Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park
Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Established in 1955, the park spans the municipalities of Akkeshi, Hamanaka, and Kushiro. It comprises two non-contiguous stretches of the coast, adjoining areas of lake, marsh, wetland, and forest, and several islands.
Flora within the park include the Sakhalin fir, Erman's birch, Arctic iris, Sendai-hagi, Ezo-kanzō, and small cranberry; fauna, the Japanese crane, white-tailed eagle, Steller's sea eagle, whooper swan, Leach's storm petrel, and tufted puffin. Prominent features include, from west to east, Todo Rock and Tako Rock, Cape Shirepa, Cape Aikappu, Lake Akkeshi, Daikoku Island, Kojima Island, Cape Namida, Mochirippu-numa, Hichirippu-numa, Kenbokki Island, Cape Azechi, Cape Kiritappu, and Kiritappu-shitsugen.
