# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Shiretoko Peninsula](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shiretoko-peninsula): Hokkaido, Attraction. A UNESCO World Heritage peninsula at the northeast tip of Hokkaido with two gateway towns: Utoro on the Sea of Okhotsk and Rausu on the Nemuro Strait. No road reaches the cape; you see it from a sightseeing boat out of Utoro or walk there over several days. The pass between the two towns is closed from early November to late April.
- [Asahiyama Zoo](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/asahiyama-zoo): Hokkaido, Attraction. Japan's most innovative zoo, pioneering 'behavioral exhibits' that showcase animals' natural movements. Visitors can watch penguins parade in winter, polar bears dive overhead, and seals glide through transparent tubes.
- [Lake Toya](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/lake-toya): Hokkaido, Attraction. A beautiful caldera lake with a forested island at its center and the active volcano Usu-zan nearby, surrounded by onsen hot springs and scenic walking paths.
- [Biei](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/biei): Hokkaido, Attraction. Rolling patchwork hills of lavender, wheat, and wildflowers set against the Tokachi mountain range, along with the famous cobalt Blue Pond that changes color with the seasons.
- [Lake Akan](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/lake-akan): Hokkaido, Attraction. A volcanic lake cradled by forested mountains, famous for its rare spherical marimo moss balls and the vibrant Ainu Kotan cultural village on its shore.
- [Lake Mashu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/lake-mashu): Hokkaido, Attraction. A caldera lake 212 m deep, walled in by cliffs up to 350 m high, that you look down on from observatories on the rim; there is no way down to the water. Summer fog often hides it, and the road past the free No. 3 Observatory closes in winter.
- [Lake Shikotsu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/lake-shikotsu): Hokkaido, Attraction. A caldera lake about 360 m deep, the second deepest in Japan, and clear enough that the shallows glow blue. It almost never freezes over, and in winter its sprayed water becomes the ice sculptures of the Ice Festival. Buses from New Chitose Airport take about 55 minutes.
- [Lake Kussharo](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/lake-kussharo): Hokkaido, Attraction. Japan's largest caldera lake, about 80 square kilometres, in Akan-Mashu National Park. At Sunayu hot water seeps up through the sand so you can scoop out your own bath, whooper swans winter on the unfrozen shallows, and the Wakoto Peninsula has a 2.5 km loop past steaming vents.

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Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?destination_type=attraction&prefecture_id=1)
Last updated: 2026-11-13