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Furano is great for skiing and snowboarding, because of its deep and dry powder snow. If you go in peak season you can expect up to at least a meter of snow to fall in a week. There are 2 areas for skiing in Furano: Furano Zone and Kitanomine Zone. One lift ticket is good for both areas. Also, a ski run goes from the Furano Zone to the Kitanomine Zone, and a lift connects the two. Both areas have several lifts, Kitanomine has a gondola, and Furano has a rope way. There are rest areas and restaurants at both ski areas.
富良野チーズ工房 Furano Chizu Kobo
This factory and small museum was built in the 1980s. You can see the cheese getting produced downstairs, while upstairs you can buy from the shop. A specialty item is the cuttlefish ink cheese, Camembert-style with white mold and black cream colored by cuttlefish ink. If you have time, a hands-on project — making cheese or ice cream — could be fun.
Watch the bottling of wines, sample the locally made wines, and buy bottles to take home.
上富良野町開拓記念館 Kamifurano-cho kaitaku kinenkan
This small museum is dedicated to the history of Kami-Furano, the northern part of the greater Furano area. There are photos of (locally) famous people and of volcanic eruptions that impacted the region in the last century. The garden outside has lavendar and other flowers, and also some shaded picnic tables.
ファーム富田
Fields of lavender and other flowers. Pioneer of flower gardens in Furano area.
中富良野町町営ラベンダー園 (Nakafurano chōei labendā-en)
Located in the slopes of Mount Hokusei, a small mountain. The chair lift to the mountaintop passes over the flower garden.
かんのファーム
Fields of many species flowers.