{"id":62439,"date":"2026-07-03T15:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/01_0071\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:02:29","slug":"01_0071","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vtrip-japan.com\/en\/01_0071\/","title":{"rendered":"Shibetsu City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shibetsu City, in the Kamikawa region of northern Hokkaido, is Japan&#8217;s top producer of Suffolk sheep and home to &#8216;Hitsuji to Kumo no Oka&#8217; (Sheep and Cloud Hill). The &#8216;World Sheep Museum&#8217; (Sekai no Menyokan) showcases around 15 sheep breeds from across the globe and lets visitors feed and get up close with these gentle animals. The pastoral spectacle of Suffolk sheep roaming freely across rolling summer hills is quintessentially Hokkaido, and hugely popular for photography. 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The pastoral spectacle of Suffolk sheep roaming freely across rolling summer hills is quintessentially Hokkaido, and hugely popular for photography. Shibetsu is also known as a &#8216;Motorcar City&#8217; \u2014 multiple Japanese automakers maintain cold-weather test tracks here for winter performance testing. 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