REPORT

Summer skies have finally arrived. Following the end of the rainy season in southern Kyushu yesterday, the rainy season officially concluded in the Tokai and Kanto-Koshin regions today, 7/18 (Thurs.). I was pretty taken aback by the long line that had formed at the gondola base station prior to opening, and a staff member at the parking lot commented, “It’s a weekday, but there are a lot of cars here already this morning.”
[Happo-One Nature Trail・Happo-ike Pond]

Both the Mountain Climbing Course and Wooden Boardwalk Course had beautiful iwa-shimotsuke (Spiraea nipponica), kinkoka (Narthecium asiaticum), hana-nigana (Ixeris dentata), and Tateyama utsubogusa (Prunella prunelliformis) in full bloom. Between the Happo Cairn and the No. 3 Cairn, several other varieties of alpine flowers were in full bloom. In addition, oyama-soba (pictured), akabana shimotsuke-so, miyama toki, and kuruma-yuri lillies could be seen throughout the entire Nature Trail.
[Happo-One Nature Trail・No. 3 Cairn]

In other news, a stamp rally is being held on the Happo-One Nature Trail from 7/13 (Sat.), and you can get a commemorative badge and a certificate of achievement by obtaining stamps at 7 locations along the route. In addition, if you get a stamp at the special check-in point at Mt. Karamatsu (唐松岳), you will receive a Karamatsu-dake commemorative climbing badge.
[Happo-One Nature Trail・Happo-One Cairn to No. 3 Cairn]

The restroom near the No. 2 Cairn is now usable as of 7/13 (Sat.) and the restroom next to Happo-ike Sanso mountain hut went into service today, 7/18 (Thu.). The nikkokisuge day lillies in the Kamaike Marsh are now past their peak. On the Grat Quad on the way back down the mountain, the clouds and cool air soothed my fatigue from trekking.
[Happo-One Nature Trail・Happo Cairn]

*A jazz concert by Matsumoto Romantica will be held at the Usagidaira Terrace this weekend on 7/21 (Sun.)!

[Happo-One Nature Trail 2024 Opening Information]
Period … 2024/6/1 (Sat.) & 6/2 (Sun.), 6/8 (Sat.) – 11/4 (Mon.)
Hours … Happo Alpine Line: 7/16 – 7/19 open at 7:30am, 7/20 & 21, 7/27 & 28 open at 6:30am, Weekdays from 7/22 open at 7am. Kurobishi Line: 7/13 – 7/15, 7/20 & 21, 7/27 & 28 open at 4:30 am, 7/16 – 7/19 open 7:45am, Weekdays from 7/22 open at 7:15am
Fees … Happo Alpine Line Roundtrip / Adults JPY3,300, Elementary School Students JPY2,100, Preschoolers Free → Advance Discount Tickets: Adults JPY2,950, Children JPY1,800! (No need to exchange at the ticket window! You can proceed straight to the gondola.) Kurobishi Line Roundtrip / Adults JPY2,000, Elementary School Students JPY1,300, Preschoolers Free.
(*One preschooler free with each paid adult. The second preschooler will be charged at the normal children’s rate.)

*Hakuba Happo-one will be reported 1－2times a week
*To Visitors Requesting Original Data of Our Photographs.

reported by Snownavi