Introducing Furano
Famous for its lavender fields, delicious melons, excellent skiing and the late-July Heso Matsuri (; Navel Festival). If you’ve been pining for a place where you can strip off your shirt and have a scary traditional mask painted onto your torso before you go revelling, you’ve come to the right festival. Tobiiri odori (‘jump right in’ dancing is part of the fun; as with sumō, it helps to be heavy.
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In case you’re scratching your head trying to figure out the connection between this town and belly buttons, it’s because Furano is in the geographical centre of Hokkaidō: the middle.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Cool & Safe Places to Visit in Japan. Help!
by Glenski 24 July 2011
FWIW, Furano in mid Hokkaido was very nice yesterday. Prime flower viewing time, too. Go early in the day to avoid traffic jams. Very…
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Re: Snowboarding late April in Japan
by angell1063 05 March 2011
You'll need to go to Hokkaido. Look into Skymark Airlines and Air Do for cheap tickets to Hokkaido. (I'd fly to Asahikawa and go as north…
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Post Snowboarding Culture Hit
by tj_rex 26 January 2011
Hi all! Thanks for all your activity in this forum, its been *really informative* reading through some of the posts... I am going up…
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