Workshop Title: International Workshop on Environmental Engineering 2025 (IWEE2025) Workshop Title: 2025 Symposium on Environmental Engineering (2025SEE)

Social Events

 18 July / Welcome party (Optional event: Additional fee : 6000 yen required)

 20 July / Banquet
Venue: Hotel Kurobe

 21 July / Excursion
Venue: Bus tour around Kitami

You can choose from three courses, A, B and C. Each course has a limited number of participants, and we may not be able to accommodate your desired course.
Each course takes 2.5 to 3 hours.

Course A (Curling and Nature)
12:20 KIT == 12:40 Kitami citizen skating rink (Yakiniku Lunch) 13:50 ==
14:00 Kitami Station 14:10 ===
14:50 Wakka primeval flower garden (Lake Saroma) 15:00
== 15:05 ADVICS TOKORO Curling Hall 16:00 == 16:40 Memanbetsu Airport
== 17:30 Kitami Station
Special cite for course A (under construction)
ワッカ原生花園 常呂カーリング場
Course B (History and Culture)
12:20 KIT == 12:40 Kitami citizen skating rink (Yakiniku Lunch) 13:50 ==
14:00 Kitami Station 14:10 ====
14:50 Moyoro Shell Midden Museum (Abashiri city) 15:10
== 15:20 Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples 15:50
== 15:55 Okhotsk Ryu-hyo(Sea Ice) Museum 16:20 == 16:50 Memanbetsu Airport
== 17:30 Kitami Station
Special cite for course B (under construction)
北方民族博物館 網走モヨロ貝塚
Course C (Carbon neutral experimental house and Lake)
12:20 KIT == 12:40 Kitami citizen skating rink (Yakiniku Lunch) ==
14:00 Kitami Station 14:10 ==
== 13:50 KIT experimental house for carbon neutral in Bihoro city15:00
== 15:30 Bihoro pass/Bihoro pass Rest House 16:00 == 16:40 Memanbetsu Airport
==17:20 Kitami Station
Special cite for course C (under construction)
美幌実験住宅 常呂カーリング場

Detail of each site

Okhotsk Beer Factory
Address:2-2-2 Yamashitacho, Kitami, Hokkaido 090-0037
Hotel Kurobe
Address:1 Chome-1 Kita 7 Jonishi, Kitami, Hokkaido 090-0047
Kitami Citizen Skating Rink
Address:4-1 Koyocho, Kitami, Hokkaido 090-0814
Wakka Primeval Flower Garden(Lake Saroma)[Course A]
Address:Sakaeura Tokorocho, Kitami, Hokkaido 093-0216
“Wakka Primeval Flower Garden” is home to over 300 different species of flower, blazing across the plains in a rainbow of colors, especially in spring and summer. Some of the unique varieties include ezo engosaku (corydalis ambigua, a blue tuberous poppy) in spring, the Siberian lily and rugosa rose in summer and the common glasswort in autumn. The garden is also a breeding ground for a range of wild birds, including the Siberian Rubythroat, African Stonechat, and Black-faced Bunting. Lake Saroma is the third largest lake in Japan. The lake surface is a uniquely beautiful blue color, which has been described as "Saroman Blue."
ADVICS Tokoro Curling Hall [Course A]
Address:2-2 Tokorocho Tosa, Kitami, Hokkaido 093-0213
“ADVICS Tokoro Curling Hall” is a dedicated indoor facility with six competition seats, the largest number in Japan, and has produced many Olympic athletes and top curlers.
Moyoro Shell Midden Museum [Course B]
Address:2 Kita1-Johigashi, Abashiri, Hokkaido 093-0051
“Moyoro Shell Midden Museum” focuses on the lives of the Okhotsk people who lived in Hokkaido around 1300 years ago. Displaying the fruits of archeological excavations, the museum includes information about Okhotsk houses, graves, and spiritual life. Audio guides are also available in English, Russian, Chinese, and Korean.
Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples [Course B]
Address:2309-1 Shiomi, Abashiri, Hokkaido 093-0042
“Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples” features the Okhotsk and Ainu cultures of Japan, as well as groups in Greenland and Northern Europe. With over 900 artifacts arranged thematically on display, visitors can discover how people in northern regions have adapted to their landscape.
Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum [Course B]
Address:244-3 Tentozan, Abashiri, Hokkaido 093-0044
“Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum” invites visitors into the world of drift ice and the ecosystem it supports. While experiencing temperatures of -15 degrees Celsius, visitors can conduct freezing experiments and see and touch the ice in the museum’s drift ice room.
KIT experimental house for carbon neutral in Bihoro city [Course C]
Address:5-7 Higashi2-jominami Bihoro, Abashiri, Hokkaido 092-0042
At the “KIT experimental house for carbon neutral in Bihoro city”, various research projects are being carried out with the goal of achieving ‘community symbiosis carbon recycling’, which aims to achieve carbon neutrality by balancing ‘regional and economic development’ with ‘effective use of local carbon resources’.
Bihoro Pass / Roadside Station Gurutto Panorama Bihoro Pass [Course C]
Address:Furume Bihoro, Abashiri, Hokkaido 092-0022
“Bihoro Pass” located in the middle of National Route 243, connects Bihoro and Teshikaga in Eastern Hokkaido. Those that stop by the 525 meter-high observation deck can get a clear, aerial view of Lake Kussharo and the Shiretoko Mountains.