Still some days to catch up on my summer vacation in Hokkaido.
From Wakkanai I was driving all the way down, along the coast line to the Shiretoko National park. Although it is only about 400 km, it would take almost a full day. It's all country roads and the speed limit is 60 km/h or less.
On the day of arrival I was driving up to the five lakes, hoping to get some walking done but there was Bear activity so the ground path was closed. Only the wooden pathway was open. Some nice mystic clouds:
Afterwards I did a short walk to the cliff with a lighthouse and the first of a series of waterfalls. On the way I saw some deer.
On the next day the ground path was open again. After a short lecture, where we were told, how to behave, when we meet a bear (or better: "do everything to avoind this") we could leave for the walk. At the beginning it was drizzling a bit but it stopped soon and the atmosphere was quite nice in this damp forest with its five lakes.
At the end the walk would lead over the pathway, I was taking the day before already. Then I decided to try lake Rausu. On the way I came by a fox, which was everything else but shy.
The path to lake Rausu was much longer than I expected. As I had to either walk 30 minutes from the start of the walk to the parking, where I had to leave my car or to catch a bus, which would only run 4 times a day, I decided to turn around at the second little lake, that was alongside the path. I'm sure it would have been a very nice hike despite the a bit dirty path. I understand, why they have rubber boots for rental at the ranger station.
Comming back down to the coast line, I visited two more waterfalls, one of the belongs to the 100 most beautifull in Japan.
In the evening I climbed a little hill or rock at the harbour to watch the sun go down.
From Wakkanai I was driving all the way down, along the coast line to the Shiretoko National park. Although it is only about 400 km, it would take almost a full day. It's all country roads and the speed limit is 60 km/h or less.
On the day of arrival I was driving up to the five lakes, hoping to get some walking done but there was Bear activity so the ground path was closed. Only the wooden pathway was open. Some nice mystic clouds:
Afterwards I did a short walk to the cliff with a lighthouse and the first of a series of waterfalls. On the way I saw some deer.
On the next day the ground path was open again. After a short lecture, where we were told, how to behave, when we meet a bear (or better: "do everything to avoind this") we could leave for the walk. At the beginning it was drizzling a bit but it stopped soon and the atmosphere was quite nice in this damp forest with its five lakes.
At the end the walk would lead over the pathway, I was taking the day before already. Then I decided to try lake Rausu. On the way I came by a fox, which was everything else but shy.
The path to lake Rausu was much longer than I expected. As I had to either walk 30 minutes from the start of the walk to the parking, where I had to leave my car or to catch a bus, which would only run 4 times a day, I decided to turn around at the second little lake, that was alongside the path. I'm sure it would have been a very nice hike despite the a bit dirty path. I understand, why they have rubber boots for rental at the ranger station.
Comming back down to the coast line, I visited two more waterfalls, one of the belongs to the 100 most beautifull in Japan.
In the evening I climbed a little hill or rock at the harbour to watch the sun go down.
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