Betsukai

Betsukai (別海), often read Bekkai or Bekkaicho is a town in Nemuro subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

Understand

The town's major industries are dairy farming and fishing in the Sea of Okhotsk. It also claims to be Japan's second-largest town -- in area. (With a population of just 17,000, it's pretty far down most other lists.)

Tourist information site

The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated Google Translate.

Get in

The closest stations are Shibecha or Attoko station by JR Hokkaido.

Eat

• 1 Betsukai Milk House (㈱べつかい乳業興社), ☏ +81 153-75-2160. Ice cream, yogurt and other dairy products made from the local free range cow milk. (updated Apr 2019)