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National Park · Hokkaido

Shikotsu-Toya National Park

支笏洞爺国立公園

National park spanning 993 square kilometres in Hokkaido, with the volcanic caldera lakes Shikotsu and Toya, Mount Yotei, hot springs and mountain areas.

Mount Yotei
Mount Yotei © Oga, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Admission
Everyone Free
Access
Yotei, Niseko Town, Abuta District, Hokkaido
〒 048-1541
How to get there

Shikotsu-Toya National Park is a national park in Hokkaido, Japan, known for its volcanic caldera lakes, Lake Shikotsu and Lake Toya, and covering an area of 993.02 square kilometers.

Mount Yotei area

The area around Lake Toya, Mount Usu and Showa-shinzan (Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano Geopark)

The area around the hot springs of Noboribetsu (登別), Orofure Pass (Orofure-toge, オロフレ峠), and Lake Kuttara (Kuttara-ko, 倶多楽湖)

The area around Lake Shikotsu (Shikotsu-ko, 支笏湖), Mount Tarumae (Tarumae-zan, 樽前山), and Mount Eniwa (Eniwa-dake, 恵庭岳)

The area around Jozan-kei (定山渓), Hohei Gorge (Hoheikyo, 豊平峡), and Nakayama Pass (Nakayama-toge, 中山峠)

Getting There

Map: Getting to Shikotsu-Toya National Park. Legend: Shinkansen. Labelled stations: Sapporo, Aomori, Kikonai, Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, Shin-Aomori.

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