| Shikotsu-Tōya National Park | |
| Alt Name: | 支笏洞爺国立公園 |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Location: | Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Coordinates: | 42.6667°N 141°W |
| Map: | Japan Hokkaido#Japan |
| Label: | Shikotsu-Tōya National Park |
| Relief: | y |
| Area Km2: | 994.73 |
| Established: | May 16, 1949 |
| Governing Body: | Ministry of the Environment (Japan) |
is a national park in the western part of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. Named after the volcanic caldera lakes of Lake Shikotsu and Lake Tōya, it has a total area of 993.02 square kilometers. The popular hot spring resorts of Noboribetsu south of the lake and Jozankei North of the lake are also within the park.
Shikotsu-Tōya National Park is located near Sapporo in the southwestern corner of Hokkaido.[1]
The park can be divided into roughly three areas according to the Japanese Ministry of Environment:
There is also an area around,, and and anarea around the hot springs of,, and considered separate areas by others .
The nearest town is Shikotsu Kohan, a small "touristy" town with a visitor center on the lake's western shore, which can be reached by bus.[3]
The park contains mixed forests of Ezo spruce, Sakhalin fir, Mongolian oak, Japanese elm, Siberian dwarf pines and alpine plants such as Labrador tea and blue mountainheath. Animals include brown alpine hares, Hokkaido squirrels and Japanese deer, Japanese scops owl, black woodpecker, spotbill ducks and tufted ducks,[4] as well as Yezo sika deer and Ezo red fox.[5]
The area became a national park on May 16, 1949.It has three visitor centers: Lake Shikotsu Visitor Center, Toya Takarada Nature Experience House and Toyako Visitor Center and Volcano Science Museum.[1]
It can be reached via Chitose city airport and via shinkansen from Tokyo.[6] As of 2024, there are buses from Shin-Chitose Airport and Chitose Station to Shikotsuko Kohan.