Japan's largest marshland, viewed from observatories on its east and west sides — home to red-crowned cranes and sika deer
Learn about the Kushiro Shitsugen wetlands with display panels and video footage
One of Hokkaido's three most famous bridges
An art museum with exhibits and concerts
Dig in the sand to unveil this hot spring
Passing down Ainu lifestyle and culture
Overwhelming in scale
A large-scale mall on the waterfront
The powerful scents and sounds of a hot spring area
Showcases the bountiful nature in and around Lake Akan
Lake Toro and other bodies of water can be surveyed here
Some thirty establishments form a beacon of Ainu culture
A lively onsen area brimming with shops
A slow-paced tour through the center of the Kushiro Shitsugen wetlands
Japan's clearest lake, famed for its deep ”Mashu blue” surface and the mystical sea of clouds that sometimes drifts over it at dawn
Pick your sashimi and enjoy making your own seafood rice bowl
Enjoy fine cuisine in a historic station building
A popular outdoor bath near the lake shore
See Japanese cranes in the wild
Hot spring steam drifts through the town: a picture perfect onsen