Marimo andAinu culture village

HokkaidoLake AKAN

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Kotan means village or settlement in the Ainu language, and Hokkaido's largest Ainu Kotan is here at Lake Akan Onsen. Artistic woodwork folk crafts and first-class Ainu art souvenir shops and restaurants where you can taste Ainu cuisine line the streets. This is a place where you can experience the precious culture and daily lives of the Ainu people all at once.

A type of algae that lives underwater. This is the only placein the world where it grows in a beautiful spherical shape.

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What is Ainu culture

Come in contact with Ainu Culture

Indigenous people born in the harsh winter climate of Northern Japan who called themselves by a name that describes who they are. "Ainu means person, Ainu means us." They are the people who survived the harsh region by skillfully hunting wild game in deep forests, fishing in the middle of rapid currents, and gathering whatever was available from the land by hand. In such circumstances, they had history and traditions. They made descriptive epic poetry and oral legends that recorded lessons from life, and astonishingly deep culture such as imaginative and rich music, songs, and dances, and they built a foundation with deep faith in the spiritual world whose existence penetrated every corner.

Lake Akan Ainu Kotan

Japan's first exclusively Ainu Culture Theatre. Despite being indoors, the works performed using fire and water, which are indispensible for Ainu culture, are impressive! "Traditional Ainu Dance" has become a UNESCO World Intangible Cultural Heritage. Even at a glance, songs and dances born from the lives of the Ainu people who have coexisted with nature have great value.

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Lake Akan Ainu Theatre Ikor

Lake Akan’s Marimo

Fully enjoy Ainu culture and rich nature at Eastern Hokkaido’s

largest hot spring district that spreads across Lake Akan.

Tokyo

Sapporo

Kushiro

Fare ※tax included

¥2,150adult/one way ¥1,080※12 year old and underchildren/one way

Eastern Hokkaido Bus Transportation Network

Pure white flowers blooming in Lake Akan's deepwinter"Frost flowers"

Winter tradition"Lake Akan Ice Festival"

Enjoy a snowy forest and riverall at once."Snowshoeing"

Lake Akanin Winter

Lake Akan, introduced with three stars in therevised edition of Michelin Green Guide Japan

Summer tradition"Lake Akan Marimo Natsukito(Summer Lamp Festival) "

Frolic with a clear stream.Akan River exploration "River walk"

Lake Akanin Summer

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A k a n A i r p o r t L i n e r

Access from Tancho Kushiro Airport

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AkanTancho no Sato

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Onbetsu-cho, Kushiro-shi

Onbetsu-cho, Kushiro-shi

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Shiranuka

Tsurui

Kushiro Airport

Lake Akan

2 round-tripsa day

Akanko Onsen Kushiro Airport

Ser v ice that matches the f l ight schedule! I t 's even more convenient bet ween Kushiro A ir por t and

A kanko Onsen by A kan A ir por t L iner!

http://en.kushiro-lakeakan.com/airportliner/

Akan Airport Liner Search

Comfortable 3-RowIndependent Seats

Easy web reservations!

Traveling around Eastern Hokkaidoby Akan Airport Liner iscomfortable and easy!

To each tourist sport from Akanko Onsen!Convenient bus service basedat Lake Akan.Why not fully enjoy Lake Akanwhile dropping by popularsightseeing spots?

Here for informat ion about Kushiro and Lake Akan tour ism Here for informat ion about Eastern Hokkaido tour ism

SUPER FANTASTIC Kushiro Lake Akan Explorer The Wonderland

You can also see lodging and other access information You can also look up Eastern Hokkaido bus routes

http://en.kushiro-lakeakan.com/ http://en.visit-eastern-hokkaido.jp/

♨Lake Akan Onsen

Kushiro Airport

Sapporo andNew Chitose Airport

Obihiro

Kitami

Abashiri

Shiretoko

City of Kushiro

Mashu andKawayu

Tokyo - Kushiro 1 h 30 m

Service matching theflight times!

Pickup and drop off at each Akanko Onsen hotel!

You can do a sightseeing stopover at Akan Tancho no Sato!

Timetable and web reservations here