Mashu Viewpoint 3 is higher than Mashu Viewpoint 1 Mashu viewpoint 3 is the first stop to see Lake Mashu from Kawayu Onsen. Free parking and about 10 cars can be parked. Mashu Viewpoint 3 is the highest one of 3 viewpoints around Lake Mashu. it is about 680m above sea level. Due to higher point than Viewpoi
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About Ura-Mashu Viewpoint Ura-Mashu Viewpoint is located in North-East side of Lake Mashu at Ura-Mashu Viewpoint which is at the middle of Kiyosato-cho and nakashibetsu-cho. Lake Mashu has 3 viewpoints of Mashu Viewpoint 1, Mashu Viewpoint 3 and Ura-Mashu Viewpoint. Because you can see rocky side of Mt.Mshu
Real Big panorama Bihoro pass is located between Teshikaga-cho and Bihoro-cho on 243 Line. Road Station is set at the top of the Bihoro Pass. and you will arrive viewpoint stepping up from the parking. You can enjoying the big panorama of the scenery of the biggest caldera lake of Japan “lake Kussharo
Big Panorama over 180° Moving from Kawayu Onsen on Kawayu Abashiri 102 Line, youwill see the sign of Highland Koshimizu 725. Highland Koshimizu is located in 725m high just like the name, and you can see Lake Kussharo, Atosa-nupuri and Mt. Kabuto “Makuwan-chisap” and Mt. Boushi “Sawan-chis
Looking down Lake Kussharo from North Viewing from Mokoto pass is one way to feel a broad scenery of Lake Kussharo. Scenery from different pass is all different panorama view. Now we introduce pass located in North of Kussharo caldera. When we drive on 102 Line from Kawayu, you will find Mt. Mokoto Viewpoin
Onsen directly flow from the source Kawayu Onsen is Onsen town surrounded by Lake Mashu, Lake Kussharo, Mt. Iwo and a rich forest. Quality of Onsen is acidic hydrogen sulfide Onsen directly flows from the source which is one of the well known Onsen in North. Onsen vapor which smells sulfur is rising in town
Onsen springs out! Many onsen sources exists in Kussharo Caldera. There are some spots in Eastern side of Lake Kussharo along 52 Line called “Kusshy road”. One of the spots is “Sunayu” where shop started in 1950. Later, Souvenir shop, restaurant, rental boat and etc started. Camp sit
Kotan means vlillage in Ainu It is not well known that from when Japanese indigenous Ainu People started to live here because they did not have a word characteristics. Kussharo Kotan was recorded in the book in 1859 at the first place. This is a book of Kusuri Diary rewritten by Takeshiro Matsuura who was o
Smallest Peninsula? If you think Arabia, Scandinavian, Shireoko…, Yes they are peninsula. It is said that peninsula is a land which part of the land outwards to the water area. Teshikaga- town does not have sea but there is a peninsula. Lake Kussharo was formed by volcanic activity about thirty thous