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Look! Eat! And Enjoy! Driving by car around Asahikawa!

The snow has now fully melted and Hokkaido is gradually getting warmer! It’s the perfect chance to go for a drive. This time, we will introduce you to some of our favourite places around Asahikawa to go when the weather gets warmer.

Let's learn more about the history and culture of Asahikawa! III

The history of Asahikawa City began in 1890 with the establishment of three villages: Asahikawa, Kamui, and Nagayama, in Kamikawa-gun. During these 130 years, Asahikawa changed a lot. However, some things stayed the same as Asahikawa tried its best to preserve its culture and history.

The Densuke Watermelon from Toma! And its related products

The Densuke Watermelon is a local speciality of Toma, a neighbouring town of Asahikawa. The watermelon itself is very popular and led to several related products.

Discover our three perfect parfait shops! ♡

Have you ever had a craving for a parfait? Surprisingly, there are many shops in Asahikawa that have parfaits on their menu. From traditional cafes to new modern cafe and even restaurants, parfaits are everywhere ! This time, we will introduce parfaits from modern cafes.

Our nosy tour guide at Asahiyama Zoo (outdoor habitats)

Don't miss out the fun of the winter zoo (until April 7th) !! Here are our tips to fully enjoy the zoo and some of its many outdoor enclosures.

Our nosy tour guide at Asahiyama Zoo (indoor habitats)

Don't miss out the fun of the winter zoo (until April 7th) !! Here are our tips to fully enjoy the zoo and some of its many indoor enclosures.

Asahikawa's melon bread is too good to be true!

Do you like melon bread? It’s a mainstream and popular Japanese pastry-like bread often eaten as a 3 o'clock snack. Easily buyable at convenience stores, the ingredients and the making of the bread change from a place to another. And you, how do you like your melon bread ?

Here's our Guide to the Must-Sees at Asahiyama Zoo in Winter.

In these articles, we will present you the winter Asahiyama Zoo as this year’s winter Zoo is until April 7. So we'll let you know what's going on in the zoo and, maybe, give you some useful tips!

Three Takoyaki shops for your Snack Time !

Takoyaki made at home are sure fun, but the takoyaki made by professional in shops tastes better ! And sometimes, you just want to eat delicious takoyaki at home ! Here are the takoyaki in Asahikawa that you can bring home !

Asahikawa’s delicious takeout bento !

Takeout is still in high demand due to the influence of the COVID-19. Many shops in Asahikawa also sell high quality takeout. This time, we will introduce you some of these take-out bento ♪

Juwari soba, the 100% buckwheat noodles restaurants in Asahikawa !

If you had to choose between 28% buckwheat noodles and 100% buckwheat noodles, what will you choose ? Our reporter will definitely choose the 100% buckwheat noodles ! This time, we will introduce two restaurants that serves delicious 100% buckwheat noodles in Asahikawa !

Asahikawa's Unique Dorayaki Vol.3

This is our third article about slightly unusual dorayaki available in Asahikawa !

3 Hot Doria to Warm up your Winter

Our reporter, BB Mask personally thinks, that the perfect dish during winter is Doria. Doria heat you up... a bit too much. People like BB Mask can’t handle hot food, and tends to burn their tongue. But it’s delicious ! Introducing delicious Doria restaurants where you will need to cool down your food before eating.

Why are sake lees so good ? Our new sake lees-based desserts addiction !

Sake lees are used in various dishes in Japan. Marinated with meat or fish, sake lees are a popular ingredient that has various synergistic effects with our everyday food. But this time we will talk about three sweets made with sake lees in Asahikawa! Every single dessert will make you addicted with one spoonful !

From Asahikawa to Abashiri, our one-day trip !

When you want to go out, aren’t your destinations getting a bit repetitive ? Don’t you want to go a little further than usual to change your mind from the usual routine ? If you manage well your time, you can do a round trip to Abashiri. Winter is the drift ice season and they can be seen in the sea of Okhotsk !

Asahikawa's Unique Dorayaki Vol.1

When people are craving for sugar, they often think about Western confectionery like pancake, pudding or cake. But maybe some Japanese people may long for Japanese sweets with overflowing red bean paste?

Japanese sweets, bread and onigiri ! 3 takeouts !

Lunch, snacks and souvenirs, takeout is becoming more and more popular. Here are three stores: a long-established Japanese sweets shop, a newly opened kitchen truck of koppe-pan, and a rice ball shop.

5 roasted sweet potato you can buy in Asahikawa!

Nowadays, there are various sweet potato-flavoured sweets in the world such as chocolates and sweetened sweet potatoes (sweet potato with honey, ice, etc…) However! There are many people who have never eaten roasted sweet potatoes. Here are 5 exquisite roasted sweet potato buyable in Asahikawa !

The old and popular Asahikawa snacks: part 3

In this category, we have already introduced the “Asahimame”, “Jar Monaka", "Vitamin Castella", "Marukita-yaki", "Karinto", and "Azuchan Kabochan”. For this third round, we will introduce you 3 new products.

Would you like a cup of tea ? Asahikawa's tea houses !

Our reporter was interested in the big building in front of which, you can see two big traffic light objects. This is the first store in Hokkaido calling itself "tea specialty store”. In this article, we will present you three tea houses in Asahikawa. Spring is coming, it’s time to get out have tea with friends!