Biei Guide
Short, practical guides to Biei Town for visitors from overseas. One new guide a day at most, each one built from public sources (village and city offices, the prefecture, national agencies, transport operators) that we list at the end with the date we read them. If we could not check something, we say so and leave it out.
Latest guides
How Do You Stay Safe Around Biei? Tokachidake, Bears, Cold and 110/119
Tokachidake has been at Alert Level 3 since 12 September 2026. What the town and JMA say, plus brown bear steps, cold weather and emergency numbers.
How Do You Visit the Biei Hills and Blue Pond Without Harming the Farms?
Why Biei's hills are farmers' fields, the town's rules on farmland, snow fields and drones, why the Blue Pond is blue, and when it is crowded.
How Do You Get to Biei, and How Do You Travel Around the Hills?
Getting to Biei by car, JR train and Asahikawa Airport, and the View Bus, day bus, city bus, taxi and bicycle options for seeing the hills.