Taiki
Taiki (大樹町 Taiki-chō) is a town in Hiroo District, in the south of Tokachi Subprefecture. It is stretched out in a narrow east-west band from the Pacific Ocean to the Hidaka Mountains. Its main industries are dairy farming, fisheries and forestry.
In 2006, Taiki had a population of 6,407. It has a land area of 816 km².
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History
Places of interest
- Cosmos Garden at the Lifelong Study Center at Futaba-chō 6-1 is devoted to the town flower - the cosmos.
- Mount Petegari (ペテガリ岳 Petegaridake) (1,736 m) is in the Hidaka Mountains. It can be climbed via Mount Ponyaoromappu (see below). The mountain is 14 km from the trailhead. The walk normally takes two days.
- Mount Ponyaoromappu (ポンヤオロマップ岳 Ponyaoromappudake) (1,406 m) is also in the Hidaka Mountains. The trailhead is reached further along the unpaved track that leads to Sakashita Gorge (see below) - 16 km from Route 55. The peak is 6 km from the trailhead.
- Rekifune River Tokachi's second longest river, said to be the clearest in Japan.
- Sakashita Gorge (坂下仙狭 Sakashita senkyō) is a remote rocky gorge on the Ponyaoromappu River, an upper tributary of the Rekifune River. The gorge is reached by a road leading west off route 55 (in the north of Taiki close to the border with Sarabetsu Village). (Only the first three km of the road are paved.)
- Yoda Benzō house site Close to the ocean off Route 881.
Hotels, restaurants, shops and services
- Akebono Sushi tel 0155 86 2337. Sushi
- Handa Farm Taiki 198, tel 0155 86 3182 [1] [2]. Dairy farm with a café, bakery and cheese creamery. Handa make several kinds of French-style cheese including a tomme (similar to a Tomme de Savoie [3]), a soft semi-blue cheese and a mozzarella.
- Hotel Taiki Kotobuki dōri 2-18, tel 0155 89 6688 [4]
- Isshū Kagamimachi 1-26, tel 0155 86 3314. Open 11.30 to 14.30, closed Wednesdays. Soba noodles.
- Pâtisserie Naoya Hirose Higashi Hondōri 8, tel 0155 86 3023. Open 09.00 to 20.00 (Sundays 09.00 to 17.00.) Cakes and biscuits, all made on the premises.
Local government
Town Hall Higashi Hondori 33, Taiki-chō, Hiroo-gun 089-2195 tel 0155 86 2111 Official website
Sources
- Tokachi International Association (March 2007) Tokachi Living Guide Obihiro
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Obihiro City • Ashoro District: Ashoro • Rikubetsu • Hiroo District: Hiroo • Taiki • Kamikawa District: Shimizu • Shintoku • Kasai District: Memuro • Nakasatsunai • Sarabetsu • Katō District: Kamishihoro • Otofuke • Shihoro • Shikaoi • Nakagawa District: Honbetsu • Ikeda • Makubetsu • Toyokoro • Tokachi District: Urahoro |
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