Wild Nature

Tessen-ike Pond(鉄泉池)
Tessen-ike is located in the center of Jigokudani, a small geyser. The walking road to the Tessen-ike is light up in the night. Access

Ohyunuma(大湯沼)
Oyunuma is a hot spring pond with a circumference of about 1 kilometer. It features a sulfur spring gushing out from the bottom at around 130 degrees

Ohyunuma river natural hot spa(大湯沼川天然足湯)
Hot spring water from Oyunuma Pond and Taisho Jigoku Pond flows together into the Oyunuma River. At the lower reaches of the river, you can enjoy a fo

Koke-no-domon in Lake Shikotsuko
Koke-no-domon(苔の洞門) is located in the southward of Lake Shikotsu-ko. It has been familiar for people to come because of constructing a road from Lake

A Guide to Walking the Shiretoko Goko Lakes
Shiretoko Goko Lakes is one of the wildest and untouched lakes in Japan. "Goko" means five lakes, so Shiretoko Goko Lakes contains five lakes, which i

Frepe Waterfall in Shiretoko
There is no river with this fall. Melting snow becomes water flowing underground from Shiretoko mountain range, which is flowing from cracks of 100 he

Cape Puyuni
Cape Puyuni, refering to a place of a hole in Ainu, is located the north-ward of Shiretoko Peninsula. This is in the area of The Shiretoko National Pa

Kamuiwakka Hot Spring Falls(カムイワッカ湯の滝)
Hot spring water comes from Mt.Shiretoko-Iwozan, an active volcano, flowing into the Kamui-wakka River, so that it is the hot spring river. Kamui refe

Shinsen-numa, where Gods and immortals exist, in Kyowa-cho
In mid-June, atop Mt. Chisenupuri in the Niseko Range, remnants of snow still cling to the mountain peaks of this volcanic region. Here, a vast lava p

Mt.Hakkenzan Area, Urban Winery Tour in Sapporo
Mt. Hakkenzan, also known as KanNon-IwaYama (観音岩山), is situated in the southern part of Sapporo. Despite its modest height of 498 meters, the mountain