Akan-Mashu National Park
*This is an area with volcanoes and lakes in virgin forest. Beautiful snow falls in winter.
Mt. Oakan of winter (1,370 m)
Lake Penketo (a special protected area of the national park)
Lake Kussharo and Mt. Mokoto. The night of a snowstorm passes, and the mountain is stained with the morning sun.
The moment when the morning sun rises in the outer rim of a volcanic crater of Kussharo caldera. The temperature fell suddenly since the snow stopped, and the sky cleared. It was cold to around −15°C.