{
  "id": "ningle-terrace",
  "name": "Ningle Terrace",
  "area": "Nakagoryo, New Furano Prince Hotel grounds, Furano",
  "status": "recommended",
  "priority": "optional",
  "tags": [
    "Scenery",
    "Walking",
    "Culture"
  ],
  "summary": "A compact woodland craft-shopping stop with illuminated log cabins. Recommended for browsing and atmosphere, but summer 2027 hours remain unconfirmed and published schedules conflict. [S1][S7]",
  "why_go": "The operator lists 15 log cabins selling nature-inspired crafts, including layered paper landscapes, forest-themed candles, wooden orchestras, silver snowflakes and glass animals. The appeal is individual makers and the woodland setting rather than a large sightseeing attraction. Not every shop necessarily operates each day. [S1]",
  "season": {
    "late_june": "Long evenings favor daylight browsing. Calculated sunset on June 25, 2027 is 19:15, with civil twilight ending 19:51: darker conditions may come after the currently advertised 19:45 closing. Do not remain after closing to wait for darkness. [S1][S8][S9]",
    "july": "Calculated sunset shifts from 19:14 on July 5 to 19:01 on July 25. Treat the terrace as a craft stop, not a lavender-bloom destination; allow a summer traffic and parking buffer. [S1][S8]",
    "early_august": "Earlier dusk makes illuminated woodland easier to combine with conservative closing assumptions: August 4 sunset is calculated at 18:50 and civil twilight ends at 19:22. [S8][S9]",
    "best_window": "Recommendation: a dry late-July or early-August evening for daylight shopping followed by lights, leaving before closing. This is not a weather forecast or confirmed lighting schedule."
  },
  "visit_duration": "Planning estimate: 60-90 minutes for browsing and photographs; add time separately for a workshop or cafe.",
  "drive_from_furano": "Allow approximately 10-15 minutes from central Furano in normal summer traffic, not live routing. Prince quotes about 6 km/12 minutes from JR Furano Station. Parking and walking are additional. [S3]",
  "best_time_of_day": "Recommend arriving around 17:45-18:00, browsing first and photographing afterward. Plan to finish by 19:45 unless the hotel confirms extended hours. Do not wait for complete darkness in late June. [S1][S8][S9]",
  "visit_plan": [
    "Park in the designated hotel parking area and check current terrace notices.",
    "Follow terrace signs; the operator places it approximately two minutes on foot from the hotel, not necessarily your parking space. [S1]",
    "Visit your preferred craft shops before spending time on exterior photographs.",
    "Enjoy the changing woodland light, then leave before the confirmed closing time."
  ],
  "practicalities": [
    {
      "label": "Hours and season",
      "text": "Main operator page currently publishes summer 11:00-19:45, year unspecified. A separate operator shop page lists July-August 10:00-20:45; tourism's English listing also gives extended hours. Use 19:45 conservatively pending confirmation. Individual shops have varying hours and irregular closures. [S1][S2][S7]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Costs",
      "text": "Admission is free in the current undated operator listing; purchases and workshops cost extra. [S1]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Parking and access",
      "text": "Prince lists 390 free hotel parking spaces, year unspecified. Accessible spaces are limited and should be requested beforehand. Sleeping overnight in parked vehicles is prohibited. Terrace admission may be restricted by weather, surface conditions or parking availability. [S1][S3]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Facilities and accessibility",
      "text": "Timber/plank walkways are confirmed. A continuous step-free route, gradients, shop thresholds and terrace restroom locations were not verified; do not equate the short approach with wheelchair accessibility. [S2]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Reservations",
      "text": "No reservation requirement is stated for browsing. Current workshop information requires booking Mori no Gakudan by the previous day's business closing time; paper-picture and kaleidoscope activities list no reservation requirement, subject to availability. [S1][S5]"
    },
    {
      "label": "Nearby cafe, not terrace",
      "text": "Mori no Tokei is a separately listed hotel-ground cafe and Yasashii Jikan filming location, approximately five minutes from the hotel. Its undated listing gives 12:00-20:00, last order 19:00, no reservations. Do not transfer these hours to the terrace. [S6]"
    }
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Prioritize shopping before photographs; individual shops may close independently. [S1]",
    "Favor early August if stronger light contrast before closing matters most. [S8][S9]",
    "For an activity, the current paper-picture workshop lists roughly 30 minutes, from JPY 830, between 12:00 and 17:00; reconfirm 2027 availability. [S5]",
    "Choose a dry weekday when your long stay allows flexibility, without assuming it will be quiet.",
    "Treat Mori no Tokei as an optional separate stop, not guaranteed terrace dining. [S6]"
  ],
  "weather_plan": "Light showers may permit short shop visits, but the connecting walk is outdoors. Wear grippy shoes and postpone during strong wind or thunderstorms; the operator warns that bad weather can close facilities. [S1][S2]",
  "safety_and_etiquette": [
    "Take care on wet wooden paths and keep circulation routes clear while photographing.",
    "Outdoor photography is promoted, but a universal shop-interior/product photography policy was not verified. Ask each shop and obey posted restrictions. [S1]",
    "The hotel's December 2023 policy requests protecting other guests' privacy and blurring or cropping them before sharing images. Paid commercial bridal/promotional photography is prohibited on hotel grounds. [S4]"
  ],
  "pair_with": [
    "Furano Cheese Factory",
    "Furano Marche"
  ],
  "skip_if": "Skip if craft shopping and staged woodland atmosphere do not appeal, or if you need verified barrier-free access throughout.",
  "recheck_for_2027": [
    "Resolve summer closing-time conflicts and confirm lighting hours.",
    "Check individual shop calendars, maintenance closures and workshop prices.",
    "Confirm accessible approach, restroom arrangements and interior photography rules.",
    "Check Mori no Tokei separately if planning refreshments."
  ],
  "confidence_notes": [
    "The linked individual-shop calendar PDF could not be read; no specific day's shop attendance is confirmed.",
    "Tourism's generic terrace-cafe description does not establish that a cafe currently operates inside the terrace. [S2]",
    "Astronomical times are 2027 calculations using tourism-map coordinates and a zero-height reference horizon, not observed light beneath trees or behind local terrain. [S2][S8][S9]"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "S1",
      "title": "Ningle Terrace",
      "publisher": "Prince Hotels",
      "url": "https://www.princehotels.co.jp/shinfurano/facility/ningle_terrace/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Craft shops, admission, hours, approach and restrictions."
    },
    {
      "id": "S2",
      "title": "Ningle Terrace",
      "publisher": "Furano Tourism Association",
      "url": "https://www.furanotourism.com/en/spot/spot_D.php?id=2",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Wooden walkways, lighting, coordinates and conflicting hours."
    },
    {
      "id": "S3",
      "title": "Access and surroundings",
      "publisher": "Prince Hotels",
      "url": "https://www.princehotels.co.jp/shinfurano/access/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Driving reference, parking and accessible-space arrangements."
    },
    {
      "id": "S4",
      "title": "Photography inside the hotel and on its grounds",
      "publisher": "Prince Hotels",
      "url": "https://www.princehotels.co.jp/shinfurano/informations/2023.12_photo.information/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Privacy requirements and commercial photography prohibition."
    },
    {
      "id": "S5",
      "title": "Ningle Terrace craft workshops",
      "publisher": "Prince Hotels",
      "url": "https://www.princehotels.co.jp/shinfurano/facility/ningle.terrace.kurafuto/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Workshop availability, prices and reservations."
    },
    {
      "id": "S6",
      "title": "Mori no Tokei",
      "publisher": "Prince Hotels",
      "url": "https://www.princehotels.co.jp/shinfurano/restaurant/morinotokei/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Separate cafe location, published hours and filming association."
    },
    {
      "id": "S7",
      "title": "Ningle Terrace shop introduction",
      "publisher": "Prince Hotels",
      "url": "https://www.princehotels.co.jp/shinfurano/facility/ningle_terrace_store/",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Conflicting July-August extended hours."
    },
    {
      "id": "S8",
      "title": "2027 sunset calculations for Ningle Terrace map location",
      "publisher": "National Astronomical Observatory of Japan",
      "url": "https://eco.mtk.nao.ac.jp/cgi-bin/koyomi/koyomix_en.cgi?year=2027&month=6&day=25&hour=0&min=0&choice=1&choice0=1&anywhere=1&lat=43.3232&lon=142.3562&hgt=0&lst=9&div=10&divu=3&len=50&lenu=3&btn00=Go&nomenu=1",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Calculated summer sunset times."
    },
    {
      "id": "S9",
      "title": "2027 civil twilight calculations for Ningle Terrace map location",
      "publisher": "National Astronomical Observatory of Japan",
      "url": "https://eco.mtk.nao.ac.jp/cgi-bin/koyomi/koyomix_en.cgi?year=2027&month=6&day=25&hour=0&min=0&choice=1&choice0=1&anywhere=1&lat=43.3232&lon=142.3562&hgt=0&lst=9&div=10&divu=3&len=50&lenu=3&tw0=2&btn01=Go&nomenu=1",
      "accessed": "2026-10-26",
      "supports": "Calculated civil twilight ending times."
    }
  ]
}