23 August 2023
Tomita Farm is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Furano, and is one of the top spots during the spring and summer. It is most famous for its lavender fields in June and July.
Since we visited in late August, there were no more blooming lavenders. Some fields were already harvested.
However, there were still some fields with other plants with stunning flowers.
Map of the farm near the main entrance.
As expected, it was quite busy when we arrived just after noon time. By now, the temperature is hovering around 35 degrees Celsius, on a sunny day with scattered clouds. On hindsight, we should have come in the morning as originally planned.
Despite the heat, it is a great place to take photographs of the colourful flowers fields with the Tokachi Mountains in the background.
Here are some of the photos we took:
Rows of Celosia Plumosa at the Hannabito Field, near the main entrance.
Lavender is the main crop. Even the tractor is painted in lavender colour.
No more lavender at the Sakiwai Field but this is a nice place to see the Tokachi Mountain Range in the back.
Flower fields with the Tokachi mountain range in the background.
The most popular activity in Farm Tomita! Snaping photos …
,,,and admiring the flowers and scenery.
The Dried Flower house has a large exhibition space for dried flower arrangements and has air-conditioning!
Back to the Hannabito Field, near the main entrance.
These purple-coloured flowers are not lavenders. They are some variety of purple sage.
There are numerous shops selling many lavender based products, from soap and scent packs to lavender soft-serve ice cream! In addition to the ice cream, another must try at the farm is the honey melon that Furano is famous for.
The over rated and over priced cut melons that we ate were also slightly over ripen and not well chilled.
After we left Farm Tomita, we went to a shop call Tomita Melon House, located next to the car park.
We had a second round of cut melon and a refreshing smoothie.
Second round of cut melon for 500 yen. Nicely chilled and perfectly ripen. Extremely sweet and juicy.
This melon smoothie was so delicious and refreshing on this hot day. 450 yen.
Overall, we spent about an hour at Farm Tomita. If we had visited in June or July during the lavender season we would have probably spent twice the amount of time.
From Farm Tomita, it would be a 25 minutes drive to our next destination – the famous Biei Blue Pond.
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