitami and the Asahikawa or between the Sapporo and the Engaru.

Hokkaido Kitami Bus(北海道北見バス)	From Asahikawa to Kitami	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Hokkaido Kitami Bus(北海道北見バス)	From Kitami to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Hokkaido Chuo Bus(北海道中央バス)	From Sapporo to Engaru	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Hokkaido Chuo Bus(北海道中央バス)	From Engaru to Sapporo	HP	Jalan	Rakuten

Tomayama Hitome Senbon Zakura

The Tomayama Hitome Senbon Zakura is at foot of the Mt. Toma, and the cherry trees such as Yezo Mountain Cherry Trees (エゾヤマザクラ) are planted. It is one of Hitome Senbon Zakura in Japan, and a lot of the cherry trees has been planted to see a thousand of the cherry trees at first sight. So maybe, the number of the cherry trees is more than 1000. Visitors can appreciate the cherry blossoms while enjoying the camping or the field athletics. The site is not large, so it takes less than 30 minutes to look around on foot. Article is here

Tomayama Observation Deck

The visitors can not go up the mountain by their cars. So the visitors must go up the mountain on foot. Walks of 544 m in total length is built, and it is not difficult to walk. But the walks have a lot hard steps, and I think that the visitors get tired very much. It took about 30 minutes for me from a trailhead to the obsevation deck on foot. I got tired. But the views were worth seeing. It was very comfortable.

The 360 degree view can be enjoyed at the top of the double-decker observation deck. * Trees disturb the views, so aroud 330 may be right. The Toma is known as a rice-producing region in Hokkaido, and I was surprised at a lot of rice fields. A combination of the rice fields and gravestones was good, too. Mt. Daisetsuzan can be seen, if it is fine weather.

Atmosphere of Tomayama Observation Deck Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Tomayama Observation Deck

Admission fee	Free of charge
Parking lot	Free parking is provided (10 cars)
Business hour	Open 24 hours
Regular closing day	From early November to late April
Telephone number	+81-166-84-2111
Home page	Home page is here
Mapcode	389 889 863*43

List of Accommodations

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

Gallery Pension Toma(ギャラリーペンション当麻)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ichii-no-Yado(いちいの宿)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Masaya Ryokan(まさ屋旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Map

Transportation to Tomayama Observation Deck

New Chitose Airport station (新千歳空港駅) --> (Approximately 35 minutes by Rapid Airport Express (快速エアポート)) --> Sapporo station (札幌駅) --> (Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes by Limited express Super Soya [To Wakkanai] or Limited express Super Kamui [To Asahikawa] (特急スーパー宗谷「稚内行き」/特急スーパーカムイ「旭川行き」)) --> Asahikawa station (旭川駅) --> (Approximately 20 minutes by Local train [Sekihoku Line: For Kamikawa] (普通電車「石北線：上川方面行き」)) --> Toma station (当麻駅) --> (Approximately 10 minutes by Dohoku bus [Toma Line: To Toma Healthy Chateau] (道北バス「当麻線：当麻ヘルシーシャトー行き」)) --> Toma Healthy Chateau bus stop --> (Approximately 40 minutes on foot)