If you go to Zolvjian for a holiday in summer, it is highly recommended to go to this Nature Centre. There are only a few dunes (small earth mountains?) and narrow wetlands between the Okhotsk Sea and Zolvjian Lake. Standing on the high side of the dunes, you can overlook the Okhotsk Sea and Zolvjian Lake at the same time. This Nature Centre is set to protect the cherished plants and animals in the dunes and wetlands and introduce tourists to the nature here, no tickets are required. There are walking trails for observing plants and wild birds in the garden. There are also bicycle lanes for a few kilometers along the dunes. It is really cool to rent a bicycle to ride in nature (rent a bicycle for 650 yen, unlimited time, just before closing the door, and there are smaller bicycles for primary school students. Children's helmets are also prepared), and there are several wooden steps in the dunes to facilitate the look up. We went early in the morning, no one else, on the road there was a fun encounter with a Hokkaido red fox, the little guy's ears are quite big, out of the grass, see us, hesitate, or run out, in a puddle drink water, and then along the people's swimming trail running up the dunes.
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If you go to Zolvjian for a holiday in summer, it is highly recommended to go to this Nature Centre. There are only a few dunes (small earth mountains?) and narrow wetlands between the Okhotsk Sea and Zolvjian Lake. Standing on the high side of the dunes, you can overlook the Okhotsk Sea and Zolvjian Lake at the same time. This Nature Centre is set to protect the cherished plants and animals in the dunes and wetlands and introduce tourists to the nature here, no tickets are required. There are walking trails for observing plants and wild birds in the garden. There are also bicycle lanes for a few kilometers along the dunes. It is really cool to rent a bicycle to ride in nature (rent a bicycle for 650 yen, unlimited time, just before closing the door, and there are smaller bicycles for primary school students. Children's helmets are also prepared), and there are several wooden steps in the dunes to facilitate the look up. We went early in the morning, no one else, on the road there was a fun encounter with a Hokkaido red fox, the little guy's ears are quite big, out of the grass, see us, hesitate, or run out, in a puddle drink water, and then along the people's swimming trail running up the dunes.