Biei no Oka de (2024)

Set in Biei, Hokkaido, this drama follows the adventures of two best friends, Kaoru and Riko, who come into the town to learn farming. It depicts both their struggles and joys of being young farmers as they navigate their new life with changing seasons.

This is a regional drama which was aired on WOWOW Plus and produced under the WOWOW Plus Regional Revitalization Aid Project.

I highly recommend it!! When I first discovered it in March 2025, I knew I had to sub it one day, so here it is. I absolutely love the dynamics of the leads and this drama is so soothing since there's barely any conflict. The music is so lovely too, just my cup of tea. If you enjoy this drama, you might also enjoy Nagisa ni Saku Hana for similar dynamics of the leads. I'm always biased towards dramas set in nature, so to me, this drama is a hundred times better than most dramas airing these days.

The original title of this drama can be a bit of a mess because you can also find it with two different ellipses, so I just used the title without the ellipsis. That's how it should be anyway and most sites and the actual drama use that. There's no point to having the ellipsis in the title anyway. I don't even know how the ellipsis in the title came to be. Just why?

This drama actually got Semi-Grand Prix (Excellent Film Awards) Award at Eibunren Awards 2024 (Japanese film festival dedicated to short films).

Note: Earsubbed, so there may be errors. It was very interesting for me to learn the farming lingo, so I hope I did well in subbing this one.

Cast (romanization for cast/crew is based on their official profiles for searchability, for characters same as my usual style):

  • Okamoto Rei as Nakamura Kaoru
  • Kawazoe Noa as Honda Riko
  • Kurosawa Mitsuharu
  • Nishida Kaoru
  • Yoneken as Hori
  • Wada Soko as Nakano Yukinari

Direction / Editing: Shichiji Yukihisa

Cinematography: Nakajima Mio

I had no idea that finding information about Hokkaido dramas could be this difficult... Like most of the actors and crew don't even have any trace online... But I could recognize a few names who worked on projects I liked, so no wonder I enjoyed this drama. I kinda wish more of the Hokkaido dramas were available, there are so many hidden gems for sure ^^

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3 (End)

 

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