Welcome to the Expressway winter

~Why don't you enjoy the winter fun unique to the northern land! ~

November 26, 2010
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.
Hokkaido Regional Head Office

NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office (Sapporo City Atsubetsu Ward) will hold a winter event in order to provide warm hospitality to customers who visit the service areas (SA) and parking areas (PA) of Hokkaido.

We will hold various events such as "decoration with illuminations", "rental court rental for Showa Shinzan International Snowball Battle", "snow statue/winter circus", so please come to SA/PA in winter.

~First~ “To the world of light” Illuminations that sparkle at night [December~]

It lights up every evening from Wednesday, December 1st.
The implementation areas are Usuyama SA, Tarumae SA, Waatsu PA, Nopporo PA, Iwamizawa SA, Sunagawa SA, and Satagaru Kanayama PA.

  • Kanayama PA (Otaru direction) We will hold the ceremony of the 1st anniversary of the birth of "Lover's Tree" from 4pm on Sunday, December 5th.
  • Waatsu PA (Tomakomai direction) From late December, we will open "Azumaya" (an outdoor rest facility) designed with the cooperation of Doto University (Kitahiroshima City).
  • It will be lit up until the end of February.
"To the world of light" Image image of illuminations that shimmer at night
  • Some photos are from last year

Attachment 1: Illumination venue for each SA/PA [PDF: 40KB]

-Second- "Enjoy the snow! To the world of snowball fight" Wheel thickness PA rental coat [January ~]

"YUKIGASSEN" is making history as a borderless sport that crosses national borders.

Doo Express will install an international standard snowball fight official rental court in Waatsu PA (direction Sapporo) from January 10th (Monday/holiday).

  • Prior application is required to use

[Application]
Snowball Battle Court Application Section (NEXCO EAST Hokkaido Regional Head Office Management Business Administration Section)
phone: 011-896-8961 (Direct) Weekdays 9am to 5pm
FAX: 011-896-5888

[Court usage time]
Weekdays ⇒ 18:00-21:00
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays ⇒ 10:00-21:00

  • In addition to toilets, shops and cafeterias, we are fully equipped with night lighting, jet heaters, helmets, etc., so we can support long hours of practice and night practice.
Image image of snowball fight
  • The photograph is the game scenery of last year

~Third~~ “To the world of snow statue Land Art” Snow statue/Winter Circus [February]

Land art using snow will appear in the pure white snow scene.

It is a "snow art" that displays images at night. It will be held at Sunagawa SA (direction Sapporo) from February 12th to 13th. In addition, snow statues will be produced at Waatsu PA (direction Sapporo) and Iwamizawa SA (direction Sapporo).

(*Land art is a natural material that is a work of art created in the desert or plains)

Image image of snow statue, winter circus
  • The photo is from last year

~Future information on future NEXCO East Japan~ Information corner [January~]

Hokkaido Expressway We will set up a pamphlet of winter event information held in each municipality at Waatsu PA (direction Sapporo) free of charge, and will help with sightseeing PR.

Attachment 2: Winter events planned to be held [PDF: 44KB]

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