Local Guide
Kushiro Wetlands National Park, Akan National Park, and the North Pacific Seaside Line are just a few of the many places of untouched natural beauty in eastern Hokkaido.
Find using Zenrin MapsAt Kushiro Prince Hotel we offer local sightseeing information at the Front Service desk.
Kushiro Local Information
Washo Market
Your first stop to get the freshest Kushiro seafood. Katte-don is a famous local menu item.
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- A 7-minute walk from the hotel.
Kushiro Children's Museum Kodomo Yugakkan
A science museum where children learn and play using all five senses.
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- A 5-minute walk from the hotel.
Kushiro Art Museum
In addition to local artworks from Kushiro and Nemuro, it holds special exhibitions on various themes in Japanese and overseas art.
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- A 10-minute walk from the hotel.
Nusamai Bridge
This bridge is a cherished symbol of Kushiro. Four bronzes representing the four seasons, stand on the parapet, and the view of the sunset from Nusamai Bridge is counted among the three best in the world.
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- A 10-minute walk from the hotel.
Kobunkan Hall
The Meiji-era poetic genius, Takuboku Ishikawa, was employed here as a journalist in 1908. The newspaper office he worked in at the time has been rebuilt, and displays period materials.
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Kushiro Wetlands
The Kushiro Wetlands are, at 27,000 hectares, the largest in Japan. They are home to the Japanese red-crowned crane, a Special Natural Monument, and reptiles such as the Northern Giant Salamander, a relic from the ice age.
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Hosohka Lookout
You can see the Kushiro River snaking in front of you, and experience the pull of the Kushiro Wetlands.
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- A 40-minute drive from the hotel.
Japanese red-crowned crane
The Japanese red-crowned crane, a Special Natural Monument, is a rare bird that only lives in eastern Hokkaido, mainly in the Kushiro Wetlands.
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- Tsurumidai, about 40 minutes from the hotel
Lake Akan
Lake Akan popular for the Marumo Special Natural Monument, as well as the sightseeing boats that cruise between the four variously sized islands that dot the lake. In the winter you can enjoy fishing for lake smelt and snowmobiling.
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- A 60-minute drive from the hotel
Lake Mashu
The attraction of Lake Mashu is its haunting mists. Thanks to the mists, which are almost alive, the landscapes change, whatever the season, reflecting different faces of the lake.
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- A 90-minute drive from the hotel
Lake Kussharo
Lake Kussharo is the largest caldera lake in Japan. It is well-known that if you dig in the sand along the beach, hot water will well up.
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- A 90-minute drive from the hotel
Ayamegahara
From mid June to early July, 300,000 irises blooming in a 100 hectare natural flower garden create a vast panorama.
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Kiritappu Wetlands
The Kiritappu Wetlands spread over 3,168 hectares, making them the third largest wetlands in Japan.
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Cape Kiritappu
Cape Kiritappu is properly known as Cape Tofutsu. It is also called Cape Tokkari, due to the tokkari (seals) that can be seen there.
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