Typical Swedish house at Sweden Hills Tōbetsu: red paint, white corners, and a tile roof.

Sweden Hills (スウェーデンヒルズ, Suēden Hiruzu) is a Swedish-style village in Tōbetsu, Hokkaidō in Japan.[1]

The style of the houses are Falu red wooden houses. The idea of a Swedish-styled village came when a Swedish ambassador visited the nearby town center of Tobetsu and thought that the climate was quite similar to the Swedish climate. Construction of the village started in 1984.[2] The Swedish holiday of the Midsummer festival is one of the traditions that’s celebrated annually in the town, for this the residents dress up and wear traditional Swedish clothes. There is also a Swedish "Kräftskiva" (crayfish party) in August.[2]

A golf club, Sweden Hills Golf Club, is nearby.

Sweden Hills
Japanese residents wearing traditional Swedish clothes.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "There's a Town in Japan That Looks Exactly Like Sweden". February 18, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Sweden Hills – the Swedish looking village in Japan | Swedes in the States".

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