REPORT

The fall leaves within the Chubu Sangaku National Park’s Tsugaike Nature Park are currently around 60 to 70% of their colorful climax, and we’ve now entered the peak autumn season. The color change this year is still around a week slower than that of last year. Plentiful sunshine causes quicker color change, so looking at the forecast, it seems that this weekend may be the perfect time to catch the pinnacle of beautiful autumn leaves.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Ukishima Shitsugen]

I ran into a hiker who mentioned, “The further you head into the park, the more beautiful the leaves are.” The beautiful contrast between the leaves of the Kaede (maples) and the blue sky were particularly impressive in around 50% of the area towards the back of the park. (*Pictured here is the direct route between the Ukishima Shistugen and the Yase-one Ridge). On the Yase-one Ridge itself, a majority of the maple leaves had yet to turn color.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Ukishima Shitsugen ~ Yase-one Ridge]

Peering out in the direction of Mt. Hakuba Norikura, just beyond the stairs climbing up the Yase-one Ridge, the green of bamboo grass and conifers was contrasted sharply by the yellow leaves of Dakekanba (Erman’s birch) and the bright red leaves of Nanakamado (Japanese rowan). The wind blowing up from the valley along the south-facing slope refreshingly cooled my hot body.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Yase-one Ridge ~ Tenbo Shitsugen]

I heard several people passing by excitedly talking about how beautiful the overall views were, and how amazing the yellow leaves of the maples looked. I even noticed a few people so enthralled by the beautiful mountain scenery that they failed to look where they were going and inadvertently stepped off the wooden boardwalk.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Ukishima Shitsugen]

　
*Currently, repair work is underway on a 120-meter section of wooden boardwalk on the eastern side of the Watasuge Shitsugen. As of 10/14, the project is scheduled to be completed in around 10 days, but the new boardwalk will be unveiled to the public next year after the spring snowmelt.

[Tsugaike Nature Park Opening Information]
＊Business Period … 6/11 (Sat.) to 10/23/2022 (Sun.)
＊Business Hours … 9/23－25, 10/1・2, 10/8－10, 7:00－ / Other periods 8:00－
＊Fees … Round trip use of the Panorama Way (gondola & ropeway) + Nature Park entrance / Adults JPY3,700, Children JPY2,100 → Adult Advance Discount Tickets JPY3,300, Children JPY1,850!?(Advance Discount Tickets are usable as-is! Proceed directly to the gondola for immediate boarding.)

[Hakuba Tsugaike WOW! Opening Information]
＊Business Period … 6/11 (Sat.) to 10/23/2022 (Sun.)
＊Business Hours …9:00－16:00 (Last entrance 15:00, open daily during August, irregular schedule during September)
＊Fees … Amidasu (60 min.) Adults JPY2,000・Children JPY1,800 / Tobidasu (One Time) JPY1,000 / Fumidasu (One Time) JPY800 / Kabedasu (One Time) JPY500 / Kogidasu (One Time) JPY2,000

[TSUGAIKE Outdoor Village]
＊Business Period … 7/15 (Fri.)－10/23/2022 (Sun.)
＊Facilities … GLAMPING FIELD TSUGAIKE, LANTERN CAMPING FIELD TSUGAIKE, Hakuba Tsugaike WOW!, Tsugaike Ropeway, Dog Run, Tsugaike Golf Center

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*Tsugaike Nature Park & WOW! will be reported 1－2 times a week

reported by Snownavi