About Atosa-Nupuri Mt. Iwo summit：508ｍ Mt. Iwo is also called “Atosa-Nupuri” meaning Atosa “naked” – Nupuri “mountain” in Ainu word. Shape of the mountain is lava dome and it is still active. It is not only splendid as scenery but also stores sulfur inside. There ar
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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