… in the Daisetsuzan Range Daisetsuzan refers to the Daisetsuzan group of volcanic peaks in … (© Mizukoshi Takeshi) Winter in the Daisetsuzan range. (© Mizukoshi Takeshi) Rolling terrain … foliage at the treeline at Daisetsuzan. (© Mizukoshi Takeshi) The Hidaka …

… free-range milk from Tokachi Shinmura Farm in Hokkaidō … head of Tokachi Shinmura Farm, located in Tokachi’s Kamishihoro … yields: heavy clay, volcanic soil (with volcanic ash), and peat soil … grazing without a care. Tokachi Shinmura Farm has 130 head …

… that I could experience “living volcanoes” by climbing from the hotel … 2,077-meter-tall Mt. Tokachi. In 1960, Aita discovered a … piling soil on top of volcanic mudflows. A facility to help … was created not only by volcanoes but also by the efforts …

… at Mount Asahi in the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group and gradually spreads southward … October 27-November 5): A volcanic region in southwestern Hokkaido, where …

… spectacle begins in the majestic Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group’s Mount Asahi and …

… -dake, a symbol of the Daisetsuzan Volcanic Group of mountains, a pleasant …

… Mt. Asahi, part of the Daisetsuzan volcanic group of peaks on the …

… are interspersed by ancient volcanic lakes, botanically rich wetlands … the Daisetsuzan National Park. Formed by a volcanic eruption … Mount Asahidake in the Daisetsuzan Range. (© Mizukoshi Takeshi) … the Ishikari, Teshio, and Tokachi. These and other rivers …

… my last few visits to Daisetsuzan National Park in the … same size as Kanagawa Prefecture. Daisetsuzan, meaning “great snow mountain,” … by that name existed. Daisetsuzan refers to a range of … alpine areas, I absorbed the volcanic landscape, marveled at the …

… , which is made of black volcanic sand, a display that makes … Japan. The mouth of the Tokachi River freezes over in the …