REPORT

The Tsugaike Nature Park is an especially beautiful shade of green this summer. It was so hot across Nagano Prefecture today, 7/22 (Mon.), that a heat stroke alert was issued, but even still it felt cool here at an altitude of around 2,000m despite the intense sun. I spoke with a couple from Chiba Prefecture whom I met first thing in the morning, and was told, “This is our second visit to the Tsugaike Nature Park. It is beautiful this time of year with so many flowers in bloom.”
[Trail to Hakuba Oike・Ropeway Summit Station to Tenguhara]

I always take a break in front of the Fuketsu wind cave, and today I overheard saying things like, “Wow, it’s so cool! It’s like being in a refrigerator.” In the Mizubasho Marsh area, hiogi ayame (iris setosa), watasuge (cotton grass) and kuruma-yuri lillies were in peak bloom. A staff member at the visitor center commented, “This year is a good one for blue flowers such as hiogi ayame and Tateyama rindo (Gentiana thunbergii).”
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Fuketsu Wind Cave]

Many momiji karamatsu (false bugbane) and miyama toki (angelica acutiloba) were in full bloom between the Kusu River and Ukishima Marsh, while Hakusan furo geraniums (pictured), Shinano otogiri, and ibuki toranoo (bistort) were beginning to bloom. The nikkokisuge day lillies in the Watasuge Marsh and Ukishima Marsh were past their peak, but the white fluff of watasuge cotton grass remained impressive.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Kusu River to Ukishima Marsh]

I had a conversation with a man from Nagano Prefecture, who said, “I wanted to go up to the Hakuba Oike area, but I couldn’t get a reservation at the Hakuba Oike Sanso hut, so today I’m just taking pictures around the park. I was able to capture a nice shot of watasuge swaying in the wind.” On several occasions, tufts of cotton grass were blown away by strong gusts, and the people who were around were excitedly watching and commenting as they were whisked away on the wind.
[Tsugaike Nature Park・Ukishima Marsh]

　　
＊“Pochadas,” a summer-only attraction, will open at Hakuba Tsugaike WOW! Starting on 7/20 (Sat.)!

　
[Tsugaike Nature Park 2024 Opening Information]
＊Period … 2024/6/1 (Sat.) – 10/27 (Sun.), 11/2 (Sat.) – 11/4 (Mon.)
＊Hours … Tsugaike Ropeway 7/22 from 8/18 open at 6:30am, 8/24・8/25・8/31 open at 7am, 8/19～8/23・8/26～8/30 open at 8am
＊Fees … Tsugaike Ropeway Roundtrip + Entrance Fee / Adults JPY3,700, Elementary School Students JPY2,100, Preschoolers Free → Advance Discount Tickets: Adults JPY3,300, Children JPY1,850! (No need to exchange at the ticket window! You can proceed straight to the gondola.)
(*One preschooler free with each paid adult. The second preschooler will be charged at the normal children’s rate.)

[Hakuba Tsugaike WOW! Opening Information]
*Period … 2024/6/18 (Sat) – 10/27 (Sun) *Closed on weekdays from 6/10 – 7/12 and 9/2 – 10/25.
Opening hours … 10 am – 4 pm (last admission at 3 pm)
Charges … Tobidas (1 time) JPY1,000 Fumidas (1 time) JPY800 Kabedas (1 time) JPY500 Amidas (60 min) JPY1,600 for adults, JPY1,000 for primary schools students Kogidas (1 time) JPY2,000 Pochadas (90 min) JPY2,800 for adults, JPY2,500 for primary schools students Tent sauna ( (90 min) JPY1,200 Baggy Cruise (1 time) Adults JPY2,000, 4 years to primary schools students JPY1,500 Trampolines (5 min) JPY500

*This season’s Tsugaike Report will be updated once or twice a week.
*To Visitors Requesting Original Data of Our Photographs

reported by Snownavi