Sunday 22 April 2012

FARM TOMITA, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN


ファーム富田 . 팜 도미타 . 富田农场


(A sightseeing stop in the Hong Thai Travel 7D Hokkaido Package Tour, my first packaged tour experience.)


What we saw

If we had visited Farm Tomita ファーム富田 a few months later, we may be able to see this instead:

Source: Tomita Farm

Luckily, we could still see and smell the lavender flowers (for which the farm is famous for) because the farm had a greenhouse that housed them. 










As we made our way across the fields to the gift shop and cafe, Mom kept gushing about the beautiful scenery here and took lots of pictures. I like the scenery but I don't really like plants.




Purple is Mom's favourite colour so she was quite taken with these too.



At the cafe and gift shop, Mom and I shared a lavender soft serve ice cream which had a very nice scent. Mom also bought quite a lot of lavender-made products like paper soap, tea, and scents that were exclusively produced by Farm Tomita.






Other food sold include curry rice, and hotdogs etc

It was a short visit, and I hope to come back again when the flowers are in bloom (and to eat more lavender ice-cream too)!

    Operating Hours:  8.30 - 5pm (except Oct - Apr 9am - 4pm)
                             Open throughout the year
    Adddress:           北海道空知郡中富良野町基線北15号
    Tel:                    0167-39-3939
    Entrance Fee:      Free
   
    Directions:  7-min walk from JR Lavender Station ラベンダー畑駅 (station is
                     only opened during summer); or
                     25-min walk or 5-min taxi ride from JR Nakafurano Station 中富良野駅
                     The JR Twinkle Bus is also another option.


Notes from Mom

About 7 mins car-ride away from Farm Tomita is the Farm Tomita Lavender East ラベンダーイースト which is opened between late June to late July, during the lavender season, for visits between 8.30am - 5pm. Entrance is free.

Note that the opening dates and hours are subject to changes.
Call ahead to check - Tel: 0167-39-3939.

Highlights of Lavender East include:
  • Observation Deck
  • "Scent Hill" where one can be surrounded by the lavender scent and fields
  • Cafe
  • Lavender Bus - a paid 15-mins tractor-pulled farm ride around the lavender field that comes with commentary in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean.
             Adult                              - 300 yen
             Child (4-12 years old)       - 150 yen
             Infant (below 3 years old) - Free

満開のラベンダーの中を走るラベンダーバス
Source: Lavender East

Read about our next stop - Ice Pavilion.
Read about our previous stop - Furano.



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