[Coral Grass Colonies around Lake Saroma] Coral Grass Colony Called Red Carpet

Lake Saroma

Lake Saroma (サロマ湖) is a brackish water lake among Kitami city, Saroma town and Yubetsu town, and is the 3rd largest lake after Lake Biwa (琵琶湖) and Lake Kasumigaura (霞ヶ浦) in Japan. A sandbar of 200 to 700 m width separates the lake from the Sea of Okhotsk (オホーツク海), and the lake links the sea with only 2 points. In old days, the sandbar separeted the lake from the sea depending on seasons perfectly. The perimeter of the lake is about 87 km, and the maximum depth is 19.6 m. The lake has no name in Ainu language, and they called it just lake. It is well-known for tasty seafood such as Oyster and Scallop, and fishing Japanese pond smelt is popular in a winter. Read More

Cape Kimuaneppu Coral Grass Colony

Cape Kimuaneppu Coral Grass Colony (キムアネップ崎アッケシソウ群生地) is near an entrance of Kimuaneppu-saki Campsite. A wooden path with about 110 m in length is built on the colony, and a lookout is set at the end of the wooden path. Various primeval flowers bloom along the wooden path, and it has an atmosphere such as a primeval flower garden. The wooden path is short, so visitors can not look around the whole colony, but they can view the coral grass without getting dirty shoes. The whole lakeshore covered with a red carpet can be enjoyed in a distance. It takes about 20 minutes to see it fully. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge. A restroom and the parking lot are on the site. Nothing is built around here, but restaurants are built in Hamasaroma (浜佐呂間) that is 6 km away from here.

Atmosphere of Coral Grass Colony Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Coral Grass Colony around Lake Saroma

Coral Grass Colony of Wakka Primeval Flower Garden

Wakka Primeval Flower Garden is in the eastern part of the Lake Saroma. Raitokoro River (ライトコロ川) drains into the Lake Saroma, and Coral Grass Colony grows along an inlet. It takes about 10 minutes from Wakka Nature Center to the Coral Grass Colony on foot. A wooden path is built on the lakeshore, so visitors can observe Coral Grass closely. The Red Coral Grass goes well with the wooden path and the lake. When I visited here in late Octorber, 2018, it was said that fall foliage of the Coral Grass was almost over. I think that the lakeshore covered with red color is worth seeing. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge. Article of the Wakka Primeval Flower Garden is here

Kerochi Coral Grass Colony

Kerochi Kotsu Park (計呂地交通公園) is in the southern part of the Lake Saroma, and Yubetsu town keeps former Kerochi Station as a park. It has a public restroom, a watering place, a steam locomotive, a park golf ground and the Kerochi Coral Grass Colony, and a staying is available at a house of stationmaster and a passenger car, too. An accommodation charge of the house of the stationmaster is JPY 500, and The accommodation charge of the passenger car is JPY 300. But they do not serve bedding, so cycling travelers and motorcycle travelers often use those. Seafood souvenir shops are built around the park. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge.

The Kerochi Coral Grass Colony is in the innermost of the park. About 300 m length of a wooden path is built on the marshland. But I could not hardly see Coral Grass when I visited here in late Octorber, 2018.

Atmosphere of Kerochi Coral Grass Colony Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Kerochi Coral Grass Colony

Coral Grass Colony of Cape Sango

The Cape Sango is in the western part of the Lake Saroma, and its formal name is Tsurunuma Primeval Flower Garden (鶴沼原生花園). Coral Grass Colony grows along an inlet, so here took after another nmae of the Coral Grass (Sango-so * Sango means coral in Japanese). The cape is not touristy, so few people visit here. Drive safe because a road to the Cape Sango is narrow. Admission free. A parking lot is free of charge.

Movie of Cape Sango

The Coral Grass at the Cape Sango has been designed as a natural monument in Hokkaido. In addition, the only suspension bridge is built in Coral Grass Colony of Hokkaido. Visitors go across the bridge to the Coral Grass Colony. When I visited here in late Octorber, 2018, it was nearly the best time to see the red Coral Grass. The visitors can walk to observe the red Coral Grass on sandy beach closely. But your shoes may get wet on the wet sandy beach, so I guess that you wear rain boots. By the way, views from here are comfortable, too.

Atmosphere of Cape Sango Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Cape Sango

Saroma

Saromakohan Youth Hostel(サロマ湖畔ユースホステル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Saromako Yurinkan(サロマ湖悠林館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Tabibito-yado Saromanian(旅人宿 さろまにあん)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Watanabe(民宿わたなべ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ryokan Piraoro-so(旅館 ピラオロ荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Morita Ryokan(もりた旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ryokan Oshiro(旅館 大城)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Kimuaneppu-Misaki Campsite(キムアネップ岬キャンプ場)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Tokoro

Lake Saroma Tsuruga Resort(サロマ湖鶴雅リゾート)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Sencho-no-Ie(船長の家)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Matsunoya Sato Ryokan(松乃屋/佐藤旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Napal Kitami(ネイパル北見)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Yubetsu