Kamuikotan

History

Situated by the stretch of Ishikari River between the Kamikawa Basin and the Ishikari Plain, and named from the Ainu words kamui (God) and kotan (village or settlement), this gorge has been an Ainu holy ground since ancient times. Kamuikotan is formed from chlorite schist worn down by the Ishikari River over a staggering hundred million years, and some of its rocks and crevices are the setting for Ainu legends.

Name

Kamuikotan
Adress

Kamuicho Kamuikotan, Asahikawa
TEL

Contact Asahikawa FC (tel. 0166-25-5133)
OPEN

Visit any time
Access

40 minutes by car from JR Asahikawa Station. 50 minutes by car from Asahikawa Airport.