bydent amenesPre hio KsTe

English VersionuroTiohsTe

Story & Art by : Kana Moriya

Production Supporter :Community-Reactivating Cooperator
Squad / Teshio river town development
committee

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Teshio Michinoeki
Road Side Station
Michinoeki Road Side StationTeshio

There is a tourist information boothand a store that sells local specialties
on Teshio Michinoeki Roadside
Station on the National Highway
Route 232.
Please feel free to drop by if you need
any help on your trip to Teshio town.

【Contact:】TEL(01632)9-2155 4-chome, Shinkai-dori, Teshio-cho

Teshio Riverside Park

To Wakkanai City →Teshio Riverside Park

Salmon and Trout Catching Place

Kawaguchi Ruins Scenic Forest

Kawaguchi Ruins Scenic Forest● Welfare Hall
Teshio Post Ofﬁce
Shopping District

Itsukushima Shrine
Police Station

Teshio High School

Teshio River
Teshio Town Hall
Historical Museum

To Wakkanai● Sports CenterCity →Teshio River Historical Museum

Northern Forest Park
Komorebinomori Forest
Sports ParkioTeshRiver

Komorebinomori Forest
JR Soya LineHello!
I'm yourguide,Teshio
Kamen.

Oh! Twotourists
have justarrived
at Teshio.

enGold riever
retNice to Welcome
meetto Teshio!
you.
I’ll beI’m
Ponsuke. yourI’m
Shunsuke.

guide,Teshio
Kamen.

dMixe dbree

Well, it’s OK.
I will show youthe main
attractionsof Teshiofrom here.

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ad

ero!

's gets! LYe

whatbroughtyouguys toTeshio?

By
theway,No
specialreason.

Eh…

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Let’sstart
off
with aspecialmeal!

Enjoy!

Yes!

Wow!
A lot ofShijimi
clams!

Oh!
Good!

Ha?

That'swhat hesays.

Slurp,
slurp.

Slurp,
slurp.

Eat the clams
later orthe noodles
will become
soggy.

Shijimi ramenwith a lot of
local freshwaterclams!

These aresome big
Shijimi clams!

Ramen?

This salt based
soup goes
well withthe Shijimi clams.

Whata big
appetite!

I loveShjimiramen,
too!

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Then,
try thisone!

Oh!
KimchihotDo youwantmore?

Sure!

pickles!

Yes! It is handmadein Teshio and popularamong the locals.
There are various tastes,
not only the common
vegetables such as
Chinese cabbage,
Japanese radish, andcucumber, but there
are also others suchas cabbage, yam, celery,cheese, salmon, andoctopus! The variety
might even increase!

Canyouguess?

Is Kimchi
a localspecialty
in Teshio?
Let‛s havesomeChinesecabbage.

What’snext?

They seem tolike theWow, Kimchi.
it‛syamKimchi !

I likethecelery!

CheeseCabbageJapaneseradishWow! Look atthese celebs
talking! The next
meal is…

My momwill behappy.

Caviar!

Sharkfin!

Ofcourse!

Cucumber

I bought
them formy home!

OctopusWell,
do youlike theKimchi?

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Is thatmayonnaise?

Justtrythem!

PO!
Look!!!
EH!
hdaa!

WhoTa-P!

Is itsweet?

It’ssweet!

Slurp♡Are
youOK?

♡It’s true!
Sweet!
Slurp

There arealso chocolate
and Matchaflavors.

This is Teshio’s
local specialty,“Chu Chu Pudding."
The feature is
its mayonnaise-likecontainer. What the
producer cares
about is the qualityof its ingredients.
They use local eggs
and Toyotomi’s local
milk with plentyof minerals.

Slurpslurp

Slurpslurp

Next,
let’s godMy da theme
will likght
I bou ,themagain.

sightseeing!

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Here we are at
Kagami-numa
Pond Seaside Park.
It’s located along
the sea and has
Kagami-numa
pond in thecenter.

This ismyhome,too.

Kagami-numa
Pond Seaside Park

Uh-huh.

.

Hmmm

Among them,Japaneseroses,
the town
flower,have continued to beplanted to reachthe number of
one million.

No!
Pleasedon't
eat!

How many
have beenplantedso far?

OpeSpacne

Amur
daylily

Here in this pond you see
many kinds of flowers
at their full bloom Amur daylilies, lilies, irises,
and sweet flags.

Sweet flag
Lilyof thevalley

Iris

Lily

Can I eatthem?

Oh !

Kagami-numa
PondestagCot

This side is a campsite.
In that open space,
the Shijimi Festival is held
every July and many people
from Hokkaido and outside
Hokkaido gather for it.
I see…

RenI wothe ery!
lott

There isalso
theeve ofthefestival.

It comes
alive witha concert ora lotterydrawing.

Does thefestival
last for
onlyone day?

ally?

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Concert

Shijimi for sale
They'rebig !

Shijimiclams !

Best deal
around !

Shijimi catching

MilkGulp, gulp

No,theydon’t.

ThudOf course,
the main festival
gets really lively
on that day.
Go enjoy
the festival!

Gulp,gulp

Well,well.
They saythe bigeater bird
catches
theworm.

Yeah !

We hada good time!

How
wasthefestival?

But…,
wasn't thata little too
much?

!

Om
nom
nom …

He named
Hokkaido.

He isTakeshiro
Matsuura,an explorer ofthe Edoperiod.

Oh?

Are you OK?
Did you getso big thatyou didn't evennotice your own
body size?

Who isthis,Teshio
Kamen?

Shutup!

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Teshio River
Historical MuseumWhen
we enterthe museum,
what comes
first is…
this ship!

You shouldcome to Teshio
River HistoricalMuseum to learn
about Takeshiro
and the historyof Teshio!

He came toTeshio about
160 years
ago, and
exploredinner
Hokkaido
sailingfrom the sea
to the Teshio
river.

This ship is called“Nagatobune.”
It carried freightgoing back and forthalong the Teshio
River between
the early 1900s and1940s.

!
moBo
Teshioga

wa m a r u

Takeshiro's
exploration paved
the way for thisnew route toopen.

Te sh iog aw

T:Yeah,I wantto takeit, too.

so rivers
were theonly way totransport.

am ar uMake
the real
sized one.

You can’ttake itbecauseit is a half
sizedmodel.

I
wanttotaketheship.

Well,they didn’t
take thetrouble.
There wereno roads
at thattime,

Why
did theytake thetrouble
to useships tocarry?

I see.

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Well, we ate a lot andlearned about the
town history well.
Why don’t we getsome exercise?

How greedy
you are!

OK, movingon!

No!
I want tochill out.

I’ma bithungry.

I wantto eatsomething.

Park Golf Course
Giggle…

Komorebinomori Forest
Is thisinto O.B.?

How could
I missthis close
shot?

Yeah.
It'srelaxing,right?

Tennis Court

Is thiswhat
you call"forestbathing"?

I‛mready!

Air shot!

Thud !

I‛ll bunt
this time!

OK!
Take this ball!

Ouch !
Oof!

No,I’m not!
It hurts!

Sorry.

Baseball Ground

AreyouOK?

Well,
we hada goodsweat…

Oh..

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?

atWhTeshio
Kamen.

This isforyou.

Attention: Only Teshio Kamen can get
his wound recovered by
Muscat grape cider.

What the heck. They are very good players,
pretending to be unmotivated. In the first place,they should’vegone easy on me
since a dog’s
physical ability
is superior
to that of a
Shijimi clam.
They werebeing somean justto show off.

Teshio local specialties
are my energy
resources.
Thank you!

Oh,
this isthe …

Thankfullyhe's ina bettermood.

Muscatgrape
cider,a Teshio
localspecialty!

Thewoundhas
healedtoo!

The Muscat grape cider comes from
Asahi Soft Drinks in Teshio town.
The company started to produce and sell
the drink in 1970. The cider is popularin Hokkaido.

It hasa nostalgic
taste.

But why is thisMuscat grape
cider a specialtyof Teshio? Can you
harvest muscats
here in Teshio?

Good !

Juice-free?

No,
we can’t.
To beginwith,the cider isjuice-free.

Really?

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Now that you guys
are energized,
let's go to thenext place!

OK !

What’sthat?

So, let’swanderaroundinside.

Thank you for asking!
This is Kawaguchi Ruins Scenic Forest.
It is the site of ruins that date from thepost-Jomon period to the Satsumon
period. They are located in a sanddune forest along the Teshio seashore.
About 230 traces of dwelling pit sites
are spread in an area with a width of
200 m and a length of 1.5 km. It's also
one of the important cultural assetsthat tells us about the life in ancientdays. You also can enjoy nature
walking around here.

That’s a
restoreddwellingpit.

Oh … ee.
IsLet me go
inside too!

Sure!

Click !
I
gainedweight.

Is thescenery
good,too?

Can I goinside?

.

Thud

Help
me…

Wow!
It’s dark
and scary!

…

Soundsexciting.

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Again, we
returned
to Teshio
downtown.

This isTeshio Riverside Park.
The Teshio river is thesecond longest riverin Hokkaido andAnd
these has various speciesof wild birds
areand fish.
canoes.
Which is the longestriver?
What'swrongwith being
No. 2?

T:sh !

！

Spla

Yes!

Look!
A fish!

OK,
let’sgo!

That’s,called “aphantomfish”.

ItoThey
mostlyinhabit theTeshio riverin Japan.

Aweinspiring …

Canwetakethecanoe?

y!

Yeah! Hoora

Oh,
thatis …

Oh ! I‛ve heard
so muchabout that.

What?
A ghost?

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Next,
let’s gowatch
fireworks.

In addition, there are salmon and trout in the Teshio
river. A Teshio specialty, Shijimi clams,
are also caught often
in this river.

Fireworks?
Can wewatch?

T:

Whereis mine?

That’sright!

You must eat
somethingwhile watching
fireworks!
Obviously!

HereYou are eating
again! When did
you buy them?

From theoppositeshore.

Oh, thefireworks
havestarted!

Wow,
this placeis thebest.

T:Hey!

They
are sobeautiful,aren’tthey?

It is niceto relax andwatch thefireworks
this way,even though
there aren’t
thousands offireworks.

Where
do thefireworks
comefrom?

The
closeryou get,themorepowerful
they get.

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Well, I’m not sureof the exact timeline, but we hada good timein Teshio, right?

Finally, let’s havea good long soakin Teshio hot spring,"Yuubae"!

shioeT,!
Nice spring
hotHotspring !

!

Exacttimeline…

Ha-ha! The Teshio hot spring Yuubae isequipped with both western and Japanese stylemain baths, open-air baths, and saunas. The hotspring's water includes hydrogen carbonate ion,
which has good effects on the skin andhas a massage-like effect. It also works wonders formuscle pains, bruises, stiff shoulders, etc.
It is popular among many people
regardless of age …
hey, are you listening?

Dashdashdash…

Hotspring !

Let'snot talkaboutthat.

Washing PlaceThankyou.

Let mewash yourback.

I can‛ttakemymask
off…

Swish,swish…

Changing RoomHotspringHot
springkJacuzziLet‛s getgoing.
Bubble,bubble…

Bubble,bubble…

One moreminute…

Sauna
Two moreminutes…

Bubble,bubble…

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〜

Ka–pooon !

Milk

Dinner Time
These arethe taste ofTeshio !

Yoicks !

Milk is the best drink
after taking a bath!

Tasty!
Yummy!

Yaaa !

Hey! Two to one
is not fair!

Look ! Shijimi clams
and Muscat grape
ciders !

Kiosk

Kimchi andChu Chu pudding !
Are you going tobuy more?

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Next MorningWell,
Shunsuke,
Ponsuke,
how do you
like Teshio?

I am soglad tohearthat.

Also,
there are many
places to visit.
I enjoyedthem!

I was totally satisfied
with a lot ofgood food!

Yes, I’m looking
forward toseeing you.

See you !
Bye !

Takecare.

Seeyou!

Thankyou foreverything,TeshioKamen.
We willdefinitely
comeagain!

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Bang !
bangs!

Issomeone
comingtoday?

YeRough Seaof Japanon't
You d to sayev!
ahmugly
it so sBang!
bangPhew.
I wonderif they are
truly coming
again.

Road Blocked

WakkanaiSea of Okhotsk

TeshioOh…

NayoroWe couldn’t
get home
because theroad wasclosed!

Rumoi
Asahikawa
During winter,
Teshio town
becomes
inaccessible twoor three times
a year because roads
are closed due toblizzards.

Well,well, T:
this isone ofTeshio’srealcharms.
Enjoy it.

Oh, mymeaningless
farewelltears.

wehaven't
evenleft.

Well
no,

I’m happy
you arehereagain!

Theend.

See you!

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