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Our guide
Lake Akan, in Kushiro, Hokkaido, lies within Akan National Park and is a Ramsar Site. Our source says little more than that, so this page is short.
We have not checked a public-transport route, so plan the journey on the map and look for local information before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Akanko — Inti-sol · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Lake Akan Kushiro Hokkaido Japan01s3 — 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Lake Akan Kushiro Hokkaido Japan04n — 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- Lake Akan Kushiro Hokkaido Japan09s3 — 663highland · CC BY 2.5 · source · resized
- 阿寒湖桟橋（Lake Akan) - panoramio — pakku · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 阿寒湖 Lake Akan - panoramio — lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 阿寒湖 Lake Akan - panoramio (1) — lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 阿寒湖 Akan Lake - panoramio — lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Lake-akan and Mt-ahoro — melvil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Promenade of lake akan 2017 — melvil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Lake Akan (阿寒湖, Akan-ko) is a lake in Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is located in Akan National Park and is a Ramsar Site.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Lakes & falls
Getting there
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