Still, without hesitation, and a massive bag of Benadryl in my suitcase, I flew to Tokyo (Hanada Airport) to meet up with a group that would be traveling through East Hokkaido for a week. While we saw ...

Six of them had increased the rate. In 2015, Kushiro city, host of the Lake Akan Hot Spring, became the first municipality in Hokkaido to raise the bathing tax rate. It now charges a bathing rate ...

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.