Stay
Hotel Green Park Tsurui
Meals

Lodging

Hot spring

TSURUI●Manami Cabin
FOX & CRANE Cabin
Garage Sauna House

MAP A

Green Park Tsurui is patronized by guests fromwithin and outside of Hokkaido, equipped witha large bathhouse and open-air baths withwater flowing 100% from the hot spring source.

To Teshikaga

1 To Tsurumi Pass

●Farm Inn Torch

Shisetsuri

Aishinai
River

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●Farm Inn Owl

Nakakuchoro

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Hotel capacity: 76 guests

Nakasetsuri Nishi
To Akan

1093
Mosetsuri River

Park Golf
CourseTsurui Junior High School

Tsurui Ito Tancho
3 Sanctuary
Rakuraku-kan

Hororo Elementary School

BaseballGroundTsurui Village Office
Tsurubo’s House
To KushiroMori no Soba-dokoro Setsuri●

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Cape Kirakotan

Cape Miyajima

Onnenai high moor community

Shitsugen Tsurui Viewpoint

Otowa-bashi Bridge

Tsurui Dosanko Farm

10 Tsurui Dosanko Farm

Otowa-bashi Bridge

3 Tsurumidai

Tsurui Makino

Tourist in
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surui
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SetsuriRiver

Farm Inn Tsurui● D Tsukushi Village●Petit Pension & Kitchen Tsurube

243●Yamazaki Forest

Shukubo Makigoya●●Ramen Igarashi
Kushiro CC ●Mori no Café ELEGANT

To Akan

Shimohororo

Kushiro Furin CC

MAP C

Nakao Farm●

Cape Kirakotan 5

Shimohororo Elementary School
Woody Hotel & Restaurant Yumekobo●

Convenience store

Café home●●Café Rest GYPSY

Gas station●

Cape Miyajima●R●Shimohororo Yumenomori Housing Complex

Kushiro Shitsugen Wetland

Onnenai

SchoolWetland Management Center●

Police box

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COMFY.

Post office

Tsurui Higashi 3-1, Tsurui Village, Akan District
Tel.: 0154-65-8840
Operating hours Check-in 15:00 Check-out 10:00
Day trip bathing 11:30 - 22:00 on weekdays
11:00 - 22:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays

Onneyu Visitor Center●

7 Onnenai high moor community●Hokuto Cemetery

Hospital/clinic

8 Shitsugen Tsurui Viewpoint
To Kushiro

For inquiries about sightseeingin Tsurui Village, contact:

Utsukushii Mura
Tsurui Village Tourist AssociationNPO

TEL 0154-64-2020
http://tsurui-kanko.com

Four seasons of
Tsurui Village

MAP D

Season when lives begin

We started operation of a long-term rental villa in
May 2019. Its three buildings are named "Tancho(red-crowned crane), “Cosmos" and "Shirakaba(birch)" after symbols of Tsurui Village, and havedifferent features. Please enjoy bedrock bathing,etc. and have an exquisite time here, surroundedby the beautiful scenery that changes colors
according to the season and the abundant natureof Tsurui Village.

Sonmin no Mori

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Farm Eco Lodge
Tancho-no-ie●

Hororo River

INDEX

Lodging

Tsurumidai, Tsurui Ito Tancho Sanctuary

Tsurui Ito Tancho

Sanctuary●
Café & Yakiniku●Sarurun
Rakuraku-kan●●
HonobonoCenter●Fureai Farm
Tsurui Clinic●
Furusato Joho-kan Hickory Wind
Minakuru[information center]●Tsurunosato Campfield

Opened in November 2022, the hotel features
hot spring water constantly flowing from thesource. You can enjoy day trip bathing as well.
With our unique Barrel Sauna with a distinctiveround barrel shape, you can get reallyrevitalized. Bistro Timothy offers many kinds ofdishes featuring ingredients from East Hokkaido.
We are looking forward to you visiting!

Long-term rental villa“Tsukushi Village”

Tsurui JuniorHigh School

Tsurui Undo Hiroba (Green Park)

Tsurui Makino

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Hororo Junior High School●Hororo Agriculture Community
Environment Improvement Center

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Furusato Joho-kan Minakuru [information center]
Honobono Center●Ikigai Yasai Club

Doremifasora●

Permanent gallery of Wada Masahiro, a
red-crowned crane photographer. A large number ofhigh-quality works showing exquisite sensitivity are
exhibited. View fine works featuring red-crowned
cranes over a special flannel-drip coffee.

Tsuruimura Shitsugen Onsen Hotel

Famispo-Up D Hotel
Tsuruimura Tsuruimura TAITO B

maihoA Co-op Hororo●

WADA MASAHIROART SQUARE café & Bar

Lodging

Tsurui Labo ●(Green Park)

Tsurumi Pass●

Hotel capacity: 50 guests

Tsurui Nishi 1-5, Tsurui Village
Tel.: 0154-64-3111
Open throughout the year, 40 parking lots
(Lodging) Check-in 15:00 Check-out 10:00
https://www.hotel-taito.com

Gallery 10:30 - 20:00 Admission freeCafe 10:30-15:00 (Last Order: 14:00)
Bar 18:00 - 22:00 (Last Order: 21:30)
Closed on Mondays

2 Tsuri Undo Hiroba●

Ashibetsu River

Shokudo Yamato [dinner]
Hororo Noson Koen Park Golf Course■ ●

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The owner is a professional photographer.
A guide for original nature experiences and a photographing guide are available. Inquiry required.

HOTEL TAITO B●
WADA MASAHIROART SQUARE café & Bar
Tsurui Village Office
Sogo Center [head office]Shihororo

Shared Office by Village
revitalization Tsurui Inc.
To Sonmin no Mori
Tsurui Elementary School

A Hotel Green Park Tsurui●

Tsurui Elementary School

Sonmin no Mori 4

Mohororo●
Kannon-ji Temple●

A hotel equipped with a hot spring flowing directlyfrom the rich source. It is a precious sodium
bicarbonate spring with a pH value of 9.19 andranks second in “Hot Spring Ranking in Japan
Based on Quality of Hot Spring Water” (Lettuce
Club, Kadokawa Shoten). Water of this hot spring
will improve blood circulation and revitalize the skin,and is reputed to be good for atopic dermatitis. It issimilar to natural alkaline ionized water.
Operating hours of baths for day trip visitors:
Weekdays 11:00-22:00 (Entrance until 21:30)
Sundays and National Holidays:
10:00-22:00 (Entrance until 21:30)

A Co-op Tsurui●
TAMAYURA, small noodle shop of the village●
BAKERY CAFE SUNLIGHT FARM●●
C Barber Tokoyasan
Tsuruimura Shitsugen Setsu
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Onsen HoteliverMultipurpose
square●ass●

Tsurui-mura Onsen "Bijin no Yu (Hot Springof Beauty)"; a moor (peat) hot spring

Otsu Fish Pond Park●

829●Farm Inn Moomin

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MAP B

Hot spring●Nonkiya tofu shop

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Roa

Lodging

Tsur●Heart’n Tree

Nakasetsuri

Kamihororo

Tan
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Meals

Otsu Fish Pond Park●

ShisetsuriRiver

Aya-no-kaze●

Tsurui Hired Cars

Experience

Tsurui Undo Hiroba●(Green Park)

Nakasetsuri Higashi●●（

Farm Inn Daisy Log●

To Teshikaga▼

Tsurui-Kita 1-5, Tsurui Village
Tel.: 0154-64-2221
No regular holidays Parking space for 50 cars
Reservations and inquiries are acceptedfrom 10:00 to 22:00
http://greenpark-tsurui.sakura.ne.jp/

HotelGreen Park Tsurui A

Yoseimura Hospital
Enrei-so(nursing home)

Operating hours of baths for day trip visitors:
10:00-22:00 (Entrance until 21:30)▲●Brasserie Knot

●Saito Farm

HOTEL TAITO

10 best sightseeing points

Shimosetsuri 5-1, Tsurui Village
Reservation TEL.: 0154-65-8731
FAX.: 0154-65-8732
Tsurui Branch, Tsukushi Good Smile Co., Ltd.
Email：info@tsukushi-village.com

The spring of Tsurui begins in May whencherry blossoms bloom. Spring flowers andanimals appear in mountains and fish swim
with all their might in snow-melt rivers.
Japanese cranes in pairs fly deep into themarsh that turns from silver to light green.

Season of fresh greenery

The marsh looks deep, bright green under
the summer sunshine. The contrast of theblue river and green marsh is the sign of
the arrival of summer to Tsurui, andJapanese cranes are busy raising theirchildren. Cows on farms are enjoying theblessing of fertile land.

Season of colors and harvests

Japanese cranes that lived in the marsh insummer gather and bring their children to
post-harvest corn fields and feeding
grounds aflame with autumn colors.
Mountains with bright autumn leaves arepreparing for winter. Crops are harvested onfields and cows are producing quality milk.

Season of dances and songs

The snow- and ice-covered marsh turns
silver and the long winter begins. Japanesecranes bear the cold weather as they fly
back and forth between their roosts andfeeding grounds. However, this is the season
when they display the greatest zest forliving and circle and sing most beautifully.

Land where songs of four seasons are heard
Tsurui – a village where deities danceJapanese craneKushiro Shitsugen
National ParkThe Japanese crane wasdesignated as a naturalmonument on August 27,
1935, and as a special
natural monument on March
29, 1952. It is the official birdof Tsurui Village. It ischaracterized by the bare
red part on its head.

Rakuraku-kan
Shitsugen Tsurui Viewpoint

Onnenai
Visitor Center
The Onnenai Visitor Center has awooden trail (3.1 km in total length,
approx. 60 min. on foot) along
which stonechat, reed bunting andother grassland birds live. It is also
possible to see the light of fireflies in
Onnenai, Tsurui Tel.: 0154-65-2323
summer, see the clear skies while
Admission free
3-min. walk from the Onnenai Visitor Center-mae hearing the songs of cranes instop of Akan Bus
autumn and stroll on cross-country
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00 (April – October)
9:00 – 16:00 (November – March)skis or snowshoes in winter.

Tsurumidai Plain is known as one of the two major feeding grounds forJapanese cranes. You can see them from late November to early March every
year, and around 200 Japanese cranes at a maximum gather at Tsurumidai
between December and February.

Period: late November – early March
Feeding time: Around 9:00 a.m., and from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
(Frequency and time of feeding may vary from day to day)
Address: Shimosetsuri, Tsurui（）

Marsh tea

Bridewort

The wooden trail is coloredwith this flower in July andAugust. It is a pretty, fluffy
flower.

Sports and Health Promotion Facility
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for Tsurui Village Residents"Famispo-Up" [fee required]
Natural cheese Tsurui is madefrom fresh, quality raw milk
produced by cows that eat
grass grown on fertile land andare cared for with devotion.
Cheese makers make every
effort to produce quality cheesefrom raw milk and deliver it toconsumers. It is the hope of the
Rakuraku-kan to create alifestyleinwhichfamilymembers can gather and havea good time with cheese on thetable.

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Observe good manners andcapture beautiful impressions in photos!

In winter, many photographers from all over Japanvisit Tsurui to photograph beautiful Japanesecranes. Each person must have a sense of caring
for cranes and observe good manners.

Running track and arena (main and sub)

100 yen per session

Running track, arena (main and sub)and training room

300 yen per session

Tsurui Nishi 6-1-1, Tsurui Village,
Akan District
Tel.: 0154-65-7610 (also for fax)
[Opening hours] 10:00 - 22:00
Closed on Mondays (or the following
Tuesday when Monday falls on aholiday)
Year-end holidays (December 29 toJanuary 3)- Tsurui Village residents under 18 years of age or aged 65 or older can use the facility except the training room free of charge.
- Coupons and passes are available.
- Group use is available. For details, please refer to the following URL.

【Web】https://famispo-up.com~Award-winning history~* Permission from the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the land owner is necessary toenter the marsh as it is a natural monument area. For details, please contact the Tsurui
Village Board of Education (Tel. 0154-64-2050).

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Kushiro●Obihiro●Muroran

Mt. Shibetsu

244●Ichani
PogawaHistorical Place Shibetsu
Forest Park
KaiyodaiShibetsu Salmon Park 272❻Lake Mashu

Notsuke Peninsula❺Teshikaga
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Mt. Meakan

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●Nijibetsu

Tawadaira44

244❼Shibecha

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Doto Expressway●Tsurui

Cape Nosappu

Betsukai●
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Takushin

Nemuro●Okuyukiusu
Lake Furen
243●Attoko●Nakachanbetsu

44

392

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Shiranuka IC

Lake Toro❸Akan-cho, Kushiro City 272
Akan IC

Kushiro Airport❷(Tancho Kushiro Airport)

38❾
Shiranuka

Kiritappu Marsh❽Akkeshi

Kushiro Sotokanjo Road

●Kushiro Marsh Observatory●Otanoshike

Kushiro Town

※All distances are approximate values.

Hamanaka❹Akan lakeside 78km Approx. 80 minutes(via former downtown Akan area)❺Teshikaga❻Lake Mashu❶Kushiro Station
35km Approx. 50 minutes ❼Shibecha❷Tancho Kushiro Airport 30km Approx. 40 minutes ❽Akkeshi❸Akan-cho, Kushiro City 30km Approx. 40 minutes ❾Shiranuka❶
Kushiro City

Distances from Tsurui to major areas

Lake Akkeshi

Akkeshi Bay

35km Approx. 50 minutes
45km Approx. 60 minutes
37km Approx. 50 minutes
76km Approx. 120 minutes
51km Approx. 70 minutes

Tsurui Village is in a perfect location adjoining
Kushiro City and being close to Tancho Kushiro Airport
Kushiro City is a core hub city of East Hokkaido
Kushiro, playing the central role in the economy,
education and medical services in this region. It
merged with the former Akan Town and the former
Onbetsu Town in 2005. The promotion of primaryindustries such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries
and the further development of the tourism industry
utilizing Marimo (spherical moss), hot springs,
nature and various foods are expected. Well known
as a romantic misty city, Kushiro has also beenfeatured in many literature and art works.

Natural Cheese "TSURUI" Silver Label
Won the President of the Agriculture & Livestock
Industries Corporation Prize

The 9th ALL JAPAN Natural Cheese Contest

Natural Cheese "TSURUI" Silver Label
Won the Gold Prize

Enjoy ﬁshing with your family

Natural Cheese "TSURUI" Gold Label Won the Gold Prize
Natural Cheese "TSURUI" Silver Label and Lille Tsurui
Won the Award of Excellence

Fish that can be caught in Tsurui

The 10th ALL JAPAN Natural Cheese Contest

URL: http://raku2tsurui.jp●Take your garbage home as it seriously affects the scenery and wild animals.
●Do not collect or threaten animals or plants and do not bring non-native species.
●Do not feed wild animals as it may cause danger to both humans and animals.

Nemuro●The 6th ALL JAPAN Natural Cheese Contest The 8th ALL JAPAN Natural Cheese Contest

Rakuraku-kan cheese can be purchased online.
It was designated as the 28th
national park in 1987. With a
total area of approximately
28,788 hectares, it is Japan’slargest marsh accounting foralmost 60% of the nation’s total
marsh area. The area is also
important as a habitat of
precious wildlife, including theJapanese crane (protected
species) and Japanese Hutchen.

Shibecha ●Tsurui●Eastern Hokkaido has two national parks
besides Kushiro Shitsugen National Park

won the Award of Excellence!

The 7th ALL JAPAN Natural Cheese Contest

Viewing season: late November – early March * Subject to change depending on the situation.
Hours: 9:00 – 16:00 (October 1st – March 30th)
Closed: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (except for national holidays),
December 26 – January 1 and between April and September.
Feeding time: around 9:00 a.m./2:00 p.m. * Subject to change depending on the situation.
Observe and photo red-crowned cranes from the external viewing deck even outside hours.
Address: Aza-Nakasetsuri Minami, Tsurui Tel.: 0154-64-2620
Please search the Internet with the keywords "Tsurui tancho (red-crowned crane)".
Catch Akan Bus bound for the Tsurui Hoyo Center.
Approx. 15-min. walk from the Tsurui Murayakuba-mae stop.

Individual use fees

Natural cheese Tsurui gold label

Natural Cheese "TSURUI" Silver Label
Won the prize from the Director-General of theAgricultural Production Bureau, the Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Production

This feeding site is operated by the Wild Bird Society of Japan, which continued theactivities of the late Mr. and Mrs. Yoshitaka Ito who had loved and fed Japanesecranes for many years. Up to 200 Japanese cranes gradually gather here from around
November. You can receive an explanation about Japanese cranes in the Sanctuary.

Opened on October 10, 2022, the facility is equipped with main and sub-arenas,a training room, a running and walking deck, community space, and a kids'
room, and offers sports equipment rentals.
In addition, various sports classes and events are regularly held there. Thisfacility can be used by a wide range of people from children to adults, not justfor sports.

at the All Japan Natural Cheese Contest (held by the Japan Dairy Council)

Natural Cheese "TSURUI" Gold Label
Won the Minister's Award from the Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Natural Cheese "TSURUI" Silver Label
Won the Award of Excellence

Tsurui Ito Tancho Sanctuary

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MAP

Dairy product factory
Rakuraku-kan

優秀賞

Lake Kussharo

Lake Akan 241❹
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Tsurui Village’s
original cheese

11th

Nakashibetsu●●FuranoSapporo●Chitose●●Tomakomai

Kawakita Onsen

Mt. IohWinning awards in six consecutive years
They can be seen mainly inhigh moors and bear many
white flowers around the size of
one centimeter. They grow incolonies in Onnenai around
June.

Mt. Mokoto

BihoroPass240

Nationally acclaimed Rakuraku-kan’s original cheese
Bogbean●Abashiri●Asahikawa

Nakashibetsu

Pleasant encounters with seasonal flowers!

This relict species from theglacial period is characterized bythree leaves spread from thestem standing out of water. It canbe seen in June and July along
the wooden trail of Onnenai.

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Tsubetsu

The facility promotes understanding of agriculture
and exchange with farmers through tasting ofprocessed food using milk, meat and other products,
research and development, training and hands-on
experience. In addition to its original cheese, theRakuraku-kan produces butter, cheese, ice cream
and other dairy products, ham, smoked and otherprocessed meat products and bread. It also has
programs for visitors to experience food processing.

Closed on Tuesdays, December 29 – January 3

Tsurumidai

Wakkanai●●
Hakodate

Tsurui Village’s agricultural andlivestock product processing facility

435, Aza-Setsuri, Tsurui Tel.: 0154-64-3088
Hours: 9:00 – 17:00 Closed around New Year * May be temporarily closed.

The exotic view looks just like a savanna in a foreign country. In spring, a fantastic
view of the marsh enveloped in fog can be seen with the morning sun rising in front of
the Viewpoint.

Catch Akan Bus bound for the Tsurui Hoyo Center.
Approx. 1-min. walk from the Tsurumidai stop.

Tsurui Village is one
of Japan’s mostbeautiful villages,
surrounded by thegreat nature ofEastern
Hokkaido.

酪楽館

SearchQuality products produced at Rakuraku-kan

Seema

Akan-Mashu National Park
It is a type of cherry salmon that spends its
entire life in a river without descending to
the sea. It tastes good broiled with salt.

Mosetsuri River

Rainbow trout
It is called rainbow trout because of its beautiful
coloration. It is popular among anglers for its
large size and good appearance.

■Tsurui “Gifts from Milk”
ice cream
Vanilla and milk flavors

Ice cream using fresh milk of Tsurui Village■Natural cheese Tsurui –semi-hard typeMilky flavored and mildly sweet cheese producedby maturing for over 80 days at around 10°C.

■Tsurui Tancho soft-served ice cream
This ice cream is made carefully using the original combination ofingredients and methods to make the most of the richness and flavor of
fresh raw milk. The mild, natural flavor melts in the mouth.

Anybody can enjoy fishing causally in thisriver flowing right next to the Tsurui Undo
Hiroba (Green Park). It may be a good idea
to relax and enjoy river fishing after working
up a sweat in the park.
Note: Seema fishing is prohibited in
May and June.

In the depth of the marsh…

Japanese Huchen

Akan Mashu National Park is a national park
based on the three caldera structures in Akan,
Kussharo and Mashu formed as a result ofactivities of the Chishima volcanic zone. Thishuge park can be divided into two areas, theAkan area and the Mashu (Kawayu) area. Mt.
Oakan and Mt. Meakan towering in a grandmanner, Lake Akan spreading to surround those
two mountains, and beautiful lakes and marshes
such as Onneto are among the highlights of the
Akan area. On the other hand, the highlights of
the Mashu (Kawayu) area include Lake Mashu,
which boasts one of the largest degrees oftransparency in the world, Lake Kussharo,
which can be seen from surrounding passes andmountains, and the scenery of forests whichchanges according to the season.

Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori
Quasi-National Park
The Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park is a quasi-national park that spans
Kushiro Town, Kushiro District, Akkeshi
Town and Hamanaka Town, Akkeshi District
and Shibecha Town, Kawakami District. It
was originally designated as a prefectural
natural park in 1955 as the Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park. This area, spanning the
Pacific coast in the east of Kushiro Town,
Akkeshi Town and Kiritappu, Hamanaka
Town, is blessed with lakes, marshes, andother varied terrain. Lake Akkeshi,
Bekambeushi Wetland and Kiritappu Wetland
are Ramsar sites. This nature-rich area wasdesignated as a quasi-national park in 2021.

Issued in August 2023

It is a very rare fish that can grow to be more than 1 meter long and is known as the “master of the marsh.”

Published by theIndustry Promotion Division, Tsurui Village Office
1-1, Tsurui Nishi, Tsurui 085-1203

TEL 0154 - 64 -2114 FAX 0154 - 64 -2577
Please also visit Tsurui Village’s website. http://www.vill.tsurui.lg.jp/