Onsens at Lake Kussharo

We slept well beside Lake Kussharo and by morning the weather had improved. The view out across the still misty water surrounded by deep green pine forest was very Japanese. We rode along the shoreline visiting the local Ainu (aboriginal people of Hokkaido) culture centre, which was very interesting. We also stopped at a number of the natural rock onsen on the shoreline and had a dip in most of them. They are public, and allow bathers, but Japanese don't bother and just go in naked. After leaving the lake we climbed out of the caldera and then rolled on to a campsite near Kiyosato.Read more