[2025 Kushiro Attraction] Travel Guide for Akan International Crane Center (Updated Jul)

Tickets are required for the Akan International Red-crowned Crane Center. There is a very detailed introduction to the red-crowned cranes, and there is also a wild feeding area where you can see the red-crowned cranes at a very close distance. The outdoor area is the closest place to observe and appreciate them. If you don't want to blow the wind outdoors, you can also appreciate them from the indoor viewing window. It's really elegant and charming! There are also videos of the growth of red-crowned cranes in the center to watch, understand their ecology, and there are detailed signboards to introduce and explain. It's a very good place~ Hokkaido Akan International Red-crowned Crane Center 〒085-0245 Hokkaido Kushiro City Akan Town Kami Akan 23 Line 40 #Hokkaido #Self-driving #Snow Driving #Red-crowned Crane #Akan #Akan International Red-crowned Crane Center#familytravel #Family Travel

Hokkaido, which boasts a vast area, is dotted with numerous roadside stations. One of them is the Akan Tancho no Sato roadside station on National Route 240. The most distinctive feature of this roadside station is that it has a day-trip hot spring. This is very much appreciated in Hokkaido, where winters are very cold. The Akan International Crane Center is located nearby, so in winter, it would be a good idea to warm up your body in this day-trip hot spring after observing the red-crowned cranes that have arrived. Address: 23-36-1 Kami-Akan, Akan-cho, Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido #Domestic travel #Hokkaido #Hokkaido tourism #Hot spring #Roadside station

In the winter, many red-crowned cranes fly to the Kushiro Marshlands in Hokkaido. Many of them also fly in front of the Akan International Crane Center here. At the branch, you can observe them not only outdoors but also indoors. Outdoors, you can see the red-crowned cranes up close. It was really wonderful to observe them monotonously while looking at the mountains of Akan and Kussharo in the background. You can enter both branches or the main building by paying the fee. Address: 23-40 Kami-Akan, Akan-cho, Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido Access: About 40 minutes by car from Kushiro Station #Domestic travel #Hokkaido #Kushiro #Red-crowned cranes