Obihiro Wild Flower Garden

Obihiro has a unique type of draught horse racing called Banei (ばんえい) . The horses drag steel 'sleighs', each weighing around 500 kilograms, along a 200-m sand track with two humps in the middle of the course. The sport originated in a test of strength for farm animals. Most of the horses are a crossbreed of French Percherons and Bretons and Belgian horses. The 'jockeys' lash the horses repeatedly with the reins - animal lovers be warned!.

Large park. With in the park, there are a variety of facilities zoo, and museums.

This is a common venue for concerts and recitals.

Said to be Japan's first conifer garden, many of the plants were imported from Europe and Canada. The garden is among the largest in Japan, featuring a Japanese garden, a Western garden, and a landscape garden.