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Akan-Mashu National Park Guide HOKKAIDO JAPAN AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL PARK GUIDE AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL PARK GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL PARK GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL Within the Circles of Life NATIONAL PARKS OF JAPAN www.japan.travel/national-parks/parks/akan-mashu/ Introduction Writer’s note Rob Cottle Olympus Mentor A land of volcanoes, lakes, and forests, There are many outdoor activities As a nature photographer, I couldn’t help person’s breath on a cold day. The bubbling Akan-Mashu National Park is rich with available throughout the year at the Akan- but smile at the prospect of photographing bokke mud volcanoes constantly change stories from ancient times. Located in Mashu National Park. In summer, many the stunning scenery visible out of the their form, boiling waters seep into rivers Eastern Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost visitors go canoeing and camping, and window as we flew in over the Hokkaido and lakes and ancient walls of rock wrap island prefecture, volcanic eruptions this is also the best season for fishing. landscape. I was itching to get out of the around nature, as if to protect it. approximately 150,000 years ago In autumn, hiking through the vibrantly- plane and start capturing images as soon I have always felt an affinity with those created Akan Caldera, resulting in this colored forests is popular. Winter’s sub- as we landed. who pay reverence to the land, like the Ainu region’s topography. Over the course of zero temperatures cause the lake to Visiting Hokkaido is like entering people, one of the indigenous cultures of thousands of years, constant volcanic freeze and allow visitors to try ice fishing activity has altered the land, shaping for smelt, or snowshoeing. Spring comes a nature lovers’ playground. Wildlife Japan. The Ainu are the custodians of this AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL PARK GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL mountain ranges, calderas (large volcanic later to Hokkaido than the rest of Japan; abounds. Wherever the eye wanders, it spectacular location, coexisting with the craters), and lakes. Today, the area’s warmer temperatures usually return finds spectacular vistas: emerald forests, spirit of nature and the land. This is a place pristine environment is home to several around May, when the landscape explodes cobalt blue lakes with crystal clear waters where I also feel at home. unique ecosystems and exploring the into a bouquet of colorful flowers and volcanic mountains that seem asleep The Ainu have a greeting, “Irankarapte”, vast national park reveals fascinating including the yellow Meakan-kinbai until they exhale clouds of steam from the but unlike a simple “hello”, it has a deeper interconnections between volcanoes, (Potentilla miyabei Makino). depths of the earth. The experience is like meaning that translates as “allow me to waterways, flora, and fauna. One of the traditional homelands of being embraced by Mother Nature herself. softly touch your heart.” The sentiment Akan-Mashu National Park is 91,413 the Ainu, Akan-Mashu National Park is The volcanoes lie dormant for now, yet in this greeting captures exactly what hectares in size and is divided into two full of wildlife and awe-inspiring natural they feel as if they are alive. They puff out Hokkaido did to me, and it will do the same main sections: Akan to the west and wonders. It is a hidden treasure of Japan sulphur-infused plumes of smoke like a to you when you visit. Mashu to the east. The Akan-Mashu area waiting to be discovered and explored. was designated a national park in 1934. The Ainu people have lived on this land AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL PARK GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL Memanbetsu from ancient times. The indigenous Ainu Access Airport people of Japan coexist peacefully with Getting to Mashu from Tokyo nature as fishermen, hunters, and plant Akan-Mashu gatherers. They believe that all living Haneda Airport National Park Airplane (approx. 105 min.) things were spirits sent to Earth with a Kushiro purpose. For example, brown bears are Memanbetsu Airport Airport Abashiri Bus (approx. 30 min.) worshipped as reincarnated mountain Getting to Akan from Tokyo gods that give people meat for food and Abashiri Station Haneda Airport JR Senmo Line (approx. 120 min.) fur for clothing. Although the remaining Airplane (approx. 95 min.) Kawayu Onsen Station Ainu population no longer practices their Kushiro Airport traditional lifestyle, their customs and Akan Bus (approx. 70 min.) Tokyo culture are kept alive at places such Please contact the relevant transport company Akanko Onsen Bus Stop Osaka Haneda Airport as the Akanko Ainu Kotan village and websites for further details and times. Kussharo Kotan Ainu Folklore Museum. 3 4 MAP Mt. Mokoto Mt. Shari A map of the wildlife and dramatic Bihoro Pass natural spots of beauty across Akan- Mashu National Park. Abashiri Kaminoko-ike Pond Lake 5 Kussharo Uramashu Observatory Sapporo 6 Hokkaido Sunayu Kawayu Onsen Akan-Mashu Station GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL National Park Lake Mt.Io Mashu Tsubetsu Pass 7 (Atosa-nupuri) Wakoto Onsen Kushiro River Kotan Onsen Mt. Nishibetsu Lake Mashu Lake Observation Mt. Mashu Panketo Deck No. 3 (Kamui-nupuri) AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL PARK GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL 8 Mashu Lake Mashu Observation Station Deck No. 1 Entrance of the trail 4 Lake Kushiro Lake Penketo Akan Sogakudai 1 Akanko Onsen Mt. Meakan Observatory 2 Akankohan Eco-museum Center 1 2 3 Onneto Campsite Sokodai Observatory 4 Marimo Exhibition Center, Churui Island Lake Mt. Oakan 5 Kawayu Onsen Onneto 6 Kawayu Eco-museum Center Mt. Hakuto Observatory 7 Wakoto Field house 3 8 Michi-no-Eki Mashu Onsen Tourist Information Center Mt. Akanfuji 6 AKAN 1 AKAN GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL A thick wonderland of lush, green forests kan-Mashu National Park is so full of natural treasures that it is almost impossible to know where Ato begin, but a good place to start is a guided trek into the forest of light, Hikari-no-Mori, that is managed by the Maeda Ippoen Foundation. As soon as I set foot in this lush, verdant forest and the fresh air filled my lungs, my soul felt rejuvenated and all the tension that had built up from my life back in the city disappeared. As its name suggests, the light in the forest was spectacular. The dappled sunlight seemed to dance as it streamed through the forest canopy. It was like Previous page: The glittering waters of Lake Akan watching nature’s very own glitter | Above: Discover Ainu life at the Ainu Life Memo- rial Museum | Below: Clothes and ritual accesso- ball. The sight of damselflies and ries used by the Ainu people. 8 AKAN AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL PARK GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL dragonflies amongst the trees and flora added to the magical feel of the forest. The telltale droppings of yezo sika deer indicated that they were close at hand, perhaps peering through the foliage, hidden in the shadows. The Ainu believe that humans, nature and spirit are all intertwined and I couldn’t help but feel a spiritual connection here, something I was aware of throughout my visit. Previous page: A deer on the Bokke (mud volcano) Walking Trail is spotted amongst the ferns | Above: A white-tailed eagle soars above the park | Below: An owl is a symbol of God and is positioned above the entrance to Akanko Ainu Theater <Ikor> 10 AKAN During our walks, we came across the boiling pools of water that were a constant theme of the trip. Called bokke, these bubbling mud pools were constantly bursting and boiling, each one uniquely different, like a grey kaleidoscope. These bokke were most evident near the Akankohan Eco-museum Center on a specifically designated Bokke Walking Trail. If you walk to the end of this trail you are rewarded with spectacular views of Lake Akan and its tree-lined shore. Not far from Lake Akan is Lake Onneto. Its stunning, blue-green waters are perfectly offset by Mount Meakan Above: Hikari-no-Mori (forest of light ) can only be accessed when accompanied by a certified and Mount Akanfuji looming in the tour guide | Below: A bokke, hot mud volcano boils distance. There was a lovely sense of over by the lakeside | Next page: View from the walking paths around Lake Onneto 11 AKAN AKAN Guide to Akan A round up of different cultural sites and beauty spots 1 Akanko Onsen Akankohan Eco-museum 2 Center The hot-spring onsen resort around Lake Visit this museum to learn about the rich GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL Akan offers many facilities including camp- natural environment around Lake Akan site and hotel accommodation where onsen including its wildlife and plant life and find waters can be enjoyed. Pop into the Lake out more about the hiking paths the area Akan Ainu Kotan, an Ainu village settlement has to offer. The starting point of the Bokke to experience traditional crafts and culture, Walking Trail that leads you to a tour of the or visit the Akanko Marimukan tourist park’s bubbling geothermal mud pools, or information center for further details. bokke. Opening hours are 09:00-17:00 (Closed Tuesdays and occasionally on Wednesdays) calm walking around the perimeter of the lake, and the sound of the birds was a constant companion. I saw wagtails, coal tits, flycatchers and doves and AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL PARK GUIDE PARK AKAN-MASHU NATIONAL could hear the tapping of woodpeckers and the shrill call of the goldcrest. From the Onneto Campsite by Lake Onneto, I visited the cascading waters Marimo Exhibition Center, of Yunotaki Falls, a beautiful, 40°C 3 Onneto Campsite 4 hot waterfall that leaves deposits of Churui Island Located next to the shore of Lake Onneto, Access to the museum is a short ferry ride manganese oxide as it falls, an element although the campsite is basic in its from Lake Akan pier.
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