History | 35th International Agricultural Machinery Show in Obihiro

The history of the agricultural machinery show, which will be held for the 35th time, starts from the Free Market Exchange and Sales Meeting held in front of the Tokachi Kaikan Hall in 1947. It later became the Animal Power Agricultural Machinery Exhibition, and then the All Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Show. From the 19th show held in 1967, it became the National Agricultural Machinery Show. The scale was gradually expanded and more and more people came to the show from around Japan year by year. Since the 25th show held in 1982, the Show has been held every four years. Since the 30th show held in 2002, the Show has changed its name to the International Agricultural Machinery Show in Obihiro, having exhibitions from inside and outside of Japan and drawing many visitors.

Year	Name of Show	Place	Period	Joint event
1965	17th All Hokkaido Agricultural Machinery Show (HAMS)	Flax processing factory	Aug. 14-16
1966	18th HAMS	Flax processing factory
1967	19th National Agricultural Machinery Show (NAMS)	Nishi Obihiro Industrial Complex	Sept. 7-9
1968	20th NAMS	Nishi Obihiro Industrial Complex	Aug. 14-16
1969	21st NAMS	Nishi Obihiro Industrial Complex	Aug. 14-16
1970	22nd NAMS	Nishi Obihiro Industrial Complex
1975	23rd NAMS	Upper riverbank of Nakajima Ohasi Bridge
1976	24th NAMS	Tokachi Agricultural Experiment Station	Jul. 9-11	80th Anniversary of Tokachi Agricultural Experiment Station
1982	25th NAMS	Ex. Obihiro Airport	Jul. 17-25	Greenpia 82 Tokachi Expo
1986	26th NAMS: “Let’s Talk about Land and Machinery”	Obihiro no Mori	Aug. 20-24	Tokachi States Fair 86
1990	27th NAMS: “New Wind from the Northland”	Obihiro no Mori	Aug. 22-26	Tokachi States Fair 90
1994	28th NAMS: “With Hopes for 21st Century Agriculture”	Obihiro no Mori	Aug. 23-27	Tokachi States Fair 94
1998	29th NAMS: “Hopes for you from the Northland”	Ex. prize show site of Tokachi Nokyoren	Aug. 22-26	Tokachi Food Fair 98
2002	30th International Agricultural Machinery Show in Obihiro (IAMS): “For New Century Agriculture with Bright Future”	Kita-Aikoku Koryu Hiroba	Aug. 23-27	Tokachi Food Fair 2002
2006	31st IAMS: “Further Leaps for New Century Agriculture”	Kita-Aikoku Koryu Hiroba	Jul. 13-17	Tokachi Food Fair 2006
2010	32nd IAMS: “New Challenge to Create Next Generation Agriculture”	Kita-Aikoku Koryu Hiroba	Jul. 8-12	Postponed due to outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease
2011	32nd IAMS: “New Challenge to Create Next Generation Agriculture”	Kita-Aikoku Koryu Hiroba	Jul. 7-11	Cancelled due to Great East Japan Earthquake
2014	33rd IAMS: “New Challenge to Create Next Generation Agriculture”	Kita-Aikoku Koryu Hiroba	Jul. 10-14	Tokachi Food Fair 2014 (Planned)
2018	34th IAMS: “A better future with ICT (Information and Communication Technology)”	Kita-Aikoku Koryu Hiroba	Jul.12-16	Tokachi Food Fair 2018 (Planned)