椴原 / Todowara

椴原（Todowara，位於別海町）是位在砂堤的野付半島的冷杉枯木林。往昔這裡有一片庫頁冷杉，由於半島沉降海水流入造成樹木枯萎。濕原上樹木群形成白色枝幹的殘骸，形成了荒野之美的風景。近幾年自然地樹木持續腐朽，持續下去有一天將看不到這種特異的景色。從自然中心的停車場徒步過去約30分鐘。

Todowara (Betsukai Town) is the ruin of a forest on Notsuke Peninsula, which is actually a big sand spit. Todomatsu, a kind of pine tree in Hokkaido, used to grow there. Because of ground subsidence, sea water seeped into the forest and the trees withered and died. As the color of the trees turned white, they made a unique landscape which is desolate and dreary. Some people say it’s like the world of the dead. In recent years, as Todowara has naturally decayed, it’s been thought people won’t be able to see it much longer. It’s 30 minutes on foot from the parking of the nature center.