Category Archives: Lake Kussharo

In the mid-afternoon we returned to Sunayu beside frozen Lake Kussharo. There was a whole line of canoes, waiting patiently beside the lake.  I didn’t notice anyone at the time trying to canoe across the ice, perhaps fortunately for them. … Continue reading →

After breakfast and a gap of some hours, we returned to Kotan, where we had been the previous day. The owl is on the wall of the Juyo Original House, as in the previous Kotan post. While we were there, … Continue reading →

This is half an hour before dawn and the temperature is about -20˚C (-4˚F).  You can see the crescent moon high in the sky. Kotan and Sunayu (see previous and next posts) are on the far side of the lake.  … Continue reading →

After leaving Kotan, we made a short journey to Sunayo, further up the lake.  Here there is a large parking lot and a cafeteria, where we stopped for lunch.  There were many whooper swans in the warm thermal waters beside … Continue reading →

We stopped at a tiny hamlet called Kotan near the southern end of Lake Kussharo in the centre of Eastern Hokkaido.  This is a natural open air hot springs at the edge of the lake with a man-made hot spa, … Continue reading →