[清里私房景點] 櫻花鮭，一生懸命躍瀑布 Cherry salmon jumping over falls!

感動的瞬間！
The perfect moment!

每年夏天3000尾櫻花鮭サクラマス溯溪迴游，一生懸命跳過3.7公尺高的櫻瀑布（桜の滝）回到出生地產卵，
我親眼看到櫻花鮭被瀑布強力彈開，感動到哭。
Every summer, natal Shari River, abounds in 3000 cherry salmon, which are jumping over 3.7-meter-high Sakura Waterfall, moving to the headwaters for spawning. 
Watching them trying the best but bouncing off the waterfall, I was moved to tears.



我7月去看櫻花鮭的時候，魚側身還有些銀白色。
Cherry salmon had a bright underlying hue under its silver scales when I visited there on July 22.

July 22, 2015

Aug. 29, 2015 by スーさん

但一個月後再訪櫻瀑布，已是產卵期末，很明顯感覺變好大尾，魚身也已經呈現黑色底和薄薄桃色紅色的「婚姻色」。
It was the end of spawning season, when I visited Sakura Waterfall again on 22, August. Wow, they grew bigger! The nuptial coloration was red and black.

Aug. 29, 2015 by スーさん

櫻花鮭在北海道叫做山女(ヤマメ/ヤマベ），全長50-60公分，又稱溪流的女王。8月29日天氣好，清楚看見在礫石中的櫻花鮭。
Cherry salmon, 50-60 centimeters tall, are called the queens of mountain-stream fishing. It was sunny on 29, Aug. We clearly saw cherry salmon in the river bed.

櫻花鮭的尾巴真的很厲害，光是看魚尾一躍而上瀑布時擺動的速度，就令人稱奇。此外，櫻花鮭也只用尾巴來測量和築巢。
It is amazing to watch how fast cherry salmon's caudal fins wave! They also measure and make redds just by their tail.


[指南 Guide]

櫻瀑布的遊客極少，大部分都去了神之子池，其實才距離16公里。
Few tourists know Sakura waterfall. Actually, it is not far from Kami no ko (child of God)pond along Hokkaido Route 1115. 

根據當地人的經驗，下午比較能夠看到魚跳躍。
Based on the native's experience, we had better watch cherry salmon jumping in the afternoon.

櫻瀑布禁止釣魚。No fishing in Sakura waterfall.

熊和人都知道鮭魚的美味，所以熊出沒注意。
Bears as well as human beings love eating salmon. Watch out for bears.

知床或羅臼也有鮭魚洄游，スーさん拍到鮭魚サケ產卵 。
There are anadromous fish in Shiretoko. Browse SUU-san's photos on salmon spawning.


July 22 & Aug. 29, 2015