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Piraoro Observatory
Overview
This is the best place to see Lake Saroma from the lakeside. It is said that Ainu people used to watch over schools of fish here in the past. "Piraoro" means "a place with cliffs" in the Ainu language (pira = cliff, olo = place). It is also the setting of a tragic love legend between a young Ainu man and a young girl.
Location
Tonobushi, Saroma Town, Tokoro District
Access
Look for the sign for National Route 238
Turn off the national highway and go up a hill for about 200 meters, and you will find it on top of a hill behind the Saroma Fisheries Cooperative Association.
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