insights from frontier Japan

Memanbetsu Airport is the Okhotsk doorway to the sky. Compared to 30 years ago, the runway has grown 500 meters to a total of 2,500 meters, a length that facilitates even jumbo jets. A taxiway has also been added, making takeoffs and landings smooth. Additionally, the airport building has also undergone two extensions during that time.

Services on the low-cost carrier (LCC) Peach Aviation’s Memanbetsu–Kansai route began on July 1.

Low-cost carrier (LCC) Peach Aviation (Osaka Prefecture) will commence a Memanbetsu – Kansai (Osaka) flight starting on July 1. This will be the first regular LCC flight connecting Eastern Hokkaido's Okhotsk region to Kansai. One flight departing from each location will operate per day.

Scheduled flights by a low-cost carrier (LCC) airline, linking Honshu and Memanbetsu Airport in the northeastern Hokkaido town of Ozora, long awaited by people of the region, began on February 10.

A sunflower field in the town near Memanbetsu Airport in eastern Hokkaido is in full bloom.

“Marchen no Oka" (Fairy Tale Hill) is a tourist attraction located along the national road of Memanbetsu, Ozora Town, in eastern Hokkaido. It has been turned golden by autumn wheat, drawing a beautiful contrast with the dark green foliage and deep blue sky.