A photograph taken at the Kushiro Marsh Observatory (釧路市湿原展望台). As you can see, this building is a true bastion! Its sturdy walls, constructed of heavy-duty concrete and designed specifically to withstand Hokkaido's harsh winds and snowfalls, appear extremely robust and durable.

We took a walk looping the Broadwalk. The weather was very conducive though there are parts of the Broadwalk that requires some amount of maintenance. It’s about 2.5km short walk, great for a stopover stretching and deep breathing exercises in a self drive holiday.

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We visited with little time, so we couldn't visit all the bulding nor walk the entire trail. Nevertheless we could enjoy the autumn foliage and do some birdwatching, although considering the season, the trail was very silent. I'd definitely come back with more time as the place looks promising!

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We had a brief stay here, paid the entrance fee for the marsh observatory view from the roof top. Exhibition in the building is a small one to introduce the wetland ecosystem. We didn’t paid much attention into that. Building will close at 18:00 during summer time The trail will be closed at 17:30 because of possible appearance of the black bear. Trail walk itself don’t not require ticket but the roof top observatory and the exhibition requires a ticket (¥480/adult)

My opinion, honestly there's not much to see here in the observatory, but luckily they have a short trekking walk where you can watch the marsh. We need to pay 480¥ to see the museum and observatory, not worth it, it is small and the 2nd floor have the telescope (pay 100¥), on 3rd and 4th floor, you can see 360° view.

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