Ōnuma Quasi-National Park (Ōnuma Kokutei Kōen 大沼国定公園), Oshima (渡島)
Hokkaido, Japan
Summer 2011
Located only twenty kilometers north of Hakodate, Ōnuma Park (Ōnuma Kōen) is a 90.83 square km (35.07 square miles) volcanic park on the Oshima Peninsula in southwest Hokkaidō, Japan. Designated a quasi-national park in 1958, it is known for its picturesque, island dotted lakes and majestic dormant volcano, Mount Komagatake.
At 1,131 m, Mount Komagatake's southern base, there are main three lakes - Lake Ōnuma, Lake Konuma and Lake Junsai. These were formed by blocking a river when Mount Komagatake erupted in 1640.
Source : travel-around-japan.com
Lake Ōnuma (大沼) with a circumference of 24 km, and Lake Konuma (小沼) at 16 km, are connected by a water channel. A total of 128 small islands can be found in both lakes, forming the park's most attractive scenery.
Surrounded by birch and maple forests, the area around lakes Onuma (large lake) and Konuma (small lake) can be explored entirely on foot via well-defined walking trails through the lakes' peninsulas and islands, several of which are connected with each other by small bridges, in easy 15-60 minute walks.
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Sources
- "Onuma Quasi National Park (Onuma Koen)" (17 April 2012). japan-guide.com. Retrieved from http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e5356.html.
- "Onuma Quasi-National Park" (17 April 2012). travel-around-japan.com. Retrieved from http://www.travel-around-japan.com/k11-42-onuma.html.
- "Ōnuma Quasi-National Park" (17 April 2012). Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cnuma_Quasi-National_Park.
