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‘Hanafuru,’ a tourist spot where summer flowers bloom, is one of the gardens that is part of the ‘Eniwa Flower Tour’ plan and is familiar to locals. Photographed last July The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Garden Tourism Registration System has decided to register a plan to tour six gardens and areas in the city of Eniwa, including the tou...
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Mt. Soranuma-dake (1,251 m), a popular mountain with summer hiking courses that take in Bankei-numa Swamp and Mamisu-numa Swamp, boasts a winter-only course that takes in another swamp. On the Kara-numa Swamp Course, hikers walk on the frozen surface of the water.
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Amid rapidly accelerating depopulation, many municipalities in Hokkaido are facing the problem of how to stop the flight of the young, working age generation in order to sustain their community. As overseas workers have become more and more important, municipalities are coming up with ideas to welcome them as members of communities while trying to stop young people from leaving their hometowns. The Hokkaido Shimbun visited some cities and towns that continue to seek coexistence with foreign residents even under the coronavirus pandemic.