Om denna plats: Akan
Akan-sjön, en kaldera, är berömd som habitat för marimo (Speciellt Naturminnesmärke). Akanko onsen-stad, den kulturella byn Ainu Kotan, sommarens Marimo-festival och vintertäcken av is och astronomisk observation gör det till ett året-runt fotodestination.
Höjdpunkter
- Marimo Exhibition Observation Center (Churui Island) — reached by sightseeing boat; close-up views of the Special Natural Monument spherical algae
- Ainu Kotan — one of Hokkaido's largest Ainu settlements, with Old-Style Dance performances, wood carving shops, and living tradition
- Lakeside Promenade — a walking path past «Bokke» mud volcanoes, contrasting the lake surface with volcanic terrain
- Winter Ice Festival (January–March) — smelt fishing, snow sports, fireworks, and skies full of stars
- Marimo Festival (October) — an Ainu ritual returning marimo to the lake, a mystical subject for photography
