About 10 minutes by car from Bear Mountain. As you take National Route 38 towards Obihiro, you will see soba fields on both sides. The most interesting flowers are currently blooming in that field, and the buckwheat flowers are in full bloom.

This coming Sunday (7/27), the ``Shintoku Soba no Sato Festival'' will be held at ``Soba no Yakata'' located in the center of the soba fields.

The weather forecast is mostly sunny and cloudy at the moment. If you are wondering where to go, how about a holiday where you can watch brown bears and eat soba?