Only one kilometer from my hotel in Kushiro, the ANA Crowne Plaza Hotel Kushiro, is Lake Harutori. I would visit the nearby Kushiro Shitsugen National Park with its expansive wetlands and wildlife during my stay and my sojourn around the lake was an enjoyable precursor to that visit. After speaking with the affable and helpful front desk staff at the hotel regarding a good spot to see blossoming sakura (cherry blossoms), I headed out to enjoy my first afternoon in the port city.
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Sakura in Kushiro
A walk around Lake Harutori

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Sakura in Kushiro

A walk around Lake Harutori in Kushiro

As the weather warms up the flowers arrive

Better late than never, blossoms begin near the start of June

A Parus Major (Great Tit) sings its song

The marsh lands around Kushiro

Parus Palustris (Marsh Tit) sits along the lakeside

Marshland vegetation

Marsh Tit hanging out on a twig

Back to my hotel across the Nusamai Bridge
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Budy Hadi
8 years ago
hi.. i will be in sapporo at May 15, 2017. can i have a chance to see the cherry blossom in Kushiro? How to go to that place by JR Hokkaido? Can I? Need your info. Thanks
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