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04/10/2024

(English below) キノコの季節。足元の落ち葉や倒木、奥の方の木の幹にも目をやるとキノコが沢山！この間いた阿寒湖周辺には500種類のキノコがあるらしい - 北海道で見られるほとんどのキノコ。キノコを📸撮るコツも教わった: 「かわいく」撮ることだって💕

There’s about 500 kinds of mushrooms in Akan, that’s about all the mushrooms you can see in Hokkaido! Hearing that, I started walking more carefully in the woods looking into the nurse logs, fallen leaves and tree trunks. Look at some of the 🍄 that I found! I think I turned into a mushroom fan😍

27/06/2024

Had such a fun time at the Japanese spruce wood in Kawayu. Kawayu is just an hour+ drive from Abashiri in Akan Mashu National Park. I really love visiting this area🩷

It’s in the vicinity of an active volcano, Mt. Iou (Atusa-nupuri in Ainu language meaning “naked mountain”). The strong acidic gas and soil limit the plants that can survive here, thus the name Atusa-nupuri. The negative environment also allows alpine plants to grow in spite of the low altitude.

The small white flowers 📸1&2 are alpine flowers. The transparent plant 📸3 has no chloroplast nor does it photosynthesize😵 It relies on fungus for nutrition. It reminds me of the character Eyeball Daddy (目玉親父)in the animation Spooky Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎)😂

21/06/2024

A quick stop at Koshimizu Wild Flowers Reserve to see how much summer flowers were blooming.

Rosa rugosa and yellow day lilies, both alpine flowers, were welcoming us at the entrance!

Large butterflies called black-veined white were all over the place, too!!

12/06/2024

In Hokkaido you’re a qualified Dosanko (full fledged Hokkaidoite) if you can drive 100km/62 miles (not literally but meaning very long distance) just for a bowl of your favorite ramen or superb soft-served icecream🍦

It shows how much distance we need to travel🚗💨 to get to our destination in this huge island!

(FYI the map of Hokkaido fits right between Tokyo and Osaka, which is about 500km/319 miles apart)

I travel 60km/32 miles one way for this specia~~l ice cream that is made at a dairy farm in Saroma. Soft served ice cream sandwiched in warm croissant topped with chocolate syrup. You can get it in simple cones, but I like it this way.

09/06/2024

Bihoro Pass located at the west edge of Akan Mashu National Park.

It’s one of the 4 passes that overlook Kussharo caldera lake. It’s only about 500 meters (about 170ft) high, but it’s a garden of alpine flowers in summer, some of which started to bloom.

Abashiri is surrounded by NPs - Akan Mashu, Shiretoko, Taisetsu, and Kushiro Wetlands, all within driving distances. Abashiri can keep you busy especially in summer if you love to immerse yourself in nature😍

08/06/2024

Wind break forests go so well with the fieldscapes in Hokkaido🌾🌲

They also have the role of providing “hiding shelters”for rare animals and plants🦉🌿

📸 various seasons

03/06/2024

Visit to Wakka Wild Flowers Conservation Park, about 40 minutes drive from Abashiri🚗💨

The vast park is located along the Okhotsk Sea including sand dunes, wetlands and grassland. Summer flowers were just starting to bloom🌼🪻 And summer birds and Yezo cicadas were chirping away🎵

I wish more people get to know these hidden spots❣️

02/06/2024

Today’s Okhotsk Sea was so beautiful!

After driving in the inland mountain side for a couple of hours, it was really nice when the road opened up to the ocean! Felt like being back home to the coastal town Abashiri🥰

29/05/2024

It’s too cold and rainy in Abashiri for pictures. So here’s some from my visit to Noboribetsu Onsen in southwest Hokkaido about 2 weeks ago.

I loved the blueish white hot spring water (containing strong acid) that formed a stream running through the surrounding forest. Steam was rising from the waters, as the stream created a natural foot bath before merging with freshwater river.

The white Labrador Tea flowers and the deep green trees added so much beauty to the landscape!

27/05/2024

Landscape of Tsurui village, land of red-headed cranes and dairy farming, in eastern Hokkaido💙💚❤️

24/05/2024

Hakodate. Hokkaido’s 3rd largest city in southwest side of the island, is famous for its slopes that run to the ocean from the mountain side. Just like San Francisco.

There’s 19 slopes all together - beautifully lined with trees and flowers, and old buildings that’s been standing there for 100 years or more.

It’s really nice to walk up and down these slopes looking at the houses, churches and small shops. Many of these buildings are cultural assets or located in the preservation district as important historical buildings.

With Japanese Rowan trees turning red in fall and colorful flowers in spring and summer, this area is noted as having one of Japan’s most beautiful slopes💕👞

21/05/2024

At Onuma Quasi National Park in southwest Hokkaido, near Hakodate.

The small lakes/swamps are surrounded by forest and the small islets in the lakes/swsmps are connected by these bridges. We took the long walking course. It’s like jumping into Monet’s paintings - quiet and beautiful.

If you’re down in Hakodate, one of Hokkaido’s prominent historical cities, you should also visit here😍👍

20/05/2024

Colors of Lake Mashu💙💕💚

We came at the right time to see the pale pink sakura blossoms against the dark blue waters. The color contrast was striking👀❣️

19/05/2024

Akan Mashu National Park is about volcanoes (including active ones😊), forest and Ainu culture.

The natural forest surrounding Lake Akan, the caldera lake created from volcanic eruption, is a fun place to explore the wonders of nature.

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1 walking path in the woods
2 big cracks created on the trees when they froze during the severe winter season
3 trees coved with nets to keep the deers from munching on the bark during winter
4 white stones that cover the shore of Lake Akan are volcanic rocks from the past eruptions
5 future Marimo algae??😂
6 trees can’t let their roots grow deep into the ground because it’s basically magma down there
7 walking path runs along the lake
8 one of the small islets in the lake

I love walking in the woods🥰🌲👟

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Morning fog crawling over the crop fields. A lovely scene in the Mokoto area. Three mountains in the direction of the Shiretoko Peninsula are seen in the background- Mt. Unabetsu, Mt. Shari and Mt. Mokoto.

The drift ice was constantly coming up Abashiri River this afternoon💙. The north wind was pretty strong. Today might be registered by the meteorological agency as the “day the drift ice came to the shore”(流氷接岸). Believe it or not, this is an honest-to-goodness meteorological term😁❗️

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The Story of “Fuki”

This kamon (Japanese crest)-like logo depicts butterbur. When I first came to Hokkaido, the wild so-called “fuki” in Japanese was what caught my eyes! You’ll find the sprouts in early spring and the green plant throughout summer everywhere - from the wheat fields to concrete highways. There’s an Ainu legend that a dwarf (koro-bokkuru) lives under the gigantic fuki. Fuki is not just a seasonal delicacy that the locals savor. The salted fuki is an indispensible foodstuff in winter when green vegetables are hard to get.

Fuki is a culture by itself.

While you’re here, I hope you get the chance to see them yourself and also have the yummy experience – tempura sprouts and the stewed or stir fried stalks!