Tsurumidai

4.0

Tsurumidai is a bird-feeding station that every year, between November and March, is visited by large numbers of Japanese Red-crowned Cranes. The Cranes are fed twice a day, in the morning and around 2:30 p.m. Originally, the Cranes were fed by the teachers and students of the local elementary school. When the school closed down, Ms. Tome Watanabe, who lived nearby, decided that she would keep feeding the Cranes, and has continued to do so since then, which is another reason for Tsurumidai’s fame. Sometimes, nearly 200 Cranes can be seen.

Spot details

Address: Hokkaido Akanguntsuruimura Shimosetsuri Map
Area: Kushiro / Three Great Lakes Area
Phone: 0154642050
Parking Lot: Available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

Disappointing but factored in

Reviewed : 2018.05.01

Visited on a sunny but very cold day in late March and the snow has melted. There were perhaps 5-6 cranes. Feeding has stoppped here but I saw a field of cranes feeding themselves on fresh crops...
Too late

Reviewed : 2018.04.06

Only one or two cranes here as we were too late in the season to see the large flocks of cranes. Feeding had stopped and the cranes had dispersed.
Beautiful cranes!

Reviewed : 2018.02.22

We went around March and there were some cranes there. Theyre pretty far from where you stand but you could still spot them pretty well. There were also heaps of noisy swans tho. Haha! The cafe...