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[Mt. Showa-shinzan around Lake Toya] Lava Dome with Cool Red Surface

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Mt. Showa-shinzan
Foot of Mt. Showa-shinzan
List of Accommodations

Mt. Showa-shinzan

Mt. Showa-shinzan (昭和新山) is a volcanic lava dome with about 400 m in height in Sobetsu town located in the south side of the Lake Toya. The new volcanic lava dome has raised or erupted since 1944. In Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Geographical features with the Lake Toya and Mt. Usu have been authorized in the World Geopark. It can be said that the Mt. Usu is one of main actors in Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano Global Geopark (洞爺湖有珠山ジオパーク). It is nearby the Mt. Usu. Tourist facilities such as Showa-shinzan Bear Ranch (クマ牧場), Showa-shinzan Glass Museum (ガラス館), Masao Mimatsu Memorial Hall (三松正夫記念館) and souvenir shops are built near a ropeway station, and the visitors can rise their tourist mood. Admission free. A parking lot is charged for JPY 500. But It is free of charge form December to March.

Mt. Usu, Shikotsu-Toya National Park — Showa-shinzan Glass Museum

Lake Toya

Lake Toya (洞爺湖) between Toyako town and Sobetsu town located in the northwestern direction of Muroran city is the 3rd largest caldera lake in Japan after Lake Kussharo and Lake Shikotsu, and was born by large-scale eruptions 110,000 years ago. In Shikotsu-Toya National Park, the perimeter of the lake is about 43 km, and 58 sculptures are located around the lake, and those create scenes in accord with the lake. Geographical features of mountains and the lake have been authorized in the World Geopark. The lake is one of major tourist attractoions in Hokkaido, and a lot of international tourists come. Windsor Hotels Toya Resort & Spa that 34th G8 Summit (Hokkaido Toyako Summit) was held at is famous, too. Around the Lake Toya, there are Toyako Onsen Resort (洞爺湖温泉) that is a sightseeing base, Toya Silo Observation Deck (サイロ展望台), Ukimido Park (浮見堂公園), Toya Onsen (洞爺温泉), Nakatoya Onsen (仲洞爺温泉), Nakatoya Camping Ground (仲洞爺キャンプ場), Green Stay Toyako (グリーンステイ洞爺湖), Takarada Camping Ground (水辺の里財田キャンプ場), Sobetsu-cho Onsen (壮瞥町温泉), Mt. Showa-shinzan (昭和新山) and Mt. Usu (有珠山). Read More

Mt. Usu

Mt. Usu (有珠山) is an active volcano with 733 m in height between Date city, Toyako town and Sobetsu town in the south side of Lake Toya (洞爺湖), and has been double volcano with Ousu Lava Dome (大有珠), Kousu Lava Dome (小有珠), Mt. Ogari (オガリ山) and Mt. Usushinzan (有珠新山) since 20,000 years ago, and erupted 4 times within 100 years ago, so it is one of very active volcanos in the world, too. In Shikotsu-Toya National Park, Geographical features with the Lake Toya and Mt. Showa-shinzan have been authorized in the World Geopark. It can be said that the Mt. Usu is one of main actors in Toya Caldera and Usu Volcano Global Geopark (洞爺湖有珠山ジオパーク). A ropeway is the most popular way to go up the mountain, but visitors can hike it, too. Admission free. A parking lot is charged for JPY 500. But It is free of charge form December to March. Read More

List of Means of Transportation

A local bus runs between the Toyako Onsen and the Sapporo, and "Iburi-go (いぶり号)", an express bus, runs between the Toyako Onsen and the Noboribetsu Onsen. Refer to following the means of the transportation. As for car rental comparison websites, you can compare vehicle rental prices on Tabi-Plaza Rental Car Reservation (旅ぷらざレンタカー予約), Jalan Rental Car (じゃらんレンタカー) and Rakutem Travel Rental Car (楽天トラベルレンタカー).

Donan Bus(道南バス)	From Sapporo to Toyako Onsen	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Donan Bus(道南バス)	From Toyako Onsen to Sapporo	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Donan Bus(道南バス)	From Noboribetsu Onsen to Toyako Onsen	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Donan Bus(道南バス)	From Toyako Onsen to Noboribetsu Onsen	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Station Rent-a-car(駅レンタカー)	Their office is at Toya Station	HP	Jalan	Rakuten

Shikotsu-Toya National Park

Shikotsu-Toya National Park (支笏洞爺国立公園) has Lake Shikotsu (支笏湖), the 2nd largest caldera lake in Japan, and Lake Toya (洞爺湖), the 3rd largest caldera lake in the Japan, in the southwestern part of Hokkaido. In the national park, there are unique mountains such as Mt. Usu (有珠山), Mt. Tarumae (樽前山) and Mt. Showa-shinzan (昭和新山), and here is a tourist attraction on behalf of Hokkaido containing Noboribetsu Onsen (登別温泉) and Jozankei Onsen (定山渓温泉) in the 3 major onsen in the Hokkaido. Because it is easy to access the tourist attracions from New Chitose Airport and Sapporo city, the Shikotsu-Toya National Park gets popularity from tourists. The Shikotsu-Toya National Park is roughly divided into 5 areas, Yoteizan Area, Toyako Area, Noboribetsu Area, Shikotsuko Area and Jozankei Area. The area is 99,473 ha in total, it is very vast. It blows my mind why it adds the Yoteizan Area and the Jozankei Area, but I googled it, but I could not find. Read More

Foot of Mt. Showa-shinzan

Red surface of the mountain catches eyes, so it is conspicuous at a distance. Speaking of the Mt. Showa-shinzan, an episode that a wheat field rose just overnight is famous. Actually, the Mt. Showa-shinzan turned into the current shape for 2 years. It was named "Showa-shinzan" because the Mt. Showa-shinzan rose in 1944 (Showa period), and it has been designated as a special natural treasure since 1957. Mr. Masao Mimatsu (三松正夫) that is famous for observing the Mt. Showa-shinzan and making Mimatsu Diagram (ミマツダイヤグラム) bought the land, so the Mt. Showa-shinzan is the Mimatsu family's private land at present. A park is built to see the mountain at the foot of the mountain. Visiors used to go up the mountain, but the hiking is prohibited at prsent. But hiking for study (学習登山) is held once a year.

Atmosphere of Mt. Showa-shinzan Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Mt. Showa-shinzan

Admission fee	Free of charge
Parking lot	Pay parking lot is provided (400 Cars), Capacity for midsize vehicles: JPY 410.
Business hours	-
Regular closing day	Open all year round
Telephone number	+81-142-75-2401
Home page	Home page is here

List of Accommodations

Refer to following websites for the accommodations around the Mt. Showa-shinzan. You can get information regarding online reviews and photos.

Toyako Onsen

Toyako Manseikaku Hotel Lakeside Terrace(洞爺湖万世閣ホテルレイクサイドテラス)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Toya Kohantei(洞爺湖畔亭)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Toya Gokirakutei(洞爺湖畔ごきらく亭)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Toya Kanko Hotel(洞爺観光ホテル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel Grand Toya(ホテルグランドトーヤ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hokkai Hotel(北海ホテル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Toya Sansui Hotel Kafu(洞爺山水ホテル和風)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel New Toyako(ホテルニュー洞爺湖)	Only Tel:+81-142-75-2818
Toya Green Hotel(洞爺グリーンホテル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Toya Sun Palace(洞爺サンパレスリゾート＆スパ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
The Lake View Toya Nonokaze Resort(ザレイクビュー TOYA 乃の風リゾート)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Daiwa Ryokan Annex(大和旅館アネックス)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Toyako Onsen Hotel Hanabi(洞爺温泉ホテル華美)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Daiwa Ryokan(大和旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Kitsutsuki Canadian Club(きつつきカナディアンクラブ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Petit Hotel Koizumi(西山高原プチホテル恋泉)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
The Lake Suite Ko no Sumika(ザ・レイクスイート湖の栖)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Second house TOYA(セカンドハウスToya)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
TOYA HOME Kairou(TOYA HOME廻廊)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Guest House COCO(ゲストハウス湖湖)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Guest house HiDE(ゲストハウス HiDE)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Sobetsu-cho Onsen

Onsen Ryokan Ikoi-so(温泉旅館いこい荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Toya Kaawanami(洞爺かわなみ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel Nakanoshima(ホテル中の島)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Showa Shinzan Youth Hostel(昭和新山ユースホステル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Pension Ono(ペンションおおの)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
レイクサイドクラシックハウスチャイハナ(Lakeside Classic House Chaihana)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Lake Toya

The Windsor Hotel TOYA(ザ・ウィンザーホテル洞爺リゾート＆スパ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Hotel Cocoa(ホテルココア)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Lakehouse At Toyako(レイクハウスアット洞爺湖)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
WE Hotel Toya(WE Hotel Toya)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Phoenix Toya Club(フェニックス洞爺クラブ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
LAKE TOYA Great View Log Cabin(LAKE TOYA グレートビューログキャビン)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
lakeside villa kohansanso(lakeside villa 湖畔山莊)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Takarada Campsite(水辺の里財田キャンプ場)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Lakeside Campsite(湖畔キャンプ場)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

Date

Hotel Royal(ホテルローヤル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Date Prince Hotel(ダテプリンスホテル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Nishiki Ryokan(錦旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Date Business Hotel Castle(伊達ビジネスホテルキャッスル)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Station Hotel Sanga(ステーションホテルサンガ)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Kangetsu Ryokan(観月旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Date Onsen(伊達温泉)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Kawahara Ryokan(河原旅館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Akashiya-so(民宿あかしや荘)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Asada Minshuku(あさだ民宿)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Minshuku Yamamoto(民宿山本)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Noro Minshuku(野呂民宿)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Ryokan Kankokan(旅館観光館)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten
Arutori-misaki Campsite(アルトリ岬キャンプ場)	HP	Booking	Jalan	Rakuten

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A page of Lake Toya

Lake Toya

A page of Shikotsu-Toya National Park is here

Shikotsu-Toya National Park

By the way, Club Tourism (クラブツーリズム), a Japanese tour travel agency, provides various types of tours such as day trip tours or ordinary tours. In the case of bus tours, tourists do not drive their cars themselves, so they can savor alcohol. Choosen tourist attractions are national parks such as Rishiri and Rebun, Shiretoko, and popular tourist places such as Furano and Biei, and some activities such as hiking and fruit picking are also enjoyed depending on seasons. If you are interested in tour trips, you should visit the club tourism's website for details.

Map

Transport Facilities

Transportation to Mt. Showa-shinzan

New Chitose Airport station (新千歳空港駅) --> (Approximately 5 minutes by Rapid Airport Express (快速エアポート)) --> Minami Chitose station (南千歳駅) --> (Approximately 80 minutes by Limited express Super Hokuto [To Hakodate] (特急スーパー北斗「函館行き」)) --> Toya station (洞爺駅) --> (Approximately 3 minutes on foot) --> Toyaeki-mae bus stop (洞爺駅前停留所) --> (Approximately 20 minutes by Donan bus [To Toyako onsen] (道南バス「洞爺温泉行き」)) --> Toyako onsen bus stop (洞爺湖温泉停留所) --> (Approximately 15 minutes by Donan bus [To Showa-shinzan] (道南バス「昭和新山行き」)) --> Showa-shinzan bus stop (昭和新山停留所)

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I am from Nayoro, and used to live in Kushiro and Sapporo, and have been back Hokkaido after I lived in Kanagawa prefecture for 14 years again. Around 50-year-Japanese old boy mainly have released articles that I found nature, tourist attractions, onsen and foods in the Hokkaido to the non-Hokkaido people. I am bad English, so I apologize if you do not understand the meaning. Using photos are my photos, free images, various tourism associations’ photos and photos cited from official websites and so on. Reproduction of my photos and texts from within this site is prohibited.As for my photos, I used to provide those for profit, but I stop providing the photos now. Most of youtube movies belong to others, and I just share those on my blog.