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Do you think you can tell good rice from not-so-good one? If you think "Rice is just a foil to the main dish, and there is not much of a difference," that's completely wrong. Today, I'm going to introduce a restaurant famous for good rice in Hokkaido.

If you wanna eat the best bread in Japan, you need to come to Hokkaido because it is the kingdom of the agricultural (wheat) and dairy (milk) industries in Japan. There are many well-known bakeries, and one of the major groups is bakeries opened by bakers breaking away from Maison Kayser.

Hokkaido is sometimes called the milk kingdom that boasts the largest milk production (about 55% of the total milk production in Japan). Only a short drive takes you to the road where dairy farms spread on both sides anywhere in Hokkaido. Every time I see cows lazily munching, an environmental issue occurs to my mind, which is methane gas produced from cow belching and manure.

As I wrote before, finding big trees on googlemap is one of my hobbies. One day when I had things to do in the east of Hokkaido, I went to the following point to visit a giant tree there. Toyotomi elm stands alone on a roadside in a smal...

【What's the civil engineering heritage?】 Does your city or region have civil engineering heritage? They may be a big bridge, dam, bund, tunnel, and any construction or architecture that have a significant impact on the development of l...

【Wood lathe craftsman in Hokkaido】 The other day, I attended a trila session of wood lathe. It was a rare opportunity to learn from a veteran craftsman, who has 60 years of experience in this field. Until a decade ago, all the legs of ...

In order to gain objective information about hometowns, what helps us is "travel YouTubers." As checking some videos by such YouTubers to introduce Hokkaido, I found very beautiful scenery only seen in autumn. The YouTuber introduced it as a magnificent view that we'll want to see before we die. It's the field of coral grass (the ones consisting of the red field in the first image).

Among river fish in Japan, the king is definitely salmon. You can see them in many rivers in Hokkaido this season. In autumn, salmon comes back from the sea and dies in its home rivers soon after spawning, which supports the ecosystem of Hokkaido's rich nature and economy.

【The charm of bonfires】 Do you like bonfires? What kinds of things have you burned in your childhood? I was a very serious child and never played with fire, but I completely got fascinated by bonfire when I grew up and started camping....

【Giant trees are symbolic of the nature 】 Giant trees are nurtured over a long period of time to be symbolic of the nature or climate of the land. They have been the home of various creatures, the object of people's faith, and the symb...