Rakuno Gakuen: Japan’s widest private university

A 10-minute walk north from Oasa Station south gate, Japan’s widest private university Rakuno Gakuen (酪農学園) was established in 1933 as a dairy farming school. The picturesque campus is open to the public, locals enjoy walking around the white beech avenue and the 1945 red brick dorm of Seino-ryo. (精農寮).

Eastern end of the university, you will find the half-timbered Former Hokkaido Forest Tree Breeding Farm Building (北海道林木育種場旧庁舎 :9.30am-4.30pm Sat & Sun; Free) constructed in 1927.

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