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Frozen Horizon Walk

Notsuke Peninsula’s Gleaming Ice Fields

On Notsuke Peninsula, located in the far east of Hokkaido, visitors can experience the “ice flat line walk” over the frozen sea from late January. The “ice flat line,” not the horizon, is the boundary line between the frozen sea and the sky that can be seen at the end of the ice-covered land.

Notsuke Bay on the inner side of the peninsula is the sea, but during the severe winter season (from January to mid-March), the entire area freezes over. It is precisely because the wide expanse of sea is frozen that a flat, vast white plain appears.

Furthermore, the Notsuke Peninsula, with its “sand spit” created by the accumulation of sand and pebbles, has no mountains and the sky is exceptionally wide! This combination creates a world of white and blue, and the 360-degree unobstructed view is said to be like the Salar de Uyuni in Japan.

The ice flat walk is also a popular spot for taking pictures, and trick photography using perspective has become a hot topic on social networking sites.

The ice flat line walk is very dangerous to walk on the frozen surface of the sea. Please be sure to join a guided tour by the Notsuke Peninsula Nature Center.