Japan · Asia
Eastern Hokkaido
Snow-covered winter scenes with dancing cranes and giant sea eagles.
When to go
- JanJanuary: Best
- FebFebruary: Best
- MarMarch: Good
- AprApril: Poor or no data
- MayMay: Poor or no data
- JunJune: Poor or no data
- JulJuly: Poor or no data
- AugAugust: Poor or no data
- SepSeptember: Poor or no data
- OctOctober: Poor or no data
- NovNovember: Poor or no data
- DecDecember: Good
BestGoodFair
Drift ice off Rausu from late Jan to early Mar.
Why go
Kushiro-Shitsugen National Park (釧路湿原国立公園, Kushiro-Shitsugen Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park located in the east of the island of Hokkaido, Japan. It was designated as a national park on 31 July 1987. The park is known for its wetlands ecosystems.
Kushiro-shitsugen (Kushiro Wetlands or Kushiro Swamp or Marshland) covers an area of 268.61 square kilometres (103.71 mi2) on the Kushiro Plain (Kushiro-heiya) and contains the largest tracts of reedbeds in Japan. The Kushiro River (154 kilometres (96 mi)), which originates in Lake Kussharo, meanders through much of the park.
Background from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
