I went hiking in the  Mt.Tarumae with my wife and son on Sunday, May 29th,2016.
Do you know Mt. Tarumae?    It is located the west-side of  Chitose Airport in Hokkaido.

You can see a good view of Lake Shikotsu on  the way to the top.
And you will also fell  that Hokkaido has a great nature.
It takes less than one hour from the Airport to the entrance of Mt. Tarumae by car.
It is almost no town  in the  west-side of the Airport except some hotels or shops
in  Lake Shikotsu.
Why don’t you check the google map?

If you don’t have enough time to see the nature in Hokkaido,
I suggest that you should go to  Mt. Tarumae by car.
There is no public transportation to the entrance.

It takes about one hour from the entrance to the top in popular route.
We used the another route that is not popular.
There are some pictures below.
I hope that  you will enjoy a good hiking.

Entrance

viewing the Lake Sikotsu

Sighs, No English

Active volcano