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[Chidorigaura-enchi Park in Teuri Island] Seabirds and Blue Sea Can Be Seen from Seabird Observation Hut like Floating on Sea

July 6th, 2016

CONTENTS

Chidorigaura-enchi Park
- Akaiwa Observation Deck
- Shokanbetsu Teuri Yagishiri Quasi-National Park
Look of Chidorigaura-enchi Park
List of Accommodations

Chidorigaura-enchi Park

Chidorigaura-enchi Park (千鳥ヶ浦園地) is a lookout point in the southwestern part of Teuri Island (天売島), and is near Akaiwa Observation Deck (赤岩展望台) and the highest place in the island. People and wild animals are hard to get close the sea side of precipitous cliffs, so sea birds such as Common Murre and Cepphus Carbo make a nest there. Seabird Observation Hut (海鳥観察舎) is built to observe the sea birds on a cilff of about 150 m elevation. Visitors can enjoy good views as well as the sea birds, too. This place is not famous, but I think that here is a good tourist attraction moved by superb views. A free parking lot is built at the site. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge.

Akaiwa Observation Deck

Akaiwa-enchi Park (赤岩園地) is a lookout point in the southernmost part of Teuri Island (天売島), and is famous for the blue sea and an observation deck jutting out the sea, and is also well-known as breeding grounds of Rhinoceros Auklet and Common Murre. About 800,000 Rhinoceros Auklets have digged myriads of holes around Akaiwa Lighthouse (赤岩灯台) at about 130 m elevation. It is said that it is one of the largest Rhinoceros Auklet's breeding grounds in the world. The scenery is very strange, and I think that visitors get a mysterious impression. Their breeding reachs its peak from May to Junly, and Night Guided Tour for the Rhinoceros Auklets Coming Back to Their Nests (ウトウ帰巣ナイトガイド) is held to observe sea birds in the early evening, too. Akaiwa Observation Deck (赤岩展望台), a visitor route, a parking lot and a public restroom are built at the site. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. Article is here

Shokanbetsu Teuri Yagishiri Quasi-National Park

Shokanbetsu Teuri Yagishiri Quasi-National Park (暑寒別天売焼尻国定公園) is a quasi-national park between Ishikari city, Shin-totsukawa town, Uryu town, Hokuryu town and Haboro town in the northern part of Hokkaido along the Sea of Japan (日本海), and extends from the north to the south, and has been designated as the quasi-national park since 1990. The area is 43,559 ha, and the the quasi-national park has the 8th largest area in 57 quasi-national parks (not include national parks) in Japan. It consists of 2 isolated islands, Shokanbetsu Mountain Range (暑寒別山系) and a coast, and beautiful nature such as the sea, the mountains, sea birds, trees, wild flowers and wetlands is highlight. The Shokanbetsu Teuri Yagishiri Quasi-National Park is divided into 4 areas, Teuri Island (天売島), Yagishiri Island (焼尻島), SHokanbetsu Area (暑寒別エリア) and Atsuta and Hamamasu Area (厚田・浜益エリア), and the Teuri Island, the Yagishiri Island and the SHokanbetsu Area mainly have a lot of highlights. Article is here

Look of Chidorigaura-enchi Park

A view from the parking lot is nice, and Yezo Daylilies flower along a path of about 100 m length to the Seabird Observation Hut, and the scenery with the blue sea is very nice, too. I think that this sea is very beautiful blue even if I compare the color of this sea with the seas of Shakotan (積丹), Okushiri Island (奥尻), Rebun Island (礼文) and Rishiri Island (利尻). A telescope is provided at the Seabird Observation Hut just like floating on the sea, and the visitors can observe breeding grounds of the sea birds freely. Breeding season is from June to August.

Atmosphere of Chidorigaura-enchi Park Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Chidorigaura-enchi Park

Admission fee	Free of charge
Parking lot	A parking lot is provided (5 cars)
Business hours	Open 24 hours
Regular closing day	Open all year round
Telephone number	+81-1648-3-5401
Home page	Home page is here
Mapcode	929 306 368*80

List of Accommodations

Refer to following websites for the accommodations in the Teuri. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.

Ryokan Aoitori(旅館青い鳥)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ryokan Ororonso(旅館オロロン荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Sakaemaru(民宿栄丸)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Shima-no-Yado(島の宿大一)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Takeuchi(民宿竹内)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ryokan Nogami(旅館のがみ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Yamada Minshuku(山田民宿)	Only Tel:+81-1648-3-5151
Yorozuya Ryokan(萬谷旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Guest House Teure(ゲストハウス天宇礼)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

A page of Teuri Island is here

Teuri Island

Map

Transportation to Chidorigaura-enchi Park

New Chitose Airport station (新千歳空港駅) --> (Approximately 35 minutes by Rapid Airport Express (快速エアポート)) --> Sapporo station (札幌駅) --> (Approximately 5 minutes on foot) --> Sapporo-Ekimae Bus Terminal (札幌駅前ターミナル) --> (Approximately 2 hours 12 minutes by Engan Bus [Haboro Express Bus: For Rumoi] (沿岸バス「特急はぼろ号：留萌方面行き」) *An advance reservation is required) --> Haboro Bus Terminal (羽幌ターミナル) --> (Approximately 10 minutes by Engan Bus [Kannonzaki Liner] (沿岸バス「観音崎らいな号」)) --> Haboro Ferry Terminal (羽幌フェリーターミナル) --> (Approximately 45 minutes by High-Speed Craft (高速船)) --> Teuri Ferry Terminal (天売フェリーターミナル) --> (Approximately 25 minutes by Taxi)