NIPPON Kichi - 日本吉

2007/6/22

釧路川 Kushiro-gawa The Kushiro River

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The Kushiro River is a Class-A river, which flows out of Lake Kussharo in Akan National Park in the eastern part of Hokkaido. Among the numerous rivers in Japan, most of which have rapid streams, the flow of this river is gentle and sublime, running down the shallowly sloping ground, whose vertical interval of the contour between the headstream and the river mouth is only 120 meters.

The Kushiro River boasts unparalleled affluence of nature. Running through the upstream areas covered with deep snow in winter and fresh green in summer, it feeds the famous lakes of Akan and Mashu, while in the downstream area it provides water for Japan’s largest wetland, Kushiro Shitsugen. Though taking different forms according to where it runs, the flow of the river is always gentle and magnificent.

This river is also a popular water sport ground. As there is no dam constructed from its headstream to the river mouth, which is rare for Class-A rivers in Japan, people come to enjoy canoeing from all over the country. Also, as the habitat of the Sakhalin taimen known as “the visionary fish,” the main stream and its tributaries are the longed-for place for anglers.

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