There is very little snow this January, but the forest is alive with birds, deer and other small animals. We put on our snowshoes and got a glimpse of their world. Lake Kussharo is not yet frozen, but the snow-covered… Read More »Snowshoeing
Akan-Mashu National Park features caldera lakes, boreal forest, Ainu culture and active volcanoes. Here is one of the active volcanoes in the park – Mt. Meakan. There are several routes to the summit of 1,500 m. None of the routes… Read More »Active Volcano
Summer is a great season to see “sea of clouds” in Kussharo Caldera and Mashu Caldera. Clouds are fog that forms off the coast of Kushiro. When the southerly winds (generated by the Pacific High-Pressure System) pass over the warm… Read More »Sea of Clouds
Lake Mashu Scenic Trail is a pleasant hiking route in any season of the year. Now the wildflowers have begun to bloom on the trail and you can enjoy many kinds of alpine flowers until September. Please note that the… Read More »Wildflowers have begun to bloom on the Lake Mashu Scenic Trail!
Cherry salmon return from the ocean to the river where they were born during the summer. Here at Shari River, they try to jump over the 2.5m high waterfall called “Sakura no Taki”. At the end of June their bodies… Read More »Cherry salmons are working hard!
Miyama-zakura (Cerasus maximowiczii) trees have bloomed in my garden. Miyama means “deep mountain” in Japanese. It is a wild cherry tree usually found in mountainous areas and has a different charm from the Somei-yoshino found in Honshu, the main island… Read More »The Cherry Blossoms (Sakura) have finally bloomed in the Mashu area!
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