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Foreign Tree Species Sample Forest外国樹種見本林

Hokkaido’s oldest plantation of foreign trees, and the setting of Miura Ayako’s novel Hyōten.⁠[15]

Tall conifers and a sign in the Foreign Tree Species Sample Forest
Photo: Asahikawa City

I’ll take the photos. You enjoy the view!はいチーズ!

The Sample Forest is the oldest plantation of foreign trees in Hokkaido. Miura Ayako set her novel Hyōten (“Freezing Point”) here.⁠[15]

The forest and the Miura Ayako Literature Museum inside it are a Hokkaido Heritage site together. The roadside station is close by.⁠[9][4][46][8]