Hokkaido"nature & sightseeing" Information

　"The famous place of Narcissus of Hokkaido 1, and beautiful costline"

■ Setana-cho

　　　　Setana facing the southwest part of Hokkaido, and the Sea of Japan. It is a famous place of the narcissus of Hokkaido 1.

　　　　Moreover, the coastline which follows north and south lengthways is rich in change dotted with strangely shaped rocks etc., calls various impression each time, and is attractive.


Impression! Stage The coastline in Setana

■ Charm

▼Charm Part 1..."Famous place of the narcissus of Hokkaido 1 "

　　　　The charm and a puffiness of a town will be Tamagawa park in May every year. It is a narcissus of Hokkaido 1 which blooms to the limit.


The narcissus which blooms on a hill
(Tamagawa park)

　　　　In a park, various 30-sort 300,000 shares of narcissuses, such as white and yellow, bloom all over.


The narcissus which extended the petal to the limit

　　　　This park is not only called famous place of a narcissus. It is that the place which is in bloom together with the cherry tree which has the same time as a narcissus mostly and begins to bloom is seen.


a cherry tree and the stock of a narcissus.

please see ! a narcissus and a cherry tree

　　　　We　come to many people who visited this by the ability to have seen such a narcissus and cherry tree bloom simultaneously in a park, and it is impression as it was good.

▼Charm Part 2..."Various impression! Coastline"

　　　　Setana has the feature in the coastline. Much strangely shaped rocks are observable on the coastline which follows north and south lengthways. Moreover, it is clean so that sea water may also be transparent!


- Strangely shaped rocks 1 "triple-cedars rock（Japan、Sanbonsugi-rock）"

　　　　The "triple-cedars rock" also serves as a symbol of a town. Three strangely shaped rocks with the sharp point which We associate with the tree of the shapely spreading Japan cedar 30 m in height stand like standing up to their full height, and are by an average bottle. the weather carries out good or bad-- We show various expression.


The "Sanbonsugi-rock" located on the coastline

coastline which is choppy by a gale-force wind

"it is a starlit sky of the whole sky!"

　　　　Modeling beauty and a silhouette impress nature powerful energy, and a Sanbonsugi－rock is popular as a power spot.


- Strangely shaped rocks 2 "Oyakobear-rock（parent-and-child rock）"

　　　Since "Oyakobear－rock" is visible to touch which is visible as if Oyaguma was presuming upon and about which parent and child's love hears, it is popular.

　　　The "parent-and-child bear tale tradition" which tells the episode of this parent-and-child bear is left behind to local, and, even now, We hand down to it.


　　　　　　"Oyakobear－rock"

　　　Oyakobear-rock etc. are called mecca of the setting sun seashore whole Setana, and a nice shot is produced by a season, time, the weather, and a place. We call people's impression.


　The setting sun and "Oyakobear-rock"


- Beach [ ! clean / water ] ... We are part and it is barrier-free.

　　　　Three beaches, such as a beach "whose Sanbonsugi-rock（triple-cedars rock）" can be seen, are located along the coastline. Not only a scene is good, but the selling point of these three beaches is "unstained [ water quality ]." We are equipped fully with the toilet, the shower institution, etc.

among these -- the "Sanbonsugi beach" is elected twice as "an especially unstained beach" by the water-quality test of the Ministry of Environment until now -- local -- "-- Hokkaido 1 -- We are advertising as the unstained beach ".

furthermore -- if We will also get a bodily inconvenient person to be familiar with water -- "-- the car for sands -- a chair -- " -- if an "amphibious vehicle chair" is arranged and the official in charge of a beach is offered during the opening of a beach, We hear that We can use it for free, and barrier-free is progressing.


Hokkaido 1 clearest "Sanbonsugi beach"


▼ gourmet

The gourmets who are popular in Setana are the sweets called a "Iwa-shoe（rock shoe）.

　　" The local sweetshop developed with the Cookie shoe named by being connected with a local symbol Sanbonsugi-rock（triple-cedars rock）.

　　　Seemingly We are a pair rare object of art of the appearance of the shoe made into that the surface is rugged, and the cream of eye a sweetness duplicate entered fully, and We are to eat within 1 hour and they are the sweets of the prejudice "a best-before date is 1 hour." It is said that We will be immediately sold out at the day of the week of sale.


　A popular gourmet "Iwa-shoe"

▼The people with confidence are experience!



- Challenge to "Ohta shrine"

　　　　It is experience which goes up the steep approach which also has stone steps (the degree of the maximum slant of 40 degrees, and 700 m in full length), and a precipitous cliff, and aims at visit to a temple to the main shrine of an "Ohta shrine". The person who arrived at the main shrine is told that there is divine favor by one of the power spots in Setana.


　　　　　　Long approach of an "Ohta shrine"


- The Hot Springs which We put in freely

　　　 In Setana-cho, there is a hot spring bathing facility for day trippers -- "Usubetsu Hot-Springs Yutopia-Usubetsu."
　　　. Appearance is a log house style. If it goes into inside, there are an inner bath and an open-air bath and we have become according to sex once. Since it is prepared in the mountain stream, the sound into which a river flows can be heard and it is a pleasant place. Bathing of the hot day of summer, etc. is the highest.

　　　　　Although the charge of bathing is no charge, collaboration money, such as a maintenance cost of institutions, is 100 yen. We can use from April to November every year.


　Usubetsu Hot-Springs "Yutopia-Usubetsu"

　　　　 The inside of Usubetsu Hot Springs

■ Picture provided

▼ Setana-cho sightseeing association ... 0137-84-6205

* HP is "here."