[Onuma Quasi-National Park] Beautiful Scneries Chosen as One of 3 New Views of Japan Can Be Enjoyed

Lake Onuma with Fall Foliage

Lake Onuma (大沼) is the largest lake in Onuma Quasi National Park, and is well-known as a beauty spot to see fall foliage in Hokkaido, too. A combination of Mt. Komagadake (駒ヶ岳) and small islands with fall foliage floated on the surface of the Lake Onuma is very good. 4 trails, Oshima Trail (大島の路), Forest Trail (森の小径), Island Hopping Trail (島巡りの路) and Sunset Trail (夕日の道), are provided around Park Plaza (公園広場), and I have walked the Oshima Trail and the Island Hopping Trail on foot. By the way, bicycles are prohibited on the trails. The best time to see is from late October to early November. Admission free. A parking lot is chraged. Article is here

Onuma Park Square

The Onuma Park Square is the base for the sightseeing in the Onuma Park near Onuma Koen Station between the Lake Onuma and the Lake Konuma, and pay parking lots, the accommodations, the restaurants, the souvenir shops and the boarding point are built. Here are also rental bicycle shops. In addition, some trails are built, and the tourists can enjoy a scenery in those days as if they were old nonnative people. Admission free. The parking lots are charged.

The Onuma Park Square has 4 walking courses, Oshima Trail (大島の路), Forest Trail (森の小径), Island Hopping Trail (島巡りの路) and Sunset Trail (夕日の小沼道), and the each times it takes to go a round on foot are 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 50 minutes and 25 minutes. As for the Island Hopping Trail, visitors can walk through bridges and narrow paths, so I feel as if views were a Chinese garden. The fall foliage was very nice, so I was moved very much.

Onuma Kohan Marshland

Onuma Kohan Marshland (大沼湖畔湿地) is a wetland in the east side of the Lake Onuma (大沼), Nanae town located in the northern part of Hakodate city, and is relatively near Nagareyama Onsen Station. The lake has been registered under the Ramsar Convention since 2012. This place is known for skunk cabbage and narcissus in an early spring, and Mt. Komagadake can be seen on the lakeshore. Here is one of tourist spots for cycling, so there is not sightseeing facility containing a parking lot at all. Admission free. Article is here

Oiwa-enchi Park

Oiwa-enchi Park (大岩園地) is a nature park in Nanae town located in the northern part of Hakodate city. It is in the north side of the Lake Onuma (大沼), the largest lake in Onuma Quasi-National Park (大沼国定公園), and is near Onuma Komagadake Shrine (大沼駒ヶ岳神社) and Reisendo Spring (霊泉洞). I tried searching the Oiwa-enchi Park on the internet, but I did not know because a place containg the shrine and Oiwa Rock (大岩) is called the Oiwa-enchi Park or a place jutting into the Lake Onuma is called the Oiwa-enchi Park. Walks, a public restroom and a parking lot are built at the site. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. Article is here

Onuma Komagadake Shrine and Oiwa Rocks

Onuma Komagadake Shrine (大沼駒ヶ岳神社) is a shinto shrine in Nanae town located in the northern part of Hakodate city. It is in the north side of the Lake Onuma (大沼), the largest lake in Onuma Quasi-National Park (大沼国定公園), and is near Oiwa-enchi Park (大岩園地) and Reisendo Spring (霊泉洞). The shrine is known for beautiful fresh green and fall foliage, and visitors can enjoy a conbination of the scneries and a solemn atmosphere. The shrine has been established since 1914. An enshrined deity is Ooyamatsumi (大山祗神). A trailhead for Mt. Komagadake (駒ヶ岳) used to be built at the site, and the Onuma Komagadake Shrine was built for praying for safety of hikers. Here is also famous as a spiritual place, and huge rocks called "Oiwa Rocks (大岩)" is at the site, too. Admission free. Article is here

Reisendo Spring

Reisendo Spring (霊泉洞) is a spring in Nanae town located in the northern part of Hakodate city. The spring gushes out in the north side of the Lake Onuma (大沼), the largest lake in Onuma Quasi-National Park (大沼国定公園), and is one of water resources of the Lake Onuma. Here is famous as a spiritual place, and Torii (a gateway to shinto shrine) and a small shrine building are built at the site. Admission free. A parking lot is at Oiwa-enchi Park (大岩園地), and is free of charge. Article is here

Higashi-Onuma Camping Site

Higashi-Onuma Camping Site is located in the east side of the Lake Onuma. There are a stall and restraunt, a common kitchen, a restroom. A campsite manager is not at the campsite.

Higureyama Observation Deck

Higureyama Observation Deck (日暮山展望台) is a lookout point in Nanae town located in the northern part of Hakodate city. Mt. Komagadake (駒ヶ岳), Lake Onuma (大沼) and Lake Konuma can be viewed from the mountaintop of the Mt. Higure (日暮山) of 303 m elevation between the Lake Konuma, the 2nd largest lakes in Onuma Quasi-National Park, and Junainuma Swamp (蓴菜沼), the 3rd largest lake in the park. The lookout is well-known as a good place to savor a wonderful scenery, and the sea of clouds may be seen in the early morning, too. A poster of Seishun 18 Ticket (青春18きっぷ) used here as a shooting place. After all, a good picture can be taken here. A lookout, a parking lot and a public restroom are built at the site. Brown bears may appear, so beware of them. In addition, drive safely because a road to the mountaintop is a gravel road and the width of the road is only one car size. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. Article is here

Shinonuma Kosenkyo Bridge

Shinonuma Kosenkyo Bridge (新大沼跨線橋) is a bridge in Nanae town located in the northern part of Hakodate city. In the southwestern part of Lake Konuma, Onuma Park Line (大沼公園線 Hokkaido Road 338) and Hakodate Main Line (函館本線) cross there. Around here is a lookout point to see beautiful Mt. Komagadake (駒ヶ岳) and the Lake Konuma, and the Hakodate Main Line under one'eyes is a famous photogenic place of railroad pictures. A poster of Seishun 18 Ticket (青春18きっぷ) used here as a shooting place. Article is here

Junsainuma Swamp

Junsainuma Swamp (蓴菜沼) is a freshwater swamp in Nanae located in the northern part of Hakodate city, and the 3rd largest lakes in Onuma Quasi-National Park. The perimeter of the swamp is about 7.3 km, and the maximum water depth is 4.6 m. As its name suggests, the swamp was named after harvesting the water shield. The water shield means "The Junsai" in Japanese. It is located in the western part of National Route 5, walking paths and spring water called Gozensui spring (御膳水) as sightseeing spots are in Junsainuma Swamp Area. But it seems that the spring water is not drinkable. Smelt pond fishing can be enjoyed in a winter. A parking lot, a public restroom and buckwheat noodle restaurant "Gozensui" are built at the site. The buckwheat noodles are popular, too. Admission free. The parking lot is free of charge. Article is here

Onuma Dumplings

Numa-no-Ie (沼の家) is a long-established Japanese-style confectionary store between Lake Onuma and JR Onuma Koen Station in Nanae town located in the north part of Hakodate city, and has opened a business since 1905. Onuma Dumplings (大沼だんご) devised by Mr. Kamekichi Horiguchi (堀口亀吉), the founder, is famous. A box of the Onuma Dumplings represents the Lake Onuma and Lake Konuma, the dumplings without skewers represent 127 small islands floating on the lakes. They serve 2 types of the Onuma Dumplings, sweet red bean paste (餡) and sweet sesame paste (胡麻), and 2 sizes, large size (大) and small size (小). The Onuma Dumplings with Sweet Red Bean Paste is sold at Limited Express Super Hokuto (スーパー北斗), too, but the Onuma Dumplings with Sweet Sesame Paste is sold only at this store. Article is here

Kerun

Kerun (ケルン) is a famous restaurant in Mori town located in the north part of Hakodate city. There is a building along the National Route 5. A hamburger steak and a steak using beef produced in Hokkaido are popular. I heard from my friend that it was very popular restaurant, but I did not think that it was crowded before entering a restaurant possibly. The preceding visitors were 8 groups. I wrote my name on a board before business hours and ordered small hamburger steak combo (スモールハンバーグランチ). The price was JPY 999. The visitors waited at each cars until opening a business. Article is here

Onuma Onsen

Onuma Onsen (大沼温泉) is a hot spring resort in Nanae town located in the northern part of Hakodate city. In Onuma Quasi-National Park, the Onuma Onsen is divided into Nishi-onuma Onsen in the west side and Higashi-onuma Onsen in the east side acrose Lake Onuma (大沼), and Hakodate-Onuma Price Hotel (函館大沼プリンスホテル) and Onsen Ryokan Tome-no-Yu (温泉旅館 留の湯) are built in the each places. The Onuma Onsen is a place of scenic beauty surrounded by trees and the Lake Onuma, Lake Konuma (小沼湖) and Junsai Swamp (蓴菜沼) in the foot of Mt. Komagadale (駒ヶ岳), and there are some famous tourist attractions such as Onuma Park Square (大沼公園広場) or Shirotai Ranch Observation Point around here. There are Lucky Pierrot (ラッキーピエロ) that is famous for a hamburger, Kerun (ケルン) that is famous for a hamburger steak and a convenience store along National Route 5 nearby here. Article is here

Rental Bicycle

Canoe Tour

Movie of Canoe Tour

Exander Onuma Canoe House(イクサンダー大沼カヌーハウス)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan
Neverland Tour Office(ネバーランド・ツアーオフィス)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan

Sightseeing Boat Cruise

Movie of Sightseeing Boat Cruise

Hokkaido Sightseeing Concierge Center(北海道観光コンシェルジュセンター)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan
Onuma Godo Yusen(大沼合同遊船)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan

Segway Tour

Movie of Segway Tour

Segway Japan(セグウェイジャパン)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan

Horse Trekking

Sonnys Stable(サニーズステーブル)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan
Onuma Nagareyama Ranch(大沼流山牧場)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan

Leisure Land

Greenpia Onuma(グリーンピア大沼)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan

Guided Nature Tour

Gondola

Movie of Gondola

Hakodate Nanae Gondola(函館七飯ゴンドラ)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan

Zip Line

Movie of Zip Line

Hakodate Onuma Prince Hotel(函館大沼プリンスホテル)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan

Pond Smelt Fishing

Movie of Pond Smelt Fishing

Snow Activities

Ice Park Snowman(アイスパークスノーマン)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan
Hokkaido Tourism Concierge Center(北海道観光コンシェルジュセンター)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan

Snowshoe Tour

Exander Onuma Canoe House(イクサンダー大沼カヌーハウス)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan
Neverland Tour Office(ネバーランド・ツアーオフィス)	HP	ASOVIEW	Jalan