Activities Matsumae Park Cherry Blossom Festival Kim From around late April to late May, Hokkaido's Matsumae Park comes alive with around 10,000 cherry trees in bloom from hundreds..
Activities Abashiri Prison Museum Featured I visit the massive Abashiri Prison Museum in Northern Hokkaido
Camping & Trekking Kagami Numa Wetland Marsh Matt Stormont Kagami numa is a natural pond formed in the middle of a wetland marsh that juts out of the northeast face of Mount Annupuri in Niseko...
Activities Lake Mashu Tomoko Kamishima Lake Mashu: We Japanese call it “The foggy lake of Mashu.” But what luck! We can see the entire lake in this video!
Camping & Trekking Hike Mt. Sankaku Sapporo Dan Traylor Mt. Sankaku (Sankakuyama) in Sapporo offers an easy hike within city limits. Nearby parks offer an extended walking course and the..
11 Outdoors Rishiri Island in Spring Nicole Bauer Rishiri Island is part of Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park at the northern tip of Hokkaido and a paradise for nature lovers:..
Outdoors Odori Park Dan Traylor From the snow festival in February to the beer gardens in July, Odori Park is a hub for events in Sapporo
Camping & Trekking Kushiro Wetlands Tomoko Kamishima Kushiro Wetlands: Kushiro, located in East Hokkaido, boasts of the largest wetlands in Japan.