The Pill That Cures

The tour bus reached Akan National Park at 630 pm, after 5 hours of journey from Chitose airport. After checking into the 3-Star, and a decades old hotel, we walked around the Ainu Kotan Village. The word kotan means village in the Ainu language.



I am not sure whether this village is a replica or an original Ainu Kotan


There are a lot interesting souvenir shops in Ainu Kotan village. Most of them sell wood crafts.








Marimo is almost the mascot for Akan National Park, as I could see it almost at every corner, and even in the toilet of the ryokan we stayed.

Marimo can be found only in Akan Lake in Japan. It is a species of filamentous green algae which grow into large green balls.