Spend a day in nature around Lake Mashu and Lake Kussharo at Akan Mashu National Park, Hokkaido, Japan. This one-day itinerary takes you to beautiful lakes, local hot springs and a volcano!

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Do you dare try this unique outdoor hot spring just next to swans swimming in a lake?

Visit a protection center for injured seals to support them in Mombetsu!

Feel volcanic activity and taste an egg cooked with steam from the volcano!

A road going up into the sky, another popular photo spot in Hokkaido with a simple but mystic view.

Here are 5 best spots for autumn leaves that are lesser-known in the Eastern Hokkaido, because no one likes a view with the crowd!

When autumn begins, a lakeside in Abashiri turns beautiful deep red with glasswort.

A simple yet beautiful photo spot of Hokkaido, at any time of the day in any season.

Visit Okhotsk Chipmunks Park to feed them and see how they stuff their cheeks with seeds. It’s freaking adorable.

A beautiful waterfall of silky smooth streams from 120m high in Hokkaido, Japan. I love it when it is surrounded by the trees changing color in Autumn!

This 2.5 km-around beautiful lake is in the Akan-Mashu National Park. Once you get there, you will be greeted with the amazing colors of the lake and its natural surroundings.

Can you see the bubbles caught up in the layer of ice? A nature’s magic in Lake Nukabira in Hokkaido!

These white threes covered in frost were definitely among the things that I took for granted but realized were absolutely unique and stunning after living away from home.

Lake Kussharo is the biggest crater lake in Japan, located in the Akan-Mashu National Park. The sea cloud here is absolutely breathtaking.

There is a huge sunflower field just next to Memambetsu Airport. This stunning sunshine-yellow view is a must-see.

Yes. It's a crab claw. And it's 12m high. This statue was established in 1983 as an iconic symbol of Mombetsu City, which is famous for... yup, crab.

Did you get excited to find sea glass on beaches in your childhood? You can enjoy that feeling again with "Jewelry Ice" in Toyokoro Town, located on the Southern coastline of Eastern Hokkaido.

In May and June, two hills in Ozora town color up in bright pink with cute little flowers called “shiba sakura”.