#Akan Tsuruga Besso Hinanoza Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Embark on the most primitive journey in Hokkaido to explore unknown territories
❄️When it comes to Hokkaido, people always think of powder snow, hot springs, and colorful lights.🌲However, in the World Heritage Shiretoko Peninsula, Akan Mashu National Park and Kushiro Wetland in the east of Hokkaido, the tranquility and primitiveness covered by the original forest are the real charm of Hokkaido.
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【Travel Highlights】
⛵Ice floe spectacle|Sailing on the boundless ice field
🚶🏻Shiretoko Trekking|Walking around the Shiretoko Five Lakes, encountering animals that appear from time to time
🙋Encounter with Red-crowned Cranes|Hundreds of Japan's special natural monuments come here to overwinter
♨Winter hot springs|Healing time surrounded by lake views and mountains
🦀Luxury seafood|The fresh and sweet taste of Kushiro's catch is mouth-watering
🦌Natural paradise | Various rare wild animals and plants live freely
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【Encounters on the way】
✅Abashiri and Shiretoko|Okhotsk icebreaker, Abashiri Prison Museum, Shiretoko Five Lakes Trekking, Ice Walking
✅Akan and Mashu|Lake Kussharo Sunayu, Lake Mashu, Winter Ranch, Lake Akan, Ainu Village, Lake Akan Ice Carnival
✅Kushiro|Wetland Observatory, Wetland Canoe, SL Winter Wetland Number, Bihoro Bridge Sunset, Kushiro River Lotus Ice, Wa Shang Morning Market, Crane Village
✅Obihiro|Otsu Gem Ice, Yatai Village, Tokachi River Hot Springs
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【Accommodation】
🏡Lake Abashiri Tsuruga|Taste seasonal seafood and feel the Ainu indigenous style and Okhotsk legend while bathing in natural hot springs
🏡Tsuruga Bisei|Only 25 high-end open-air guest rooms, allowing tourists to feel at home on the shore of Lake Akan and find their spiritual homeland
🏡Seijaku House|The single-story building seems to grow out, with guest rooms distributed on the periphery, and the restaurant and large bathhouse surround the central courtyard with changing scenery in all seasons
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【Delicacies】
🍜Kushiro Ramen|Use bonito, kelp, etc. to make soy sauce soup base, the noodles are curled and extremely thin, which is very different from general ramen
🔥Robatayaki|Mainly fresh fish and shellfish seafood, paired with various vegetables and grilled with charcoal, feel the full fresh taste and slight saltiness of seawater
🍱Victory Bowl|Buy rice in advance and then go to the seafood market to choose salmon, sweet shrimp and even crab and other ingredients, paired with soy sauce and mustard to make a unique capricious seafood rice
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【Itinerary Overview】
❄D1 Okhotsk Sea
🚢Okhotsk Sea Icebreaker
❄D2 The Last Secret
🚶🏻Shiretoko Five Lakes Trekking, Ice Walking
❄D3 Swan Lake in the North Country
💁Watch swans in Lake Kussharo Sunayu, experience the winter ranch, climb the Lake Mashu observation deck, and celebrate the ice carnival in the Ainu village
❄D4 Wetland Water Journey
🛶Canoeing in Kushiro Wetland, climbing the observation deck, taking the SL Winter Wetland Number to Kushiro City to watch the sunset of Bihoro Bridge
❄D5 Hometown of Red-crowned Cranes
♨Choose your own victory bowl at the Wa Shang Market, look for the traces of red-crowned cranes, pick up gem ice on the Otsu coast, have dinner in Obihiro Yatai Village, and take a bath in Tokachi Hot Spring Village
❄D6 Farewell to Hokkaido
✈️Return/Continue to travel to other cities in Japan
HarmoniousGetaways
Visitors who have not been to Hokkaido may not know the name of "He Ya". This hotel group developed only in Hokkaido is famous for "If You Are the One". The hotel where Feng Xiaoxiao stayed in the movie is the group's Akan Lake. The seat of the cockroach.
"" is the meaning of missing hometown in Japanese. Walking into the hotel lobby, the dark-toned environment creates a calm atmosphere, and the wood carving crafts everywhere can reflect local characteristics.
There are shops, small library rooms and other facilities on the ground floor. The outside is full of soup, which is a bit cold in winter. In addition, some drinks in the bar and drinks from the restaurant are free.
A total of 25 rooms, each with an open air, but the five types of landscapes are divided into lake side, side view, street side, since it is definitely preferred to the lake side. Looking through the large window to the Akan Lake, the feeling of time lapse is too beautiful.
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The cafeteria here is also very good, very large, the dishes are very complete, the most loved fresh shrimp, it is really Hokkaido, eating seafood is really very fresh.
It is recommended to have a Sapporo beer. The beer here is the most famous. To eat more Arctic shrimp, it is really big.
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When you come to Lake Akan, you will naturally come to the movie "If You Are the One". Those who have seen this movie may remember the hot spring hotel where Qin Fen and Xiao Xiao stayed: the Akan Heya Villa, the sacred forest surrounded by the Aboriginal people.
Heiya Group is a group specializing in medium and high-end hot spring hotels in Hokkaido. There are three hotels under the group in Akan Lake, which are the seat of the scorpion, the sacred place, the wing of Heya, the price From high to low.
is the hotel where Shu Qi was filmed when he was shooting "Do Not Disturb". It is often difficult to find a room. The house is tense. The price per night is about 4K-5K (2 people, including breakfast and dinner).
Step into the seat of the scorpion, in the "Deer of the Deer Soup", soaked in the feet, overlooking the Akan Lake view. Inheriting the traditional charm, the entire hotel can be barefoot.
We have chosen the mid-price range for a long time, with private soup may be 5k+ per night