Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
The town of Lake Toya 洞爺湖 has been devastated by many volcanic eruptions over the last century - with the most recent one happening in 2000. But rather than tearing down ruined buildings, or simply closing them off to the public for good - the town of Lake Toya has decided to turn it into a hiking trail - where you can gain valuable information about the events of the past along a short 1.5hr return hike.
In the same area, and caused by the same volcanic activity, a region dubbed Hell Valley 地獄谷 has become a sulphurous attraction. High geothermal activity heats the water stored naturally in the ground - which the neighbouring town Noboribetsu 登別 has turned into it's source for it's many hot spring baths, or onsens 温泉
HIKING TRAIL INFO: unmissablejapan.com/volcanoes/usu-and-lake-toya
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The town of Lake Toya 洞爺湖 has been devastated by many volcanic eruptions over the last century - with the most recent one happening in 2000. But rather than tearing down ruined buildings, or simply closing them off to the public for good - the town of Lake Toya has decided to turn it into a hiking trail - where you can gain valuable information about the events of the past along a short 1.5hr return hike.
In the same area, and caused by the same volcanic activity, a region dubbed Hell Valley 地獄谷 has become a sulphurous attraction. High geothermal activity heats the water stored naturally in the ground - which the neighbouring town Noboribetsu 登別 has turned into it's source for it's many hot spring baths, or onsens 温泉
HIKING TRAIL INFO: unmissablejapan.com/volcanoes/usu-and-lake-toya
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Microphone - amzn.to/3nIoZYA
//COME SAY HI!
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