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Hokkaido Trip 5 - Enjoy "Santa's Beard" at Poplar Farm (Nakafurano)

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If you select a Hokkaido excursion plan on a JTB or HIS tour, you will receive "Santa's Whiskers" as a special offer in Nakafurano.

Santa's mustache is a half-cut melon topped with refreshing soft-serve ice cream.

Although soft-serve ice cream on top of melon is sold in other places in Hokkaido, we stopped by Poplar Farm on our way to Hokkaido, as it is the origin of the melon.

 

Poplar Farm Nakafurano Main Store

 Address:No.18, Higashi-1-sen-North, Nakafurano-cho, Sorachi-gun, Hokkaido

 Access:5 min. walk from JR Nishinaka Station (for car, see below)

    Business hours: 9:00-16:00 (Business hours may change during winter)


Click here to visit the official website.

ポプラファーム紹介 | 北海道富良野ポプラファーム

 

It is located along Route 237 from Furano City to Asahikawa and Biei, and is on the same site as Nakafurano's only hot spring resort, SPA & HOTELRESORT Furano Laterale.

From Furano City, it is on the north side of Tonda Farm, famous for its lavender, and from Biei and Kamifurano, it is just before Tonda Farm.

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A monument of "Santa's Beard" welcomes visitors at the entrance.

Half-cut melons topped with soft-serve ice cream can be found in other places, but the name "Santa's Whiskers" is a registered trademark of Poplar Farm.

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Since we visited in the summer, there were desks lined up so that people could eat "Santa's Beard" outside, but due to the new Corona, there were few tourists and the place was deserted.

Hokkaido has recently become hotter in the summer, but it was perfect weather for eating outside.

 

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Santa's Beard" is half melon with milk soft serve.

However, derivative products are also sold, such as "Santa de Melon" and "Santa de Mix" with melon soft serve, "Godzilla's Beard" (milk soft serve with chocolate topping), and "Santa's Navel" topped with Tokachi azuki beans.

Prices seem to be affected by the market price of melons, but on this day a large one cost 1,800 yen.

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I was also attracted to the "Santa de Melon" with melon soft serve on top, but since it was my first visit, I ordered the "Santa's Beard".

The melon is of course delicious, but so is the soft serve ice cream.

My companion said I had the best smile of the day (laugh).

 

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Behind the building is a view of the vast Tokachi mountain range.

Tokachi, but we were told that this could only be seen on a fine day.

 

The Poplar Farm Nakafurano main store, where "Santa's Beard" is served, seems to have started winter business last year.

If you do not ski in the Furano area, early summer to early autumn is the best time to visit.

Santa's Beard" is also available at Poplar Farm Otaru near Hotel Sonia Otaru, which we introduced last time.

The Otaru branch is open year-round, so Otaru may be cheaper in the coming season, considering the travel (though it is cold).