The 1st day

Shiraoi IC

12:00 UPOPOI (folk symbiosis symbolic space).

I touch Ainu culture and history.

The national center where "state Ainu Museum of Ethnology" and Experience type field museum "national folk symbiosis park" etc. of which you can deepen understanding of Ainu culture were maintained. The traditional lifestyle and arts and crafts which are enjoyment of Ainu ancient rite dance and the Ainu race in the park, Experience, can, there is also much Property. There are Restaurant which offers the creation dish which made the food culture in Ainu a motif and a shop where Ainu handicraft can be bought, and it's the spot which can feel Ainu culture by the five senses surely.
Reservation is necessary for entrance of UPOPOI and an inspection in state Ainu Museum of Ethnology. Please check the official website beforehand because a Experience program sometimes also needs an order ticket and the special charge.

15:00 Hoshino Resorts KAI Poroto

Inn in a sharp hot water shed flooded with a heart in Poroto lake

Hot spring ryokan where a hot water shed on a sharp roof which equals Poroto lakeside is striking. The Bunka when Shiraoi was well-grounded and the holiday nature colors are waiting for the space where expectation can be driven in culture of the Ainu race and living and mall hot spring where even a Experience program and the world are rare. Of the gourmet meals for which happiness in Hokkaido of hairy crab was used abundantly, various, it's also the pleasure "Hoshino Resorts KAI Poroto".

KAI Signature Rooms "During□, (Make, in an edge, oh.)"

The design from which Guest room of Lake view got the house "CHISE" empty idea that the Ainu race is traditional. Art of interior design and Ainu cultural history who did the table where the hearth which was in the center of CHISE was imagined and Ainu design colors space, and a white birch adds warmth.

16:00 △ Hot water (make, drawn NOYU) Yuagari lounge.

Allure of hot spring and "ABCs of Hot Spring" which knows how to enjoy oneself

Hot spring of "Hoshino Resorts KAI Poroto", worldwide, unusual mall hot spring. Alkaline hot water including organic matter of vegetable origin arranges skin, and metabolism is raised. "ABCs of Hot Spring" then, a hot water keeper will explain about history of Shiraoi hot spring, the hot-spring quality and an effective bathing method.

※ The meeting place: lobby

16:30 Lounge.

IKEMA and homemade Experience of an amulet case where herb smells

The Ainu race makes a root of the plant used as a talisman "IKEMA" and the amulet case in which 3 kinds of herb was put. Some time immersed in handwork will sit around the fire, and is that it'll be valuable Experience which touches nature-views of the Ainu race and living in a kotan (village).

※ I make a reservation beforehand in a lobby.

18:00 △ Hot water (make, drawn NOYU).

Some time of the bathing held in Poroto lake

The sharp hot water shed where a roof was supported with the traditional construction structure of the Ainu race "KETUNNI (tripod)". A superb view of the sky and the surface of the lake where the color will be changed every moment in dusk can be enjoyed in Outdoor hot spring pushed in Poroto lake. I'll take a rest with Japanese knotweed green tea and cassis vinegar in after a bath.

In 19:30 Dining Area, dinner

A luxury a treasure house of a food and Hokkaido is tasted.

Shiraoi-cho blessed with Pacific abundant seafoods. One piece to which the charm was expressed is "Daigo pot of hairy crab and scallop". The risotto the flavor of the hairy crab dissolves in thick bouillabaisse soup, and which is end is also a nonesuch. The capacity and the equipment which got idea from Ainu culture also add a flower to a table.

The 2nd day

07:00 Lobby.

It feels like being a red-crested white crane, and is an exercise awaken.

The dance which imitated action of an animal often appears on Ainu ancient rite dance. "Hoshino Resorts KAI Poroto" then, an exercise program in the morning when action of a red-crested white crane was taken in is put into effect. When it's flooded quickly in hot spring after sweating lightly, a head and a body are awaken neatly.

08:00 Dining Area

The gentle breakfast from which I receive tradition of the Ainu race and a favor in Shiraoi

The "stealing sink pot of" potato enough vegetables and minced fish of salmon entered is one which imagined traditional soup of the Ainu race "OHAU". Miyuki in colorful Hokkaido can gladden an eye and a tongue "cod roe", "or, Sake Lees Pickles of the means" and "Mt. GAGOME Kelp enter, Japanese horseradish".

10:00 Hoshino Resorts KAI Poroto is left.

10:05 Poroto natural refreshment forest

A walk on the water in Poroto lake is enjoyed fully by a canoe.

The fresh water lake where Poroto lake" in the Poroto natural refreshment forest is about 4 km of environment. There are "UPOPOI (folk symbiosis symbolic space)" and "Hoshino Resorts KAI Poroto" on the south side of the lake, and wetlands are spread in the north side.
During September, a rental canoe can be enjoyed from April at Poroto lake. It's big charm the canoe I approach is a look of a waterfowl, and that the surface of the lake is much able to sense nature. When you can also approach around the wetlands where you can't go from an esplanade in the natural refreshment forest and timing fits, a song of an Ainu is being heard from the outdoors stage in UPOPOI, and, SHI, when, I do and make them forget daily life.
Experience of pond smelt fishing is also possible by the winter when a lake is covered by thick ice up. It's the pleasure the winter to make the fished pond smelt tempura at the place.

13:00 Farm Restaurant UEMURA and beyond.

Charm of brand Japanese Wagyu beef "Shiraoi cow" is tasted directly.

Restaurant of the "Japanese Wagyu beef kingdom UEMURA, pasture" direct management which is consistent from propagation of brand Japanese Wagyu beef "Shiraoi cow" to fattening, and is performed. 1 steak and hamburger of the Shiraoi cow brought up importantly "Kami-mura Japanese Wagyu beef" can be enjoyed at an in-house pasture in Shiraoi-cho suburb. The texture is small and soft Sirloin Steak is one which can taste charm of Kami-mura Japanese Wagyu beef directly.
The atmosphere by which a green forest spread and calmed down comfortably over the big window in the store. A youthful spirit floats on the decoration which imagined the movie an owner loves "Harry Potter". It's as far as the hospitality to which time to wait for a dish such as a quiz for Harry Potter and rent of a picture book is changed some fun time is also wonderful.

14:30 Rempei Mizuno

Ainu Traditional Pottery work is loved at creative space.

Atelier of Ainu Traditional Pottery person and Mr. Renpei Mizuno and gallery. ITA which is a living tool of the Ainu race and a work of MAKIRI (penknife) etc. equal the artistic space where a brick and mortar were combined. Traditional design and the style by which it's Mr. Mizuno to obey processes faithfully. Though an arrangement isn't done at all, the individuality at which I lodge naturally overwhelms the person who sees.
A cafe is established attached to a gallery, and coffee is offered in ITA Mr. Mizuno produced. It's said that it takes about 1 year for a custom-made work, but it's possible to buy a coaster of woodcarving and small articles of a pin badge at the place. It's also the pleasure of the travel to choose a favorite while talking to Mr. frank Mizuno.

15:30 Amano family farm.

It's freeness for a nonesuch soft ice cream from pasture direct management Restaurant.

The "Amano family farm" which works on a continuous production of a brand cow "Shiraoi cow" over family Nidai. Proud charcoal roast meat of Shiraoi cow and barbecue can be enjoyed in direct management Restaurant, but it's a homemade soft ice cream to become popular secretly. Soft ice cream specialty store introduces a used latest machine and achieves the soft food texture including a lot of air. The taste of the raw milk origin for which an additive isn't used can be enjoyed with smooth mouth putting.
A sweet soft ice cream fits behind the lunch and the rest in the middle of taking a drive, chilly. There is also other playground equipment for children a goat and a rabbit are in a garden, so it's also recommended to have time freely with a family.