or Lake Mashu, located on the island of Hokkaido, is rumoured to be one of the clearest lakes in the world. Because the lake is surrounded by dense fog and 200m crater walls that drop sharply into ...

to meet up with a group that would be traveling through East Hokkaido for a week. While we saw a lot of the region, Lake Akan in Akan-Mashu National Park, with a side trip to see the drift ice ...

Covering 410 kilometers, the Hokkaido East Trail will link three national parks: Kushiro-Shitsugen (Kushiro Marsh), Akan-Mashu and Shiretoko ... in the direction of Lake Akanko.

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido—“Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought fame to Lake Akanko here, are shrinking because of global warming, a research group found. The maximum ...

CHITOSE, Hokkaido -- Splash ice, a rare winter phenomenon, has appeared along the shore of Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost lake that remains unfrozen even in winter. This ...