Nakasatsunai (中札内) is a village in Tokachi, Hokkaido about 25km to the south of Obihiro.

Understand

The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated Google Translate.

Get in

Tokachi Bus operates a bus service from/to Obihiro with 14 round trips per day. Tokachi-Obihiro Airport is nearby.

Get around

There is a bus service to the national route along the line, but a car is useful in other regions.

See

• 1 Nakasatsunai Art Village (中札内美術村), Sakae-Higashi3 (栄東3線) (About 1h by bus from Obihiro station bus terminal, bus stop "Nakasatsunai-Bijutsumura" soon.). 25 Apr-4 Nov 10:00-17:00. Cake maker "Rokka-tei" operates the art village. There are 4 small museums, 2 restaurants and shops in the wide oak forest. Entrance free. 2 Museums each ¥500. Common ticket ¥800. Common ticket with Rokka-no-mori ¥1000.  
• 2 Rokka-no-mori (Forest of Rokka 六花の森), 249-3 Tokiwa-Nishi3, (常盤西3線 249-6), ☏ +81155631000. 25 Apr-4 Nov 10:00-17:00. The nature garden operated by cake maker "Rokka-tei". Temporarily closed as of Feb 2023.. ¥500.  
• 3 Hanabatake Ranch (花畑牧場), Moto-Satsunai-Higashi4, (元札内東4線), ☏ +81 11 211 5087, toll-free: 0120-929187 (domestic), fax: +81 11 218 1187. 10:00-15:30 daily. Dude ranch managed by the famous Japanese entertainer "Yoshitake Tanaka". You'll enjoy a sales and factory tour of sweets and cheeses, together with petting animals.. Free.  

Buy

• Straight Caramel (生キャラメル). Sold at Hanabatake Ranch. 1 box ¥850+. 

Sleep

• 1 Satsunai River Park Campsite (札内川園地キャンプ場), ☏ +81 155 4378. Open late Apr-early Nov. Campsite: Free, Bungalow: ¥2000+. 

Go next

• Obihiro
• Sarabetsu
• Taiki