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The tower of the four seasons (Biei Town Office)
Enjoy Biei, the town of the beautiful hills broadens at peaks of Mt. Tokachi from the observatory placed 32.4m above the ground.
Address: 4 chome, Motomachi, Biei
Access: About 600m from JR Biei station, 5 minutes walk, 2 minutes by car
Contact#: 0166-92-1111
Parking capacity: Large-size car - 5, Small-size car - 100
Open seven days a week: œMay 1-Oct 31/ 8:30-19:00 œNov 1 -Apr 30/ 8:30-17:00


The information center of the four seasons
The center provides resting atmosphere, enjoyable Hi-vision with 180- inch 3D senography seeing beautiful 4 seasons of Biei, and the tourism knowledgeable guide and the event spot information, which can be searched to gain the information by yourself.
The center is also laid in Shinzo Maeda Photo Art Gallery, introducing Biei special products, tourist information center and takes a role as the information exporter.
Address: 1 chome, Motomachi, Biei
Access: Next to JR Biei Station, 1 minute walk
Contact#: 0166-92-4378
Parking capacity: Large-size car - 3, Small-size car - 20
œ Open May 1-Oct 31/ 8:30 -19:00 œNov 1- April 30/ 8:30-17:00
œ Close year-end & new-year


Local history material center (Laid in the library)
Able to appreciate agricultural equipments and stoneware in pioneer days, old military hardware and the history such as the life & folkways, the historical pictures of the cultivating shops drawn by Mr. Hokshyu Takahashi, and the aspect of forest industry during early Showa period.

The number of the exhibits of local history materials: 3,850
Library book stock: 54,000

Address: 3 chome, Motomachi, Biei
Access: About 600m from JR Biei Station, 5 minutes walk, 2 minutes by car
Contact#: 0166-92-1251
Parking capacity: Small-size car - 10
œ Open/ 8:30-17:00 œ Saturdays/ 8:30-16:00
œ Close the 5th Saturdays, every Sundays, & Public Holidays


JR Biei station
Soft stone of Ishiyama in Biei, which was renovated, constructed this pothouse in 1987 at the time of changing to JR and boosted popularity as " The stone-made station" by tourists seems to be ranked one of the most popular stations in Hokkaido.
(2 CMs during the past national railway, " New beginning on a good day sang by Ms. Momoe Yamaguchi and TOYOTA Camry advertised by Mr. Kunie Tanaka selected this post house as a location place.)
Address: 1 chome, Motomachi, Biei
Access: JR Biei Station
Contact#: 0166-92-1854
Parking capacity: Small-size car - 30
œ Open/ --


Hondori (main street) shopping mall
Aiming at the landscape with full of roman suit for " Biei, the town of the beautiful hills " and being in a process of assembling triangular rooftops and building in soft stones, integrating sign boards, indicating the day of establishment on the building facade, setting snow-flow drain in order to create new remarkable shopping area.


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