Kushiro Marsh Observatory
Kushiro Marsh Observatory
3.5
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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3.5
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Southcityca
South San Francisco, CA474 contributions
Feb 2020
Unfortunately on the day we visited it was snowing hard, but the center has numerous exhibits regarding wildlife seen in the Kushiro area. There is an open air observatory at the top, a gift shop and cafe.
Written 24 February 2020
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Tony K
Albury, Australia3 contributions
Nov 2019 • Couples
We spent a day looking for cranes but with no success. This place has a huge vista but again no cranes. Binoculars were available to help but we were just unlucky. We had a nice seafood roll at the large shop and souvenir place and saw some amusing rubbish bins.
Written 29 December 2019
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Stephen H
Doncaster, UK416 contributions
Sep 2019 • Couples
We were in the in between season for birds and there wasn’t much about. The observatory has plenty of free parking and eating facilities. Great views over the plains below, the board walks are getting pretty dilapidated and desperately need repair in some places.
Written 19 September 2019
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harryatkck
Kansas City, KS996 contributions
Jul 2019
There exhibits inside the observatory are great in telling the story of the ecosystem of the marsh. There are extensive walking tails of varying degrees of difficulty outside the observatory. If you are interested in nature this is a great place to go.
Written 11 August 2019
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alexij
Luzon, Philippines308 contributions
May 2019 • Solo
Very informative place to learn about the ecosystem of the Marsh. However, we went during last part of May so it looked very dry and not good in photos.
Just be creative with your shots as the brick building is a nice backdrop.
Offers 360 degree of the Marsh.
Just be creative with your shots as the brick building is a nice backdrop.
Offers 360 degree of the Marsh.
Written 9 June 2019
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PeterCosby_Leicester
Leicester, UK226 contributions
Sep 2018 • Couples
I really liked our trip out to the Marsh Observatory. The place is easy to find with good parking. We didn’t venture into the pay to see observatory but took a long walk round the surrounding area. There is a board walk that is circular and takes you down into a valley and then onto a ridge where you can have Serengeti like views over the marshes. We decided however to visit the old Hokkaido archeological centre. You detour off to the right and then end up seeing these amazing thatched houses dig into the ground. Good views from there over Kushiro.
We then headed down to the old railway track at the bottom. This is a 1.8km flat walk along an old historic railway line. The ridge is above you to the left. We saw the most wildlife in any of our marsh trips out as this area is sheltered from the wind and a mixed woodland / marsh ecosystem. Saw several butterflies - green swallowtail, silver washed fritillaries, white admirals and a variety of warblers, tree creepers and nuthatches. You eventually turn left and come back up a flight of stairs to the circular walk. Took us a couple of hours with plenty of stops and ambling. Was probably about 4km and was easy and good fun. Great views at then end looking back. Spotted Sika on way home near centre. Good day out.
We then headed down to the old railway track at the bottom. This is a 1.8km flat walk along an old historic railway line. The ridge is above you to the left. We saw the most wildlife in any of our marsh trips out as this area is sheltered from the wind and a mixed woodland / marsh ecosystem. Saw several butterflies - green swallowtail, silver washed fritillaries, white admirals and a variety of warblers, tree creepers and nuthatches. You eventually turn left and come back up a flight of stairs to the circular walk. Took us a couple of hours with plenty of stops and ambling. Was probably about 4km and was easy and good fun. Great views at then end looking back. Spotted Sika on way home near centre. Good day out.
Written 5 September 2018
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Bona T
273 contributions
Aug 2018
Kushiro was a stop over from Lake Alan to Obihiro on a rainy day. We did not have the luck to enjoy it weatherwise but it should post a very stunning elevated view of Kushiro. The museum was informative and we learnt better about a local architect who built the Kushiro fisherman wharf.
Written 27 August 2018
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Nick O
47 contributions
Jul 2018 • Couples
Not attractive location with only a building. Can skip this location for other attraction. can see only some flower during my visit. Flower will blossom in 2 week time. The view is okay and nothing else.
Written 6 August 2018
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Rogerdob
La Canada, California2,827 contributions
Apr 2018 • Couples
Other than the building, there is nothing to see here except a large flat area of land that is supposed to be the marsh...(and it did not look like a marsh to me!) The visitor center is OK, but the outside area offers little. There is a wooded walkway plank that meanders through the parkgrounds overlooking the "marsh" from afar. Other than the museum displays we saw very little of interest.
Written 18 May 2018
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TheGrinchesDogMaxx
Washington175 contributions
Apr 2018 • Couples
A complete waste of time, especially for birders. The observatory is more of an architectecural oddity, replete with ample photos on the observation deck of other notable Kushiro buildings. Nice, if second rate hobby architecture is your thing. Those looking for information or views regarding nature, however, may feel as I did — swindled.
After paying 1380¥ for the round trip bus and 480¥ admission, they charge an additional ¥200 to use the binos on the observation level. Really? I had my own, and certainly needed them to see the significant distance off to the marshes. Had there been cranes (no fault of the observatory, simply the wrong time of year), I would have been hard-pressed to to see anything, even with my 10x42s. As it was, all I could see were 5 crows about 400-500 meters out: alert the press.
The exhibit level is a pathetic managerie of sub-wiki-level exhibits. I wish someone had warned me it was such a waste of time!
The boardwalk (no entry fee) is nice, but certainly not as good as Harutori Park, conveniently located in town. The boardwalk yielded 6 species on the one hour 2.5 k loop, while Harutori Park the day before (similar weather) yielded 19 species in 2 hours on its 4+ km circumference.
Maybe kids are somehow mesmerized by the exhibits, but I doubt it. On top of the dry (largely Japanese-only) explanations and the what-can-we-scrape-together-to-fill-this-space exhibits, the exhibit level is kinda dark and creepy (it is quite possible they forgot to turn the lights for us, the only two visitors at that time?), so my guess is children lose interest in a wink.
In short, don’t bother.
After paying 1380¥ for the round trip bus and 480¥ admission, they charge an additional ¥200 to use the binos on the observation level. Really? I had my own, and certainly needed them to see the significant distance off to the marshes. Had there been cranes (no fault of the observatory, simply the wrong time of year), I would have been hard-pressed to to see anything, even with my 10x42s. As it was, all I could see were 5 crows about 400-500 meters out: alert the press.
The exhibit level is a pathetic managerie of sub-wiki-level exhibits. I wish someone had warned me it was such a waste of time!
The boardwalk (no entry fee) is nice, but certainly not as good as Harutori Park, conveniently located in town. The boardwalk yielded 6 species on the one hour 2.5 k loop, while Harutori Park the day before (similar weather) yielded 19 species in 2 hours on its 4+ km circumference.
Maybe kids are somehow mesmerized by the exhibits, but I doubt it. On top of the dry (largely Japanese-only) explanations and the what-can-we-scrape-together-to-fill-this-space exhibits, the exhibit level is kinda dark and creepy (it is quite possible they forgot to turn the lights for us, the only two visitors at that time?), so my guess is children lose interest in a wink.
In short, don’t bother.
Written 14 April 2018
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Frequently Asked Questions about Kushiro Marsh Observatory
- Kushiro Marsh Observatory is open:
- Sun - Sat 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Hotels near Kushiro Marsh Observatory:
- (11.26 km) ANA Crowne Plaza Kushiro, an IHG hotel
- (11.42 km) La Vista Kushirogawa
- (10.44 km) Kushiro Royal Inn
- (11.33 km) Hotel WBF Kushiro
- (10.69 km) Comfort Hotel Kushiro
- Restaurants near Kushiro Marsh Observatory:
- (0.02 km) Ikotto
- (10.50 km) Kushiro Washo Ichiba
- (3.05 km) Sobanoaoyamatei
- (11.43 km) Izumiya Honten
- (11.26 km) Tsubuyaki Kadoya