Pure beauty of Japanese nature – Mt. Yotei
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Pure beauty of Japanese nature – Mt. Yotei
Mount Yotei also called Ezo Fuji is one of the most beautiful views you can enjoy in Hokkaido.
Located in the Shikotsu-Toya National park this gorgeous mountain is conveniently accessed from Niseko area.
As this almost 1900m high mountain is a volcano, adventure seekers can use one of 4 available trails to climb it in Summer and in Winter you can dare to try crater skiing and snowboarding. If weather forecast shows a sunny day in winter don’t get disappointed! It just means you’re lucky because a sunny day is a rare chance to enjoy the unbelievable view on Yotei-zan, as it snows non-stop most of the winter in Niseko.
Mt. Yotei is home to a lot of beautiful plants and such wild animals as red fox, momonga, chipmunk and Hokkaido brown bear.
Among the things you can do around mount Yotei are:
– View Shibazakura (Pink Moss Phlox) at Mishima’s Garden in Kutchan
– Enjoy Yotei-zan at sunset called Red Fuji available from Makkari Village
– Rest in Fukidashi Park watching spring water from Mt. Yotei
– Visit Lake Hangetsu Nature Park
– Ride Niseko Grand Hirafu Summer Gondola
– Take photos at the flower field Higashiyama Hana No Oka
Access info
From New Chitose Airport or Sapporo:
All year round – Airport express JR train to Otaru; change on the same platform to the local train to Kutchan station.*
*IC cards can’t be used on this route. Please buy the ticket at your departure JR station.
Winter: take one of the ski busses from Sapporo bus terminal or New Chitose Airport to Niseko (Grand Hirafu, Hirafu Welcome Center).
You can travel with such bus companies as Access Network (Hokkaido Resort Liner), White Liner, Big Runs, Chuo Bus, Donan Bus. Don’t forget to google their schedule and make reservation in advance.
Local bus from Niseko to Mt Yotei.
Donan Bus is running from JR Kutchan train station to the two routes, “Yotei Tozan Guchi” and “Yotei Shizen Koen”(Route 2 “B”), while Niseko Bus is only going to “Yotei Tozan Guchi”.
